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Review Date: Jan 26, 2007
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $500.00
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Size, range, build, sharpness within reason, price!
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Cons:
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Variable ap, AF tends to hunt in less than bright conditions.
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Far from perfect, but Tokina gives you everything you pay for, and probably more: they seem to always give you good bang for the buck.
In my experience, I shot birds on an overcast afternoon, and was mildly disappointed; I shot an NFL game on a bright October afternoon, and was astonished by the clarity and color, even at a high ISO and after some pretty aggressive cropping...maybe even better than the 70-200 2.8L IS I was also using.
It's a battleship: I've shot waterfall details in a downpour, and only had to wipe off the casing afterwards. I've dropped it, sat on it (in its padded case), and jogged up and down sidelines with it on a monopod over my shoulder. (I also tried it with a Kenko 1.5x teleconverter, and would not recommend it...things get pretty murky unless there's a LOT of light)
For the price, this thing ain't big-aperture L-glass, but it's a solid tool that, within its limits, helps you get the job done.
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