Moose has posted about this in the past. My own experience is that I seem to
slightly prefer the pictures from the Tamron. I haven't used both to take
pictures of the same thing at the same time, so my impression is vague. I
wouldn't hesitate to use either lens.
I haven't noticed the long end on the Tokina being any worse than the
shorter end, but I sure haven't given it any methodical testing. Although
the tripod mount of the Tokina is very nice, I have another vague impression
that the weight of the Tamron along with the Olympus tripod mount leads to a
steadier shot. This might have been due to a little play in the quick
release of my previous tripod head.
The yaBe auction ended with a couple last minute bids. The 8am $250 bid
encouraged the nibbler to push the price right up to $250 at which point he
knew what the then high bid was and dropped out rather than going another $5
to put himself in first place. I wonder if the last two bids were influenced
by the run up in price by the 0 feedback bidder.
-jeff
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ScottGee1
>
>
> Went for $285 with 36 bids, most of them from an ebay newbie.
> Poor guy got sniped in the last seven seconds.
>
> Has anyone ever compared the Tamron to the Tokina of similar spec?
> I've had a couple of the latter and appreciated the
> relatively small size and build quality though it tended to
> get soft on the long end.
>
> FWIW/ScottGee1
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