Originally posted by Edgar_in_Indy Good job finding the 50-150mm still in stock somewhere. All of the big online stores have been out of it for months now.
Update on this: Turns out Fumfie didn't have any 50-150s in stock after all . They punked me sort of. Charged my credit card almost immediately, had me call them to sell me on accessories (the customer rep said they had about 50 of these in stock, BTW) and then never gave me a shipping notice for about two weeks.
Finally called them up to check on my order. Turns out they didn't have any of these in stock. Then the guy tried to upsell me on the 70-200. I said no thanks, as I could buy from somewhere else for the same price that would also be an authorized dealer (because Fumfie isn't). Just had them cancel my order. Appears now that they removed the 50-150 page from their site.
My solution: Found a Tokina 50-135 on Craigslist for my Canon 7D for basically half the price of the used DA* 50-135 I originally got. Sharp lens. In fact I was surprised to find that it has the same glass/optics as the Pentax DA*, but it doesn't have SDM (thus no SDM issues) and it's AF is faster/better in general. Only quibbles are it has an irremovable tripod caller and doesn't have IS. I'm extremely happy with this but I'll patiently be on the lookout for a used 50-150 (for Pentax). if I ever get ahold of one, I'll compare.