The cosmetics on that Tokina look amazingly like my TX interchangeable
mount Vivitar 400mm f5.6. Not a bad lens though I doubt that they share
much in the way of optics. Tokina made a lot of internal changes during
the years it was produced.
On 4/3/2011 12:04 PM, Tim Bray wrote:
Back in 2009 I developed the same itch and eventually bought a Tokina
SL-400 F5.6 on eBay. It's a total pain in the butt to work with but
there are a few things you can't photograph any other way.. A few
samples at http://www.google.com/search?as_q=tokina&as_sitesearch=tbray.org,
none of them really excellent, so either it wasn't a good choice or I
just haven't tried hard enough. -Tim
On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 2:32 AM, Jens<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi list
Opinions wanted.
I have been wanting a long telphoto lens for some time. For supplementing my FA
2.8 80-200mm.
Looking at ebay I can chose from two excellent lenses:
Sigma EX 100-300mm F4 ( perhaps 600-800 Euros)- not DG but for full frame
(still got many film SLR's).
Pentax DA 300mm F4 (offered to me for 750 Euros) - digital only (APS-C).
I am leaning towards the Sigma lens because of the zoom, I guess I'll use this
one more often. Is the Pentax DA lens so much better, that I should forget
about the zooming options?
Actually there's a FA 300mm F4.5 too - but I dont know anything about this lens.
Does anyone know anything about the FA? I guess the price will be almost the
same - apr. 1000 USD.
And there's (always) the SMC F 300mm F4 too - but currently one is for sale
(BIN) for 1200 Euros (close to 1800 USD, which is too steep for me).
Thanks
Jens
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