If they still have it. This person recently bought a Digital SLR made
by another manufacturer.
Markus Maurer wrote:
Hi P.J.
yes please ;-)
I would like to see comparison shots of the Pentax and Vivitar 1 zoom at F4
or F3.5.
If you have a tele converter too, it would be even more interesting for me
to see the results
at 420mm.
I would prefer to see something more beautiful and less meaningful than a
brick wall ;-)
thanks
Markus
-----Original Message-----
From: P. J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 2:45 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Tokina 7--210mm lens
I believe that it was also sold as a Vivitar, I think a friend has a
copy in K mount. Maybe I'll try
to borrow it and shoot some comparisons with my SMCP F70-210. It would
probably be best
to try it on film but I'll get feedback faster in digital.
Fred wrote:
It's says 'Tokina SD 70-210mm 1:4-5.6 Japan
It's a very compact 70-210 zoom, manual focus only (as far as I know, at
least the one I'm referring to is manual only). It's supposedly a decent
enough zoom, although the larger Tokina 70-210/3.5 (optically
identical to
the more common second-generation Vivitar Series 1 70-210/4) and the even
larger Tokina AT-X 80-200/2.8 are likely to be better lenses (I've never
used the SD 70-210/4-5.6 to compare it with the others, so I'm
not certain
of that). There's also been (I think) a Tokina 70-210/4, too...
aperture ring 4 -32
Of course, it's f/4 only at 70mm - its maximum aperture value "creeps"
upward, reaching f/5.6 at 210mm.
The Tokina 70-210/4-5.6 is quite a common lens on eBay nowadays.
Hmmm... I
wonder how it compares to the much discussed Pentax F 70-210/4-5.6. I
assume that the SMC on the Pentax lens is a better set of coatings, but I
wonder how they compare otherwise...
Fred
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