Site Supporter Registered: November, 2012 Location: North Wales Posts: 2,869 | | Review Date: February 19, 2013 | Recommended | Price: $10.00
| Rating: 7 |
| Pros: | decent IQ, nice mechanics, dirt cheap | | Cons: | limited range, not PKA, not very fast, front lens rotates | | Sharpness: 8
Aberrations: 7
Bokeh: 7
Handling: 8
Value: 8
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Tok RMC's acquiring for me a good cachet, lately reinforced by a PKA mount RMC 28mm that I like a lot (and compares well to my sigma 28mm and my smc-m 28mm)..
I have had more perspective on this lens, snapping some comparison pics against tamron's adaptall-2 35-70mm f3.5 #17A.
When I first posted I said "lots of sharpness, snappy focus, and good consistency across zoom range and aperture range; better than average wide open. If you see one of these and pick it up you shouldn't be disappointed."
Close up I think it does hold its own. My copy doesn't seem so good with with increasingly far focus; landscapes etc.. I have also noticed its more prone to CA/fringing than 17A. But its possible my tinkerings have affected it...
Most noticeable difference is the cool tone in comparison to 17A's very warm (and 01A's even warmer) tone. Scrutiny of a variety of shots puts 17A as sharper, contrastier and more capable, and of course 17A goes to 1:2.8 macro as well.
example 100% crops just to illustrate sharpness, contrast and colours. Tok RMC left, 17A right. both 50mm f8
Decent then but I prefer the tamron (which I would use more if I didn't have the well regarded 35-80mm 01A as well), and have downgraded a notch 7/10.
Googling I find there is also a f3.5-4.5 version.
CF review for Tokina MF 28-70mm f/3.9-4.8 same looks (and there is a constant aperture version).
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Junior Member Registered: January, 2012 Posts: 38 | | Review Date: September 1, 2013 | Recommended | Price: None indicated
| Rating: 9 |
| Pros: | Sturdy build, surprisingly good overall rendition | | Cons: | f/4 | | Sharpness: 9
Aberrations: 8
Bokeh: 8
Handling: 10
Value: 10
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Well,
I bought the lens because I was interested in its K mount for a swap project.
Since it was in almost perfect condition I just gave it a quick try, and results surprised me.
Ok, it won't be a "hidden gem", but sharpness is quite good both at infinite and at close range, and build quality and handling are - to me - superb.
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New Member Registered: November, 2013 Posts: 14
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| | Review Date: August 27, 2019 | Recommended | Price: $40.00
| Rating: 10 |
| Pros: | perffekt zoom lens | | Cons: | nothing | | Sharpness: 10
Aberrations: 10
Bokeh: 9
Handling: 9
Value: 10
Camera Used: k-x k-s1 k200d
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there are two 35-70 lenses of Tokina with constant f.
There is a still better one 3.5/35-70. It is very rare !!!
Same look, same housing, but 3 achromate lenses with perfect correction. the 4/35-70 has none.
here my evaluation for the 3.5 version
++ perfect sharpness up to the corners with f 5.6-11
++ high contrast
++ very good color rendition
++ CAs very well corrected
much more better than modern AF lenses 10 points
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