> What I was trying to put across is the the optical and build > quality on some of the Tokina lense surpass that of others - such > as Sigma and Tamron. All the Sigma lenses I have handled and used > are "throw away lenses". My wife had one on her Minolta AF I > bought her in the early 90's - it fell apart. I have a 400 f5.6 Ka > Sigma that I'm too ashamed of even to list.
Ah, I see that I almost took what you said backwards (sorry) - now I understand, and can basically agree. I don't have any Sigma or Tamron experience, but I have had the pleasure of using several Tokina AT-X lenses (including the 90-2.5 Macro), and they have all been impressive. Thanks for the clarification, Bob. Fred - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
