Well Rick, considering there is only $150 price differential and one gets the much more flexible and excellent 18-135 IS USM, the better deal is actually the one in stock, I think!
cheers, TREVOR
The mark of good photographer is less what they hold in their hand, it's more what they hold in their head;
"All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow", Leo Tolstoy;
"Skill in photography is acquired by practice and not by purchase" Percy W. Harris
