Originally Posted by rfortson
Seems a tad high to me, but not exhorbitant. I had the Tamron 28-300 and loved it (though not as much as the 18-250 I replaced it with).
You'll spend a bunch more money on lenses anyway, so don't worry about the "entry fee".
he probably should be better off w/ Tamron 18-250 instead of 18-55 Mk1 and 28-300... even if it means paying more ($100-150 ?) as a result.