On 3/28/2011 2:55 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
>> If it helps I'll tell you that my Tokina AT-X AF 80-200/2.8 in Canon
>> mount is so big and heavy that it's one of those that never gets used
>> unless I'm no more than 100 yards/meters from the car. :-)
> LOL, but we're not talking about the Tokina. The Tamron is a bit nicer
> of a lens and slightly better balanced.
>
> But still big and heavy.
I've not seen the AF version Chuck has. I have both the Tokina and Tamron MF
versions. The Tamron is a tiny bit longer,
but the big difference is that it's 30% heavier, weighed with caps and tripod
mounts.
The seriously robust steel hood for the Tamron is also much heavier than the
plastic one for the Tokina. The net result
is that the Tokina seems not only lighter, but smaller, in the hand and on the
camera.
One thing Bill didn't mention is whether the Tamron he's selling has the tripod
mount. You really want a mount for this
lens. I think at least a monopod is needed to use either of these lenses well.
For me, it doesn't take long trying to
hand hold them to get really unsteady. I've got some good shots with the Tammy
on a monopod, though.
The Tammy mount is very hard to find. I suspect that's because of design flaws
in the mount itself. There is slight flex
in the mount itself. It's easy, as I almost did, to conclude that the flex you
feel is because the mount isn't tight
enough around the lens. Tighten down the lens attachment screw really hard -
and the mount breaks.
The Tokina mount can't be removed, but is unobtrusive and sturdy. I believe I
recall others here have said that the Oly
mount for the 300/4.5 and 65-116 tube is easily adapted to work on the Tammy.
That is probably superior to the original
Tammy mount.
Gary's tests showed the Tamron to be a bit better than the Tokina. I've done no
formal comparison, but the Tokina is a
fine lens. The Tammy is more flexible, in that it can be mounted on practically
any camera with their interchangeable
mounts. My OM mount Tokina could, of course, be mounted on EOS cameras with the
same adapter as for my Zuikos.
80-200 Trivia Moose
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