Pentaxian Registered: September, 2017 Location: Floreat Posts: 623 | | Review Date: December 24, 2019 | Recommended | Price: $100.00
| Rating: 8 |
| Pros: | Sharp at daylight settings, "pops" into focus, easy to hand-hold with palm under the lens | | Cons: | A bit heavy compared to my M-200mm. PK moount | | Sharpness: 9
Aberrations: 8
Bokeh: 8
Handling: 9
Value: 8
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I have had this lens since the early 1990s. It served me well as the fast telephoto when zooms were f4.5 to f5.6 at 200mm end. I had been using a Tokina RMC 80-200mm that was good, but I moved on to an Adaptall SP 70-210mm (that was the 52A, which was nominally f4 at 210mm) - that was better still - and sold the Tokina zoom.
I found this lens in a Cash Converters shop and bought it as a lighter alternative to the 750g Tamron when bush-walking. I was using it on a Pentax LX with Fujichrome 50 film. I misplaced the lens in a house move in mid-1990s, and only recovered it last year, dusted off the outside and wiped the front and back elements.
I found that I like the images I get on the new digital body. It is a PK mount, so I need the green button to get exposure correct. Colours are natural, edges are sharp and no significant aberrations unless I really push the exposure and zoom right in. I don't see anything wrong with pictures shot in daylight, and that is what I would use a heavy-ish and fast 200mm lens for on a K-70. I have rated bokeh and aberrations as 8, since I am using the lens as a daylight tele and anything not in the image plane will be way out of focus.
Sample shots from its first day out: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/10-pentax-slr-lens-discussion/291019-pri...ml#post4871356
I give it an Overall 8, only because I would give the Pentax-M 200mm a rating of 9 for an all-manual 200mm.
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New Member Registered: November, 2013 Posts: 14 | | Review Date: December 8, 2014 | Recommended | Price: $50.00
| Rating: 7 |
| Pros: | good performer | | Cons: | some visible flare, some CA's | | Sharpness: 8
Aberrations: 7
Bokeh: 7
Handling: 9
Value: 8
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stopped down to f8 to f11 good sharpness
but the flare - ohooh
with light in back ok, but against the light some difficulties: strong flare
neverless I recommend it slidely
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Senior Member Registered: April, 2010 Location: Tamworth, NSW Posts: 158 | | Review Date: November 5, 2013 | Recommended | Price: $30.00
| Rating: 7 |
| Pros: | PF not too bad, Decent sharpness, easy to use, precise well damped focus ring | | Cons: | can't fit filters due to lens hood. Thin DOF makes achieiving perfect focus very difficult. | | Sharpness: 7
Aberrations: 8
Bokeh: 7
Handling: 7
Value: 8
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I only got this lens today and have had minimal time with it. I will edit this as I get more familiar with it. Suffice to say I am liking it already. Not so sharp wide open but 1 stop and its away. Being M42 it is very user friendly. It wobbles a little when mounted on a genuine adaptor but tight when on a generic one I have.
Take this image as an example of capability. Raw, f8 on tripod with 2s MLU.
Bokeh is nice but substandard in comparo with FA50/1.4 and doesn't match the FA50 or FA100 for sharpness (which is to be expected). It is a decent cheap MF 200mm prime with less PF than the FA50 so for that aspect alone I am pretty happy. Handling wise the focus ring is stiffer than my Tak 35/3.5 but no different to any other Tokina I have had before. Half stops would have been nice though especially between 3.5 and 5.6.
I use it on my K5.
Edit:
I've spent a bit of time with this lens now and I really like it. It is very difficult to get perfect focus especially wide open. Its a great focal length to shot playing kids with, although there was a good deal of missed shots due to focus. A few more samples shown below. CA isn't as bad as my FA100 but it is there. For the price paid it is very good and I am happy with the purchase and would happily recommend it if you saw one for similar money.
Tokina 200/3.5 @3.5 by Ben78@Flickr, on Flickr
Tokina 200/3.5 @5.6 by Ben78@Flickr, on Flickr
Tokina 200/3.5 @f8 by Ben78@Flickr, on Flickr
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Junior Member Registered: September, 2008 Location: France - Rhône-Alpes/Auvergne Posts: 47 | | Review Date: January 8, 2009 | Recommended | Price: $60.00
| Rating: 7 |
| Pros: | very well built | | Cons: | min. focus distance | |
With a K100D, I've obtained good results at F5.6 and F8.0.
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