Fire your camera store fella. In most camera stores the best performing
lens of all time is whatever they happen to have in stock.
Lens brands are a first good indication of quality but, as in all
things, there may be significant performance variation within the line
and even between samples. Zuikos are generally excellent lenses but not
all of them. There are a few duds in the OM lineup. Tokina and Phoenix
are very different horses. Tokina is an old line Japanese optical
company which designs and manufactures its own lenses. Phoenix is a
marketing company which sources a limited set of low cost lenses
wherever they can get them. Some perform very well for the price.
Others not so hot.
Chuck Norcutt
Scott Peden wrote:
>
>
> A Camera store fella, Close Focus, Misha, told me, when I first got started,
> that my Tokina EMZ 820 80-200 mm F -4 Y/CX for Yashica FR. Contax won an
> award the year it came out, 1978. It is OK, it just isn't near enough Zoom,
> and I have a 4/3rds adaptor for it, but can't use any of the 2 or 3 X
> teleconverters, as the ones I have are OM's.
>
> And I have heard that Tokina may be a good lens, but like the Phoenix, their
> Fish eye's are suppose to be good, stay away from the rest of their stuff
> (my brick and mortar store told me that).
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