I didn't know about the others but the Tokina 12-24 is reputed to be a
joint development between Pentax and Tokina. After looking at the 16-45
and 50-135 it's pretty clear they must be from Tokina too. The Tokinas
do look much nicer but you can't buy a Pentax mount from Tokina.
Chuck Norcutt
C.H.Ling wrote:
> My feel about their quality is based on some of the lenses I have sold for a
> friend, he still owning lots of Pentax gears, he complain about the plastic
> feel of the 16-45. The 50/1.4 and 135/2.8 doesn't look smart to my eyes.
> Many of their zooms are from Tokina, the 16-45, 50-135/2.8, 12-24... Have a
> look on the Tokina 50-135 and 12-24 you will see what I mean, may be you
> will like the look of Pentax but the Tokina version look better to my eyes.
>
> C.H.Ling
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry"
>
>> The new zooms have been going through teething pains because they are
>> the first to be produced in a brand new factory, suppliers not supplying
>> what was promised, and being built at too fast a pace due to
>> overwhelming demand. This, of course, is being corrected, and is not
>> acceptable to Pentax.
>>
>> The zooms at PMA were mock-ups, so any opinion based on that is useless.
>>
>> Even so, hands-on judgement creeps in here in such non paid-off sites as
>> Photozones:
>>
>> "The 50-135mm is a member of the professional grade DA* family and the
>> build quality is on an accordingly high level thanks to quality
>> materials and weather-sealing."
>>
>> Or the cheap kit zooms:
>>
>> "Despite the very low price tag the build quality of the lens is
>> surprisingly decent. Naturally the outer construction is still based on
>> lots of plastics but its quality is quite fine with relatively tight gap
>> tolerances and there's even a metal mount."
>>
>> Your comment is the absolute first I've heard that they "look ugly",
>> but, again, that's that beholder thing again.
>
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