It is a good lens to have if your a macro lover. It produces beautiful bokeh and can be use instead of an 85 prime but with an apreture of F/2.8-3.2. They are plenty of Macro lens on the market and I would recommend them over this high price Nikon lens.
Build Quality: This lens got all the bell and whistles; Focus limiter/VR/Macro of course.AM/M switch with Nano; Image quality :is very good but that is the case with all macro lenses made.
Heavy Autofocus is slow but shouldn't be a problem for Macro work; Price is on the high side while they are plenty of better an other options for better value VR isn't usful for most Macro work unless you are shooting close up of flowers and objects of that size where you don't need to be super...