I love it tremendously, and I know that love also helps me overlook the slightly slower AF it has, compared to the 18-55, the 27, and the 56 I have. It has to rack the glass in and out, and once in awhile it just hunts when the 18-55 almost never, ever does. It's not SLOW, it's usable and perfectly fine. But it's not as quick as the kit zoom. But the images are far nicer, so you, too may learn to ignore the slightly pokier performance.