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Moose wrote:
>Welcome to the club. It is just as you say, the Tamron SP 80-200/2.8 is
>an amazing performing lens, and the price (other than $ :-) ) is size
>and weight.
Both Moose and Wayne have remarked on the cost of this lens. Of course,
that?s a relative thing. I?m sure to Bill Gates a Hasselblad of each color
wouldn?t be a big deal. But I got the thing off the Bay for $320, plus $10
shipping, and even after the $100 dusting and zoom creep fix, I?m still
well ahead of the $500-650 range listed in McBroom?s Camera Bluebook for
one in this condition. I wouldn?t have paid that much, though. As I
recall, I set a snipe for $333.33 and felt like I got a pretty good deal,
not a real Fang, but a Fangette maybe, or at least a faux Fang.
Walt
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