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<blockquote data-quote="eurotrash" data-source="post: 70447" data-attributes="member: 9237">And bought myself a 16-85vrii. :eek-new:I've been eying this and the 11-16 Tokina for a long while now. (I also picked up a new bag, the Lowepro Passport Sling which I hope will let me access my gear a little easier while on the go.)I'd been seeing the price of the 16-85 creep up and up on Amazon in the last few weeks and finally decided to order it from B+H. It's now close to $700 on Amazon!!:disillusionment:This is the most expensive lens I've bought so far at $670 shipped. I REALLY hope it's worth the price of admission!I get to go to Baltimore and celebrate my GF's birthday this weekend and stay at a classy hotel and tour a freakin' submarine. I should get the lens just in the nick of time two days earlier. I'll have plenty of time to put it through it's paces and see if it's worth the money. I was also looking at the 18-105, but plastic mounts turn me off..Anyway, sorry to rant, just wanted to share!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="eurotrash, post: 70447, member: 9237"] And bought myself a 16-85vrii. :eek-new: I've been eying this and the 11-16 Tokina for a long while now. (I also picked up a new bag, the Lowepro Passport Sling which I hope will let me access my gear a little easier while on the go.) I'd been seeing the price of the 16-85 creep up and up on Amazon in the last few weeks and finally decided to order it from B+H. It's now close to $700 on Amazon!!:disillusionment: This is the most expensive lens I've bought so far at $670 shipped. I REALLY hope it's worth the price of admission! I get to go to Baltimore and celebrate my GF's birthday this weekend and stay at a classy hotel and tour a freakin' submarine. I should get the lens just in the nick of time two days earlier. I'll have plenty of time to put it through it's paces and see if it's worth the money. I was also looking at the 18-105, but plastic mounts turn me off.. Anyway, sorry to rant, just wanted to share! [/QUOTE]

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