RE: 80-200mm 2.8 Lenses Thoughts

[Larry Cook]

I also have the manual focus Tokina 80-200 AT-X as well as the 100-300 
AT-X and like both of them. They produce good results for me and are 
built like tanks (which means they are a bit heavy). I shoot my son's 
soccer with mine with good results (www.cook-imaging.com). I have 
wondered if AF would help but haven't pulled that trigger yet (I have 
pulled too many others).

As for the Sigma, I have been told that it is excellent. There is 
currently a thread on www.dpreview.com in the Pentax SLR forum about the 
lens 
(http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=12633723 
<http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=12633723>) 
you might want to check out and I would suggest searching because there 
have been numerous posts about the Sigma and some about the Tokina as well.

Good luck,
Larry
I have the manual focus version of the Tokina (ATX).
I like it a lot.
Don
-----Original Message-----
From: David Volkert [mailto:[EMAIL <mailto:%5BEMAIL> PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 2:49 AM
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: 80-200mm 2.8 Lenses Thoughts
I'm looking into buying either the Sigma 70-200mm 2.8 or the Tokina 
80-200mm 2.8 lens (the Pentax version is way out of my price range).  Do 
any of you have thoughts on either of them?  I shoot alot of action so 
auto focus speed is really important to me.  Thanks for your help,
-David