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Gear Talk => Lens Talk => Topic started by: richardHaw on November 05, 2017, 12:45:29
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I had this lens around 10 years ago. It was built very well, was reasonably sharp wide-open from 28-50mm but is kind of poor at 70mm.
f/4 brings everything up to the same level, very sharp from here on. I love this lens a lot and I bought another one recently because I missed it.
I shot photos for billboards back in the day with this on the D90 ::)
I had the Pro II before and now I got the Angeniux-based one. :o :o :o
how about you guys, do you like yours?
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Here's the Tokina version of "thousand and one night":
http://www.pictavern.com/column/detail?no=1246
Sorry, the text is in Japanese. According to this, Angenieux one was manufactured by Tokina. So, Angenieux was Tokina-based. The author doesn't mention whether there was any optical difference between the A and T.
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thanks! i read it! :o :o :o
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i am loving the lens. this was such a hot item back in the day :o :o :o
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Yeah, ATX Pro lenses may have been made better than the genuine AF Nikkors back then...
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:o :o :o
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Looks quality made, i still have the 100mm f/2.8 macro with the similar slide up or down af/mf.
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I had the 2.8 28-70 and the 2.8 80-200 of this series (my first FF lenses beside a 1.4 50mm AF, on D 700)
built like tanks, but CA worse than the comparable Nikkors
the info that the French top lens was made by Tokina, I heared the first time - is that sure?
I always thought Tokina bougt a license to copy the optical sheme into the 2.6-2.8 series
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Briefly used the Tokina 28-70 until it split into two. A fellow photographer had the same happen to his 80-200. No more Tokina for either of us.
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So the af/mf switch must be the vulnerable spot, i suppose, never liked that mechanism, somewhat reminiscent of the a/m ring on D lenses.
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http://richardhaw.com/2017/11/12/repair-tokina-28-70-at-x-pro/
Here it is! :o :o :o
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I had this lens around 10 years ago. It was built very well, was reasonably sharp wide-open from 28-50mm but is kind of poor at 70mm.
f/4 brings everything up to the same level, very sharp from here on. I love this lens a lot and I bought another one recently because I missed it.
I shot photos for billboards back in the day with this on the D90 ::)
I had the Pro II before and now I got the Angeniux-based one. :o :o :o
how about you guys, do you like yours?
I have the 3rd version (Pro II?) -- The f/2.6~2.8 with the bayonet lens hood. Wide open, I find it's weakest at 28mm, pretty nice in the midrange, and slightly weak at 70mm. Since I rarely photograph events it's one of my least used lenses. For casual or "freestyle" shooting I typically use a 24-120mm f/4, and for more planned events I'll typically use a 17-35mm f/2.8 along with primes and/or a 70-200mm f/2.8. I've owned quite a few Tokina lenses over the years. I had a aperture linkage issue with one (a 20-35mm f/2.8), and found that a second was not a good fit for me (80-400mm f/4.5~5.6 without tripod mount). But the others either gave me good service while I owned them (24-40mm f/2.8, 80-200mm f/2.8) or continue to do so today (60-120mm f/2.8, 90mm f/2.5 macro).