I got my lens yesterday and played with it a little bit at the park. It was nice to be able to get pictures of some of the ducks and geese that I couldn't get before (because they were too far out). The lens itself is not too bad but it is a fixed aperature based on the focal length you set it to (it's gets smaller as you extend the lens...which is opposite what I'd like). But it was an overcast day, so I was pretty much in the higher ISO settings on the camera (which means grain.....sorry, can't bring myself to call it noise). All it's done is make me want to get a similar lens with the bells and whistles (aperature settings mostly). There seem to be some decent ones in the 800 to 1500 range.

Anyways, it looks like it is going to be a nice day today, so I'll probably play around with it some more.

Also, I got all 5 seasons of Babylon 5......