JCO wrote: Anybody here have any experience with RMC Tokina lenses? I think they are late 70's issues. I searched the third party lens website and they didnt make the 1600+ list. I've owned 3 of them and they were all SUPERB ( believe it or not): 35-105 F3.5 Macro( sold it - stupid mistake) 28-85 F4 ( still have, fantastic except vignettes at 28mm end until you stop it way down) 400 F5.6 ( pseduo-zoom type focus, excellent but no auto-manual switch) Any other goodies they made in that series? Anybody have a list of them? Really would be interested in a 20mm range lens if the quality was as good as the other ones I owned.
JCO, RMC stands for Rainbow Multi Coating. The 28-85/4 is, indeed, sharper to the later 28-85 f/4-4.5 AT-X, though it is larger and doesn't focus as close. According to Gary Schloss of the Olympus list, the RMC 400/5.6 may be the best manual-focus third-party 400/5.6 made. Not as good as the Tamron SP 400/4, but it gave it good race. Those are the only standout RMCs that I know of. Tokina;s old 17/3.5 says RMC; at least one photo in my collection does. But it may be the same as their bargain SL-17, which is no match for their later AT-X or the Tamron SP 17/3.5. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
