My 18-250 returned home from Tamron repair. Three days turnaround at
the shop, three days shipping.
They did a CLA, repaired any broken pieces, and returned it in much
better shape than it was even before I busted the UV filter. All of the
wobble when the barrel is extended is gone, it is tight but not sticky,
and seems to work just fine. $176 is their base rate to the West Coast.
If they made a weatherproof version of this lens, it would be just about
the perfect daytime/outdoors walkabout lens. It's surprisingly sharp,
isn't too large and it covers the vast majority of focal lengths you need.
I do find it amusing that my two APS only lenses are the two that needed
repair just before the K-1 is released.
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