Originally posted by 8540tomg Looking for advice guys,
I could really use something in the 16~50 range. I'm seriously looking at the DA*16-50/2.8 but this thread scares the hell out of me. Is this lens worth taking a chance on?
Tom G
We love the one that we purchased. It's great for the times when the DA* 50-135mm just wont work.
I'm a little suspicious that it has something to do with the combination of camera and lens as earlier in the discussion there's someone talking about buying a lens from amazon warehouse deals that someone else had marked as bad (although maybe it went back to pentax for adjustment?)
FWIW ours is mounted on a K-7.
Just make sure and purchase it from somewhere that you can return it to. Worst case, you can always send it to Pentax for repair. We got ours form the amazon warehouse deals for I think $650.