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From: josephs@ttidcb.UUCP (Bill Josephs)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: 35-200mm Tokina lens
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Date: Thu, 6-Jun-85 18:16:33 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun  6 18:16:33 1985
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Good suggestions re: user reports on lenses.  Let me just add some
comments on the same 35-200mm Tokina Lens.  I also bought mine for my
Nikons -- FG and FA.  I can concur with most of the sentiments
expressed; I've had mine for about a year and a half and have had no
hardware problems with it at all -- carrying it, my 24mm f2.8 and a
500mm mirror through England, New Zealand, Tahiti and China.  I use it
mostly for scenery, but have taken lots of closeups of flowers as well
as many portraits in China -- especially of parents and children.

     Comments:  there is a focus shift between 200mm and about 150mm
-- focusing should be done after composing and zooming, not before.
My lens is more than sharp enough for 8 x 10s -- I've not tried 11 x
14s but 8 x 10s (with lots of cropping) are sharp.  The contrast is
not as good as my 24mm but it is adequate (better than my mirror
lens).  I find it much preferable to carrying a 35, a 50, a 100 and a
200 (the lenses it replaces) and it is fast enough for use with
Kodachrome 64.  I also use it  indoors -- with flash --  VR400 and an
SB16 flash (GN 120-140 with ASA 100 film).  Again, it is fast enough
for this combination in my wife's school auditorium!  It works well
with the FA -- however it doesn't select the wide angle program vs.
the tele program -- it is always in tele mode.