Tokina SD 80-200/2.8 AT-X (Nikon Mnt)

steventimothy

steventimothy

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Does anyone have any experience with this lens used with a Nikon to Eos adaptor?

Seems pretty well spec'd, there are some on ebay, and people generally rave about it (and it's fast).
 
You need to make sure any nikon lenses you get have aperture rings otherwise stay away. There will be no way to control the iris!!!!
 
A quick image search on bing shows some with, some without. I would check closely with the seller of the one you are thinking of buying.
 
I haven't tried that with my Canon yet , but I have used my Nikon 80-200 and its spectactular. I do know that lens and though not as good as the Nikon its pretty decent and great for the money.
The one ring push pull Nikon for around $500 use is also a fabulous lens.
 
I have a Tokina 80-200mm f/2.8 in the Olympus OM mount, which I adapt to Canon EF. It's great. Not the best lens in its class, but arguably the best value.

If it's a manual focus version, then it will have an aperture ring. All manual focus lenses for the Nikon mount have aperture rings.
 
It's certainly not possible to find an 80-200 lens as fast as that for anywhere close to the money.

I think it'll be great for video; I'm gonna get it.
 
Hi Steve,

Did you get this lens yet? Any report?

I'm also looking at the same lens. A guy in Cinema5D highly recommends the Nikon push/pull one. It is the only Nikon 80-200 that doesn't has image shift problem when pulling focus. It is also parfocal (meaning once you zoom in and set focus, when you zoom out the subject is still in focus.)

But I personally prefer a two-ring design. If the Tokina is parfocal and doesn't have image shift problem, I will go for it. What's your experience?

(By say image shift, I mean you see the image moves a little when you change direction during focus pulls - when you pull focus from close to far, then you pull back.)

thx,


Jack
 
jackcklam said:
Did you get this lens yet? Any report?

I'm also looking at the same lens. A guy in Cinema5D highly recommends the Nikon push/pull one. It is the only Nikon 80-200 that doesn't has image shift problem when pulling focus. It is also parfocal (meaning once you zoom in and set focus, when you zoom out the subject is still in focus.)

But I personally prefer a two-ring design. If the Tokina is parfocal and doesn't have image shift problem, I will go for it. What's your experience?

(By say image shift, I mean you see the image moves a little when you change direction during focus pulls - when you pull focus from close to far, then you pull back.)
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I haven't finished reviewing the lens yet because I just finished my review for the Nikon 50mm f1.4 AI (see my link).

I'll be putting up the Tokina review shortly.

The Tokina does exhibit lens breathing, or framing changes, when focused. It would be a miracle if it didn't, because very few zoom lenses designed for still photography DON'T do that.

Also, most still zooms aren't perfectly parfocal unless they cost a fortune and the Tokina is not parfocal (it needs to be refocused when zoom is changed). Modern lenses are close to parfocal.

The breathing is less noticeable at 200mm than 80mm, so that's good. But it might still dissuade you from trying a rack focus from, say, 2m to 20m.

Parfocal is irrelevent to me because zooming in a shot is too 70's kung foo for my taste. It's infeasible to zoom on a DSLR with a push/pull zoom unless you have the camera welded to a lead tripod.

So if you're looking for zoom in the 80-200 range at f2.8, parfocal with little to no lens breathing... actually that doesn't exist for a DSLR. However, if you want to zoom, a modern still lens with a FIXED iris, and separate focus ring should be close enough to parfocal to work for you.
 
Thx Steve for sharing your experience.

I see. I thought you got the AF two-ring version of the Tokina 80-200. I'm very interested to know how it performs.

Steven Gibby at Redusers.net highly recommends the older push/pull Nikon AF 80-200 2.8 lens. He confirmed that it has no image shift and is parfocal. But he didn't comment on the breathing. He comments made me nearly buy the lens. But I really prefer a two-ring zoom over a push/pull. The Tokina 80-200 AF seems to be the only hopeful suspect - but I can't find any info about it regarding parfocalness, image shift, and breathing....

Do you have any experience with this lens?

thx

Jack
 
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