Fred,
I just sold mine to a list member recently. The 80-200 is a great lens. Excellent images, extremely well built, and has reasonably good MF feel. Not that I used MF too often. These lenses are well worth the investment if this is what you want. I only sold mine because it is too heavy for the sort of back country hiking I do these days. I am also changing to a more macro/travel oriented kit.
Cheers
Shaun
Fred wrote:
Hello, Pentaxers.
Does anyone have any experience with the Tokina AT-X AF Pro 80-200/2.8 zoom? I'm quite familiar with the manual focus AT-X 80-200/2.8, but I'm curious about the autofocus version (which is certainly optically as well as mechanically different). I am particularly interested in:
a. Optical qualities (of course).
b. Build quality (well, I can hope...).
c. Manual focus feel (for an autofocus lens).
And, I guess, it might be nice if anyone could offer any experienced comparisons with the Pentax FA 80-200/2.8 (which has a very good reputation, I guess).
Thanks.
Fred
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