Originally posted by JinDesu What is this crazy thing you speak of. Pentax obviously chose to rebadge this lens because it was a terrible performer and Pentax sucks. It's not like this lens was worked on by Jun Hirakawa who is employed at Tamron.
The sad thing is, the only Tamron Lenses that seem to be coming our way are ones that are rebadged by Pentax. The Pentax name no doubt guarantees a certain number of sales, that maybe Tamron can't achieve on it's own. Which isn't surprising given the low regard much of the forum seems to hold these lenses. If you want to get shot down in flames, just suggest some Tamron lens might be decent.