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Subject: [OM] Re: Tokina 3X telephoto lens
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 11:08:28 -0400
I checked Tokina's Japanese website and what you see on THK's website is 
an exact copy of the Japanese site for "Photo Products".  The Japanese 
site also has another page for "Security and CCTV" products which is 
basically a gaggle of CCTV lenses.  See: <http://www.tokinalens.com/>

Chuck Norcutt

Garth wrote:

> Tim Randles wrote:
> 
>>I see this lens on ebay, to fit my 40-150mm lens and apparantly give me a bit 
>>better zoom ( based on the images on the ebay pages.
>>http://cgi.ebay.ca/3X-TELEPHOTO-FITS-OLYMPUS-E-300-E-1-EVOLT-ZOOM-SEE-LIST_W0QQitemZ200007672362QQihZ010QQcategoryZ106876QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
> 
   I
> have no idea if this is a real product, or if some kind of
> bait-and-switch is going on, and the "Tokina" brand name was simply
> Photoshopped in to the picture accompanying the auction.  Mebbe it's a
> direct import from Japan, and the North American distributors just don't
> carry it or list it.  Yet my spidey-sense is tingling, at least a bit.
> 
> I wouldn't bid on this.



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