Pretty much all the 19-35 f3.5-4.5's are actually Cosina lenses. Tokina, Tamron, Vivitar and several others all rebrand them.
Not a bad little performer, especially for the (extremely) low cost. -Adam Igor Roshchin wrote: > Scott, > > As Adam, I have the 28-70 f2.6-2.8 AT-X Pro in Pentax AF mount. > I've been using it since late 1997. > It has been a great lense on my ZX-5n. > I've been more than happy with it for all these years. > > I am yet to make an opinion how it works with *istDS. > I am not sure if it renders as sharply, but I have never took > time to check if that's my perception or the fact. > Also, if it is a fact, it may also be due to something that > happened to the lens over the time, as I haven't tried it on the > film body recently. > > AFAIK, after this lens, Tokina had two (or maybe even 3) versions: > one or two 28-70/2.8 and 28-80/2.8. > 28-80 is from their ATX-Pro line (which usually consists of their > best, optically and by the build, lenses). > I heard some good references about that one as well. > > I am not sure about the newer 28-70. I know that at least one > version of it is ATX-Pro. (still listed in Tokina web-site archive at > http://thkphoto.com/products/tokina/tokina-03.html ). > They may have been a non-"ATX-Pro" version. > > I remember that somebody on this list or some other forum had mentioned > that he was not fully satisfied with the newer 28-70/2.8, and it was > the one that was newer version than mine, but I don't remember which > one. I hope somebody will clarify this for you. > I hope I haven't confused you. > > Igor > > PS. I also have Tokina 19-35/3.5-4.5, which is not as good > (and 20-35/2.8 ATX-Pro is much better, as I heard), but still a > very reasonable performer. So, I have much better confidence in > Tokina lenses then in any other "3-party" brands, even though > Sigma and Tamron have some very good lenses as well. > Also: I am not sure if it is universal, but those ATX-Pro lenses that > I saw had metal barrels, so they were heavier. > > > > Scott Loveless wrote: >> Hey gang. >> >> A friend of mine asked me about this lens. She's found one in Nikon >> mount that she's considering purchasing. It's the older model with >> 72mm filter threads. I couldn't find much about it via google. Most >> of the reviews are based on later models with 77mm threads. So I told >> her I'd ask around. Any opinions? >> > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
