Mark,

You don't happen to have a 17x on one of those 250's I could ogle at, do you? I would love to check out a 17x sometime. I checked out the 13x at the JVC show in SF last year, but I have my eyes on a 17x, assuming that the quality of glass and build aproach closer the 13x than the 16x. those 13x were nice though. If it was half as much $$$ it would already be on my bag.

Just have two stock 16x lenses for now. I wish I had a 17x, but I will more than likely get a Mini 35 and some primes before upgrading to another 1/3" zoom. I guess it depends on the type projects I will be shooting in the next few months.