In a message dated 8/31/2006 5:09:27 AM Pacific Daylight Time, wowens1 at carolina.rr.com writes: Just before I fell ill, I purchased a Tamron 28-300 for an everyday "walkaround" lens. I still haven't had a chance to really use it, but does anyone here have this lens and if so, what's your opinion of it. Bill ===== Welcome back, Bill. Marnie aka Doe :-)