Joe, Hope I didn't bore you too much <grin>
Your DPReview recommendation is probably what really got me looking at the Tokina at KEH. I finally bit the bullet and ordered one of them. What I have tested so far, it seems quite good. Even 5.6 seems reasonably sharp. I'm not sure I would shell out the amount that the FA Pentax costs. I just don't use a 400 enough to pay the ultimate price for a very minor improvement. At one time, I had the Pentax A 400/5.6 and just found it too big to really take along with me. The Tokina is a better size/weight and will fit in my bag nicely. -- Best regards, Bruce Saturday, February 5, 2005, 3:04:19 PM, you wrote: JT> Another stunning image from Bruce. Yawn. Bruce, you always have stunning JT> images. Don't you get bored being perfect? JT> Just kidding of course. I do greatly admire and enjoy your photography. JT> Give me your thoughts on the optics of the Tokina AT-X AF 400. I have JT> had one for a while and think it is pretty good, except for f5.6. In JT> fact I recommended it on dpreview recently and, lo and behold, within a JT> short while one of two at KEH disappeared. Lately I have been thinking JT> about trading it in for the FA 400 f5.6. The attraction of the FA 400 is JT> that it is just about as good at f5.6 as it is stopped down. I don't JT> know whether that is worth spending the money, though. Still pondering. JT> Joe
