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Eventually, I will test it, but I really have to catch up on some other stuff first.

I suspect that the results wouldn't be overly flattering ...

"Not overly flattering" would probably be a good way of describing something like the 24-240. :-)

I've seen the local AP photographer use the 28-60 (on an A1 no less). If it's good enough to be used by AP, then it's probably not entirely hopeless. :-) (in case you wonder; he also had 12-24G, Tamron 70-300 E... and a pair of A1s...)

We use the 28-60 in a housing for underwater photos

This is an example