I have bought 2 weeks before the lens used in mint condition (360 Euro, approximately $ 500) in Germany.
I use it as my walk-around lens because of the zoom range, well as it's a sharp lens (enough for my needs) from f4.0.
The lens has a good built quality, sharp wide open, pratical zoom range.
This lens is much better than my bad copy of the DA * 16-55/2.8.
Some examples with my K200D and the DA 17-70/4.
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Regards,
Hartmut from Berlin/Germany