Originally posted by Nightwings Please explain.....in detail. (Now I'm going to be sick)
sorry, I don't know about the canon version. For pentax version, tammy 17--50 suffers from front or back focus problems. Especially considering that k-x doesn't have the in camera focus adjustment function... BUT, if you can try it out in a store that has many copies in stock, then i believe that you will certainly find a good copy, and a good copy will make you WOW.
Maybe it's because of my bad experience... i bought 3 of them all of which had severe front focus problems, and i gave up and bought the 16--50 da*. As Jim said, for k-10d the tammy is usually perfect. Bad copies happen on k-x or k-7 bodies, since these bodies are new.
@future: AbesofMaine's price of the da* is $689-$15 coupon =$674, which is very good.