I am very satisfied with the combination. The image stabilisation of the lens does not work in combination with the stabilisation of the camera (so you have to choose one or the other and then body is preferable in my opinion), but this is not a disadvantage compared to the Olympus 75-300 of the same price. The lens is relatively light, so I always carry it in my backpack. Despite the plastic tubes, it is robustly built. At long focal lengths, the focusing is rather slow, so for sports photography you would probably have to go for a professional lens...