andy_coach Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 <p>I made a mistake of lending my Tamron 18-250mm to my sister and she refuses to give it back. Looked at Amazon and the usual photo stores, not a copy to be had (Tamron or Pentax version). Have these been discontinued? I see a Sigma 18-200 available on Amazon but is that any good? I really miss having this focal range for my everyday carry-around kit.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgredline Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 <p>yep, it is no longer produced. what amazes me, is that imo it was the best super zoom that pentax had. i love mine and it is one of the few pentax lenses i kept. :) (i have the tamron version)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfrog Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 <p>I still have my DA18-250mm and still use it regularly. They stopped producing them for some reason. Tamron not longer makes one for Pentax but they make an 18-270mm for Canon, Nikon and Sony, but not Pentax. Go figure. The do make a 18-200mm though...<br> Sigma makes an 18-250mm with OS (Optical Stabilization) for Pentax and the others so you might check there.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shots worth sharing Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 <blockquote> <p>I made a mistake of lending my Tamron 18-250mm to my sister and she refuses to give it back.</p> </blockquote> <p>This sounds like a case for Judge Judy!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_t.1 Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 <p>Well then, I had mixed feelings about selling mine, but now I guess I'm going to hold on to it.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_coach Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 <p>Yeah, parting with this lens was plain dumb. Been reading reviews on the shorter Tamron and the same-range Sigma, people seem to agree that the 18-250 Tamron has the best IQ of the bunch. I so want my Tamron back...</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.t. dowling Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 <p>I LOL'd at Dave Hollander's response.</p> <p>You could also get Judge Joe Brown on your side. ;-)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_coach Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 <blockquote> <p>You could also get Judge Joe Brown on your side. ;-)</p> </blockquote> <p>Oy, tough crowd here.. :)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewg_ny Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 <p>Presumeably Tamron will at some point re-introduce one of their updated superzooms in K-mount. They've been busy introducing optical stabilization and in-lens motors to their lineup. They always do Canon & Nikon first.<br> They seem to be easy enough to find on e-bay as well. Perhaps your sister would be amenable to trading for a new Sigma.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_coach Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 <blockquote> <p>They always do Canon & Nikon first.</p> </blockquote> <p>I wouldn't mind waiting a bit for the 18-270mm in K-mount but wouldn't they have at least announced it by now?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewg_ny Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 <p>Another thing to consider is that Tamron has in the past made Pentax- and Sony-badged versions of their superzoom--and if Pentax was thinking of doing this again they may have agreed to make the Pentax-badged version the only K-mount version.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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