Darren,
Thanks for the followup. I had never heard about "Angenieux", either in
the context of this lens or in any other context.
So, it was interesting to read this (fairly recent) writeup.
Also, based on the description, I think my lens is actually "II",
as it has a bayonet hood.
Igor
On 2/16/2015 1:17 AM, Darren Addy wrote:
No personal experience with the lens, but Igor has pretty much nailed
it, except he left out the part about the Angenieux f/2.6 being the
predecessor.
This page has all the various iterations. Not finding a lot of people
going ga-ga over it on digital, as they did on film (where the
Angenieux was considered a Cult Classic).
http://www.johncaz.net/blog/tokina-at-x-pro-af-28-70mm-26-28
On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 12:00 AM, Igor PDML-StR <pdmlstr at komkon.org> wrote:
There were 3-4 different versions of that lens.
Mine is the older (oldest?), ("the original"?) Tokina AT-X Pro 28-70
f/2.6-2.8. And that's the only version I used.
I loved it with the film camera, even though I am
somewhat disappointed with its performance with all 3 digital bodies I've
tried it on.
Then there was the same lens with the designation "II"
The others were: Tokina AT-X 28-70/2.8 (not "PRO") and
Tokina AT-X Pro 28-80/2.8, and also
Tokina AT-X Pro 28-70/2.8 SV.
The non-PRO version had rotating front element, and IIRC, 72mm filter.
The rest had 77mm filter.
SV was lighter and reportedly not as good as the preceeding versions.
See, e.g. comments here:
http://www.photozone.de/Reviews/276-tokina-af-28-70mm-f28-26-at-x-pro-ii-lab-test-report--review?start=1
HTH,
Igor
J C OConnell Sat, 14 Feb 2015 13:27:10 -0800 wrote:
I was thinking about picking up one of these lenses, they sell for
around $200 used, I already have an excellent
manual focus 35-70 F2.8 AT-X, but 35mm just isnt wide enough
especially
on aps format.
I was wondering if anyone here had tried the 28-70 F2.8 AT-X AF and
what
the
pros and cons to it were. Thanks in advance. P.S. This is a FF lens.
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