You won't find such info. Tokina's sticking to CaNikon these days. No Sony or 4/3rds stuff from them either.
I had the 28-70 2.6-2.8 in Nikon mount myself. OK lens, but distinctly inferior to the smaller & lighter Tamron 28-75. -Adam On 12/4/07, Jens Bladt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, nevertheless - over the years I have owned some very good Tokina > lenses. > In fact I use a 28-70mm 2.6-2.8 as my standard lens. And I recently had a > 2.5 90mm with extender that was absolutely excellent (I sold it abecause > it's very similar to my Tamron SP 2.5 90mm). So, to me Tokina lenses can be > excellent alternatives to Pentax lenses. I also own a few Pentax lenses, > that are quite bad. > > How ever it seems odd that I cant find any info on the Tokina AT-X 16-50mm > f2.8 with KAF mount. Does this not exist? And why is it priced much lower > than the Pentax 2.8 16-50mm? > Regards > > Jens Bladt > > http://www.jensbladt.dk > +45 56 63 77 11 > +45 23 43 85 77 > Skype: jensbladt248 > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af William > Robb > Sendt: 5. december 2007 04:34 > Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Emne: Re: SV: Tokina AT-X 165 PRO DX 16-50mm and AT-X 535 > PRODXlenses50-135mmf2.8 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joseph Tainter" > Subject: Re: SV: Tokina AT-X 165 PRO DX 16-50mm and AT-X 535 PRO > DXlenses50-135mmf2.8 > > > > "Pentax slightly modifies Tokina lenses and then they sell them under > > the Pentax name." > > > > Not correct, but I suppose this particular urban legend will never die. > > > ><snip> > > > > By allowing misinformation such as the quotation above to proliferate on > > the internet Pentax has harmed its reputation, IMO. > > Some 25 years ago, I had a Tokina 35mm-105mm zoom lens that was identical in > every respect but the nameplate to the Minolta MD 35-105. This sort of > co-design and production with has been going on for a very long time with > more than one camera brand. For myself, it doesn't really matter who designs > and builds the things as long as they work, but you are correct, the Pentax > brand does suffer a loss of cachet when people think that their lenses are > one off builds from a cheap third party manufacturer. > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.13/1170 - Release Date: 12/04/2007 > 10:52 > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.13/1170 - Release Date: 12/04/2007 > 10:52 > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
