Senior Member Registered: August, 2008 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 100 | | Review Date: December 2, 2009 | Recommended | Price: $800.00
| Rating: 9 |
| Pros: | all metal construction, fast glass, sharp | | Cons: | heavy, big | |
This lens is special in that it's all precision metal construction. The whole construction just feels extremely solid like the limited class of lenses. The image quality is excellent even when shot wide open, and of course only gets better once stopped down further. I'd love to give it a 10 as a rating but its weight and size makes it a bit intimidating to both my photo subjects and myself  If you want a solid all metal quality lens, this is it.
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Pentaxian Registered: June, 2008 Location: Holy Land Posts: 1,165 | | Review Date: September 4, 2009 | Recommended | Price: $600.00
| Rating: 9 |
| Pros: | Fast, sharp, good bokeh, build quality | | Cons: | | |
Amazing lens, build quality is like a tank. Smooth zooming and focusing.
It produces sharp images throughout focal lengths, sharp even at widest aperture 2.8 and tack sharp from f/4.0 Colour rendition all excellent, bokeh is very smooth and creamy.
The tripod collar mount is very good build and comfortable to use.
Highly recommended.
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Junior Member Registered: November, 2007 Location: Elliot Lake, Ontario Canada Posts: 46 | | Review Date: July 23, 2009 | Recommended | Price: $600.00
| Rating: 8 |
| Pros: | Solid as a tank | | Cons: | heavy | |
I've enjoyed it....
Fast AF and consistant results...very nice bokeh, smooth as butter.
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New Member Registered: September, 2008 Location: Philippines Posts: 2 | | Review Date: July 19, 2009 | Recommended | Price: $400.00
| Rating: 10 |
| Pros: | Excellent image quality | | Cons: | Clunky sound when AF hunts | |
Was initially planning to get the Sigma or Tamron 70-200mm F2.8 or DA*50-135mm F2.8. But when I got a hold of this Tokina 80-200mm lens, the weight and build quality immediately struck me. I love the all metal construction and the weight is manageable.
AF is very fast and spot on even in low light but it does hunt in low contrast situations. The clunky metallic sound when AF hunts is very noticeable and draws unwanted attention in silent places like churches. Good thing manual focusing with this lens is a pleasure to use.
Image quality is excellent. Acceptably sharp images even at F2.8 throughout the focal length. Amazingly sharp when stopped down at F3.5 onwards.
Bokeh is smooth and creamy. Colors are quite similar to the pentax colors that I love. Makes me wonder how this would compare to the FA* 80-200mm - haha!
To top it all, I got it in mint condition at a bargain price. Would really pass as brand new with the box and the nice leatherette carrying case. For half the price of my other choices and with the performance that I've so far noticed, who could blame me for giving a 10.  | |
