On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 4:38 PM, Lucas Rijnders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Op Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:20:12 +0200 schreef Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 4:00 PM, Lucas Rijnders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> Op Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:03:28 +0200 schreef Scott Loveless >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>>> Adam Maas wrote: >>>>> http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/667236 >>>>> >>>>> Looks like Cotty's got a Taiwanese imitator. >>>>> >>>> Is anyone else starting to wonder why Pentax isn't making Ltd lenses in >>>> other mounts? >>> >>> Tokina suspiciously has a 35/2.8 macro, all of a sudden... >>> >> >> That's the only one of the Limited lenses which has shown up in other >> forms. And the Tokina versions of various Pentax lenses are generally > > Yes. And it most probably misses part of what makes a lens limited: built > quality. Or is the Tokina lens body as good as the Pentax?
The Tokina bodies are fairly good, but not up to Limited standards. Similar to the DA*'s for build, without the sealing though. > >> considered to be inferior to the Pentax (the 16-50 in particular, the >> Tokina has a serious flare issue that isn't duplicated on the Pentax). > > Interesting. Especially in the beginning of the Tokina-Pentax coöperation, > there was a lot of speculation (often stated as fact) that the Tokina's > would have SMC. Apparently not (?). > > > -- > Ciao, Lucas Yep, no SMC for Tokina, and Tokina's already got the weakest coating tech of the 3 major 3rd party makers. -Adam -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
