Well, I may have answered my own question. According to the cult lens page,
the Tokina pro models seem to be decent lenses. The 400 f/5.6 is the ATX
pro model with the APO glass. Supposedly, for the 400, and I quote:
"Tokina adds an SD for super-low dispersion (meaning APO glass). If they
really want to impress us, they use HLD which stands for high-refractive,
low dispersion glasses. Can you tell that these guys are a bunch of
engineers and not marketing types?"
In a different package, I picked up a Tokina 35-70 f/2.8 and a Tokina 70-210
f/3.5 The 70-210 looks to be the consumer line, but the 35-70 is the pro
line. I haven't seen any of these yet, but maybe the 35-70 will 'slake my
thirst' for the 35-80 for a little while.
Since I didn't know much about them, I didn't pay much. I don't think the
sellers really did either, which I guess worked to my advantage. I feel a
little, but not a lot, guilty.
I would be interested in comments from anyone that has actually seen/used
any of the three.
Hope this is on-topic enough.
Tom
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