yea i used to own it, recentlty sold it
for its price its a pretty nice lens, works great in good lighting conditions, but it hunts for focus in low light, quality isnt the best but its definitly good. id say 7.5-8/10
if a great lens if you wanna get into tele work and dont have a hudge buget
the sigma 70-300 APO super macro 2 is a better lens but it costs closer to 200$
i wouls stay away from any 50$ tripods, you seriously wont want to spend less then 150$ on a tripod if you are any bit serious about your work