Compact, light, bargain priced and surprisingly sharp. Colour is very muddy (magenta/brown skew)but the big issue is near chronic purple fringing, it appears throughout images and in abundance at times.

Very useful 1:2 close focussing at 180-300mm is annoying to use, one needs to switch to MF when moving between 'Normal' and 'Macro' focus ranges. $150US brand new so it is worth trying if you need the extra range over the DA 50-200mm.