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Tokina AT-X 242 AF 24-200mm F3.5-5.6 | | | | Sharpness | | | Aberrations | | | Bokeh | | | Handling | | | Value | |
| | Reviews | Views | Date of last review | | 4 | 33,351 | Fri October 18, 2019 | |  | | Recommended By | Average Price | Average User Rating | | 100% of reviewers | $122.33 | 8.50 | | | | 
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| Author: | | Site Supporter Registered: November, 2017 Posts: 756 | | Review Date: October 18, 2019 | Recommended | Price: $17.00
| Rating: 9 |
| Pros: | Color reproduction, excellent outdoors, solid | | Cons: | Focus hunting indoors, low-light not the greatest | | Sharpness: 8
Aberrations: 8
Bokeh: 9
Handling: 9
Value: 10
Camera Used: K-3
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I purchased this for $17 (+ shipping) with a ZX-60 body attached, so the price is actually even less than listed. The below images are straight OOC, and they turned out pretty well for a couple test shots. I am not sure whether I will keep the lens or not, but it is solid, focuses well in good light, and reproduces colors very well.
 | | | | | | | Senior Member Registered: September, 2007 Location: Boardman, Oregon Posts: 106
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| | Review Date: December 20, 2009 | Recommended | Price: $150.00
| Rating: 9 |
| Pros: | Useful range, great colors, focuses fine. | | Cons: | Heavy, could be wider. | |
I have found that I use this lens more than any other that I own. I wish that it was faster for indoor use. Outdoors, it is a very good lens. It is all metal and glass, feels like steel instead of aluminum. I wish that they still put Pentax mounts on their lenses. Build quality can't be beat!
Another plus is that it looks intimidating because of it's size, kind of like those big Nikon lenses!
Really, a good lens, lots of good photos with it.
I'm not sure that there is a difference, but my copy has "PRO" in the name.
| | | | | New Member Registered: March, 2008 Location: stockholm Posts: 1 | | Review Date: October 11, 2009 | Recommended | Price: None indicated
| Rating: 8 |
| Pros: | Superb build, great range and good value for money. | | Cons: | Heavy and a bit soft at times. | |
This lens is built like a tank. I dropped it once onto the pavement and had to repair the mount - but the funny thing is that the glass was just fine..! AF is somewhat slow but with enough lightit locks like a charm. It also has an aperture ring so it is great for using together with a converter on my other system. In sum, it gives great bang for the buck!
| | | | | Veteran Member Registered: November, 2006 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 419 | | Review Date: August 20, 2008 | Recommended | Price: $200.00
| Rating: 8 |
| Pros: | Great focal length range for low price, pretty sharp, great build quality | | Cons: | Slow aperture range, heavy comapred to similar lenses, not as sharp wide open at 24mm | |
I'm not a fan of all-in-one zooms unless they're cheap and reasonably good. Luckily, the Tokina 24-200mm fits that description. Outdoors in good light or indoors with flash this lens is as good as any all-in-one lens I've used ... if not better.
My particular sample of the 24-200mm is a little soft wide open at the 24mm end of the lens, but it gets sharp stopped down to f/5.6. The longer focal lengths seem to be sharper on my copy of this lens.
The build quality is MUCH better on this lens than on the 28-200mm, 28-300mm, or 18-200mm lenses I've tried. I feel like I can knock this lens around and not worry about it. AF is fine but a little noisy.
The big benefit of this lens is you can frequently find it used for $250 or less while the 18-200mm and 18-250mm lenses aren't that cheap. If you're going to make sacrifices in terms of image quality by using an all-in-one you might as well get a cheap one.
While I tend to shoot mostly with fast primes or fast zoom lenses, the 24-200mm is a good compromise when I need extreme flexibility and don't need fast apertures.
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