In Tokina AT-X, I still kept my 80-200/2.8, 100-300/4 and 60-120/2.8, all exceptional. Manual focus. The 60-120/2.8 is rare, its an incredible lens for portrait usage that nobody else ever made.
In Tamron SP, I still have my 80-200/2.8 and 90mm/2.5 Macro, both exceptional. I also have the 17mm/3.5 which is really good, but I wouldnt call it exceptional. Manual focus, Adaptall mounts. There were others. JC O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph McAllister Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 3:51 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Wide zoom (and not zoom) lenses redux I have the AT-X Pro series of Tokina ; 20-28, 28-70, and 80-200, all ƒ2.8 except the 20-28, of course, it being a ƒ2.6-2.8. I found all three to be great in 35mm film like the LX and PZ-1p. But their mass makes them pretty slow to auto-focus and tending towards out of focus on a digital body. In manual focus they are still great. Joseph McAllister Pentaxian On Nov 16, 2008, at 12:30 , JC OConnell wrote: > I cant comment on modern third party lenses, but back in > the 80's-90's the Tamron SP and Tokina AT-X series made a few real > doozies in lengths /ranges / speeds that Pentax didnt. I wouldnt > dismiss third parties altogether.... > > JC O'Connell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of > P. J. Alling > Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 2:47 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Wide zoom (and not zoom) lenses redux > > > I have to agree with Dave, since the days of the MX and LX there hax > been little reason to use Pentax bodies other than the glass, which > has > always been reason enough IMHO. There are a few classic lenses that I > use such as the Vivitar 70-210 S1 (version 2 & 3), and a couple of > others but I certainly wouldn't go out of my way to buy modern 3rd > party > > lenses. If I was going to be satisfied by them I'd switch to Nikon. > > David Savage wrote: >> I see no point in using Pentax bodies if you are just going to buy >> 3rd > >> party lenses. > -- 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. -- 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.
