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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