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Tokina AT-X M100 AF Pro D 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens

Shopping for macro lenses can be very tedious what with all the products that are available now in the market and the many features each one has to offer. The difficult thing is that, some features that you need are not usually bundled in just one product. Take for example Tamron' 180mm which can give you longer working distance but quality of pictures taken are affected by the make of it's digital sensors as compared to Tokina.

I have been working actually with Sigma 150mm in the past and quite frankly, this product is none comparable with Tokina AT-X M100 AF Pro D 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens. I bought my Tokina a few months back and had been satisfied with its performance... at least so far.

For one thing, my Tokina AT-X M100 AF Pro D 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens is already digital and like what I said earlier, the lens coatings specially on the rear part are of new materials to fix reflections from digital sensors. And not only that, aside from being digital, it can also be used with regular films. When focusing at 1:1 the front element extends fully at perfect angle.

The Tokina AT-X M100 AF Pro D 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens seems to be more rock hard than any other brands and models of the same genre. The focus grip is simply amazing due to the properly grooved solid rubber and it's complex but solid architecture. Whether auto or manual focus, the change in mode does not affect one bit in its professionl performance and you simply get a well dampened and smooth focus all the time. Though one might think that it is cheap because of plastic materials, the look and feel specially it's weight proves it's high level of product professionalism.

The Tokina AT-X M100 AF Pro D 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens is a little heavier compared to that of Sigma 105mm about a few ounces although for a product where you are happy work with, a few ounces does not actually hurt.

The Micro Nikkor 105mm comes close in terms of performance with Tokin considering macro lenses are always good for long throw in manual focusing. The manual travel focus for both Nikkor and Tokina is usually 55 degrees from 1:1 up to 1:2 and usually from 3 ft. to infinity. One thing I noticed as an advantage for my AT-X M100 AF Pro D 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens though is it seems to be better working even with auto focus. Low lights are still workable and pretty fast as compared to my Sigma and Tamron thinking this is a macro lens

The focus limit switch is also a plus factor on Tokina as it shortens the auto hunt feature and this can affect performance usually for macro lenes. It can be adjusted from 1:1.2 to 1:2.2 depending on your choice. It also reports the effective aperture from infinity to 1:1 focus giving you reliable performance of this perfect toy,

All in all, I am truly happy with this piece of equipment and perhaps, I will be using it for few more years before any competition can change that.

Jemmer Pablo
Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:11:03 +0000

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