Hello Ramesh, I seriously doubt that you will really notice much difference between 10mm at that focal length. I can promise you that will NOTICE the difference in close focusing between the two as well as the WEIGHT far more than the difference between 75mm vs. 80mm.
Tokina: Weight: 28.6oz Closest focusing: 19.2 inches Reproduction Ratio: 1:5 Tamron Weight: 18 oz Closest focusing: 13 inches Reproduction Ratio: 1:3.9 -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, February 15, 2004, 4:46:05 PM, you wrote: RK> As usual good response. >> noticeably better flare control than the Tokina. >> Light-fall-off control is >> better as well. RK> This really puts me in dilemma:-). I was leaning RK> towards Tokina because its optically good and 28-80mm. RK> When using with my yet to own!! *istD it goes up to RK> 160mm which is a major advantage. RK> Tamron is cheap, light, according to some of you, RK> optically good (better?) than Tokina but goes up to RK> only 150mm, which is 10mm less than Tokinas. RK> Thanks for putting me in dilemma:-) RK> Regards, RK> Ramesh RK> --- Alan Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> A Japanese magazine tested it against the Tokina and >> Nikkor. It has >> noticeably better flare control than the Tokina. >> Light-fall-off control is >> better as well. User reported the Tamron was a >> little soft wide open but ok >> at f4. The first batch was Made in Japan, but now >> Assembled in China. >> >> Regards, >> Alan Chan >> http://www.pbase.com/wlachan >> >> >I am also looking for zoom in 28-70+ f2.8 range. >> >I was concentrating on Tokina 28-80 (499usd). >> >This Tamrom lens seems to be new model and its lot >> >cheaper(319usd) >> > >> >Do you know how does Tamron compare with the Tokina >> in >> >optical performance? >> >I am not very much worried about build quality. >> >> RK> _________________________________________________________________ >> Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months >> FREE*. >> RK> http://join.msn.com/?page=features/photos&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca >> RK> __________________________________ RK> Do you Yahoo!? RK> Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. RK> http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html
