The super-zoom category contains quite a few astonishing lenses with impressive focal ranges. Today Tokina enters the race with an 8x amplitude in the Tokina AT-X 16.5-135mm DX in APS-C format and a quite reasonable f/3.5-5.6 aperture.
The price: less than US$350/300€ (or £816 in the UK).
Immediately available with the following lens mounts: Canon EOS, Nikon DX.
Tokina AF 16.5-135mm DX