It is an excellent lens. A German photography journal (Fotomagazin) compared
2.8/300 lenses some 8 or 10 years ago. The Tokina was second to the Leica
2.8/280 and clearly exceeded the primes from Nikon, Pentax, Canon and Tamron
(I'm not sure if Minolta was in the comparison). Unfortunately the
John Mustarde wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2 Nov 2001 12:25:51 EST, you wrote:
>
> >> While the subject of fast 300's is alive, has anyone any experience with
> >> the Tokina 300 2.8 - the old manual one, not the latest AF one - and,
> >> more to the point, has anyone actually seen one or know of one,
> >
On Fri, 2 Nov 2001 12:25:51 EST, you wrote:
>> While the subject of fast 300's is alive, has anyone any experience with
>> the Tokina 300 2.8 - the old manual one, not the latest AF one - and,
>> more to the point, has anyone actually seen one or know of one,
>> especially old and beat up, and
I have the manual Tokina 300 2.8 and it is an excellent lens. Sharp, nice
"bokeh," with smooth and fast manual focusing. And it works acceptably well
with the Pentax 1.7 AF convertor as long as you prefocus somewhere in the
ballpark of final focus range. One note: it DOES NOT work with the
While the subject of fast 300's is alive, has anyone any experience with
the Tokina 300 2.8 - the old manual one, not the latest AF one - and,
more to the point, has anyone actually seen one or know of one,
especially old and beat up, and, ahem, for sale???
Any advice received (but not necessa
ipod mount (I
have one). Works good if you like using a 300/2.8 lens without a monopod at
least.
Kent Gittings
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I am on my second one in fact, but finances will most likely cause me to
sell this one also.
I like the lens a lot. Works good using trap focus and a Pentax AF body like
a ZX-5n. Also makes a good 500mm lens when you add the Pentax 1.7x AF TC to
it to add AF. Currently mine is permanently on a tri
On 31 Oct 2001, at 19:29, Max McRae wrote:
> Guys,
> I saw a used, manual version of this lens in an adaptall mount, at a good
> price, at a local dealers.
> I'm tempted to buy it after reading a few reviews of it on
> photographyreview.com.
> Anybody out there know this lens, and can advise me o
Hi,
>I saw a used, manual version of this lens in an adaptall mount, at a good
>price, at a local dealers.
>I'm tempted to buy it after reading a few reviews of it on
>photographyreview.com.
>Anybody out there know this lens, and can advise me one way or the other?
I have one and it is excellent
>I saw a used, manual version of this lens in an adaptall mount, at a good
>price, at a local dealers.
>I'm tempted to buy it after reading a few reviews of it on
>photographyreview.com.
>Anybody out there know this lens, and can advise me one way or the other?
I have heard that the adaptors (not
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