[BigDave]

It is sad, but the fate of ALL things made eventually. Just remember the good times with it to help make the adjustment to the loss easier.

Regards,

[Auzzie-Phoenix]

Mediocre lens at best. It was probably for the best

It may have been quirky and prone to getting washed out in bright sunshine, but when you need the reach on a budget, it wasn't a bad lens. It enabled me to get a rather nice closeup of a tree swallow earlier this year. Got several nice images that I actually had printed on paper as well, so the $75 investment wasn't bad. As with all lenses, it had its quirks and flaws, but it does have its uses from time to time. At least it didn't have that melty rubberized coating that my sigma DL 75-300 has (which unfortunately I'm back to using until I find a suitably cheap as hell substitute).

[Giklab]

I'm guessing it lived a good, productive, and relatively long life, bridging two cultures of camera {film and digital}

Well, technically 3 cultures

[redpit]

If you don't have photos to prove it, it didn't happen!

[Auzzie-Phoenix]

If you don't have photos to prove it, it didn't happen!

Several hours later...

You know how hard it was to copy/paste the bbcode link for that on my cellphone? lol....

[redpit]

haha very nice! Now I hope you enjoy your new lens that it will substitute it ;-)