This lens is a 10x zoom lens that is ideal for travel and everday photography. It has a 24-240mm range and can cover a variety of subjects from 1.64 ft. wide angle to 2.56ft telephoto. It has a 5-stop dynamic image stabalization system and CIPA rates the stabilizer at 5 stops of shake correction. The lens also has a variable aperture of f4-6.3
Lens has no caps, but there are no scratches on the lens.