Hi Gary,
It is indeed a f 5 model, old and heavy, with normal close focusing to 2 m and
only special close up at the 100mm end. Have I got something special then?
Rainer
Gary Schloss schrieb:
> On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, Rainer Wagner <Rainer.Wagner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> >does anybody have some experience with this lens, or even know, what
> >the "RMC" means?
>
> Actually, this should be RMC Tokina 100-300mm f5.6, product designation
> SZ-10. RMC stands for "Rainbow Multi-Coated".
> ..
> Very good price! This is a respectable zoom, very compact for this
> focal range, and with unusually good close focusing capability -- down
> to 3.3 ft (1 m) at _all_ focal lengths, which gives it at 300mm a close
> to 1:2 life size magnification.
>
> Apparently, this lens did not sell too well. One of the reasons may
> be that Canon, Minolta, Yashica, etc. had their own 100-300/5.6 zooms
> which were optically superior to the Tokina. (Pls don't ask why
> Olympus never bothered to make such a Zuiko. My guess: they felt that
> every OM user ought to be happy with the 85-250/5.) Eventually, Tokina
> replaced the SZ-10 with the higher end AT-X 100-300mm F4. Another
> decent choice in the same range is the Soligor C/D 100-300mm F5.
>
> Cheers,
>
> /Gary Schloss.
> schloss@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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