Tokina 28-70mm F2.6-2.8 AT-X 270 PRO AF A-mount lens review by jimbo
 jimbo#1160 date: Sep-4-2006 | |
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| sharpness: 4 color: 4 build: 5 distortion: 4 flare control: 3 overall: 4 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I used to own this lens |
| compared to: | Tokina AT-X 280 Pro Minolta 24-85mm |
| price paid: | Ł110 (new) |
| positive: | Cheap (for me!) Best built 3rd party lens (and better than most OEM) Fast |
| negative: | Heavy 2nd worst hood ever (only 28/2.8 is worse) Bit soft wide open |
| comment: | Well, I thought the AT-X 280 was the best handling AF lens until I bought this. Same wonderful smooth action to the focus and zoom rings, (like an old MF lens) but all metal and a nicer smooth paint finish. Couple of minor issues though: you can only engage the MF clutch in one position, and no focus scale in AF. (both fixed in the 280) Performance is pretty good too, it is a little soft wide open, but it depends what you shoot as to whether this is a problem. I've only shot wide open to test, never in a 'real' situation, though I quite like the bokeh wide open, so perhaps I will use it more often now. As you stop down sharpness improves noticeably. Not much flare resistance and the hood won't help either as it is only a couple of cm deep! If you can find one at this price you can't go wrong. It's not perfect, but it will outperform any cheap zoom and run its direct rivals pretty close. After all, Tokina bought the design for this from Angenieux, don't you know? |
; 10MPrating summary
- total reviews: 31
- sharpness: 4.45
- color: 4.65
- build: 5.00
- distortion: 4.58
- flare control: 3.87
- overall: 4.51