Originally posted by redcat it's a great lens, you should buy new 'cause it's reasonably priced, ebay is not worth it for cheap lens
I actually bought a Tokina and then sold it (to soft at 2.8 for my taste otherwise wonderful lens. almost like a weapon it was so well built). Then I buckled and bought the tamron from KEH and haven't looked back. I really didn't want to like it, it was plastic and it was a screw drive, but since I bought it about the 2nd week of march its been glued to the camera. Its just a fantastic lens. The copy I got is superbly sharp throughout the range. So I am happy now.