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I have the Tokina RMC. I have always gotten decent results out of it, and I have tried it against much more expensive, newer lenses, and it has always held its own and sometimes proven better. It was better than my 17-40L. I also once had an opportunity to try it against the Tamron in question, and the Tokina was clearly superior. I think it is important to remember though, when comparing some of these lenses, that they are old--so variation fro copy to copy can really vary widely. But from what I have seen from my copy, it is a very good choice for the money, but all of this with the caveat that I am talking about its use stopped down--at 3.5 it has decent center sharpness but the picture falls apart pretty severely as you move away from the center. Another point of potential concern with that lens is it can produce a fairly hefty amount of barrel distortion. I have used it on Olympus OM film cameras (it is an OM mount) and on a Canon 5d2 (via OM to EOS adapter).
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