Hoya (Tokina) f3.5 200mm on NEX-3

hifisapi · Joined: 25 Sep 2012 Posts: 941 Location: USA

too much CA and purple fringing. My tamron SP 180/2.5 doesnt do that.
Keep looking. FWIW, I once had a cheap vivitar 200/3.5 that was excellent.

iangreenhalgh1 · Expire: 2014-01-07

I have Konica Hexanon 3.5/200 and Topcon RE Auto Topcor 5.6/200, both superb so I don't need any other 200mms.

This Hoya/Tokina was awful, as were the 135 and 300mm Hoya/Tokinas. 400mm was acceptable, but not good.

Soulflier · Joined: 16 Aug 2012 Posts: 5

The lens arrived a few days ago. I had one trip with it to the zoo so far. First off manual focusing with the right adapter is not that hard. I use an m42 to EF adapter with a programmable chip so it gives AF confirm and also helps with setting the right shutter speeds for the 200mm.

Focusing this lens is really great for me, the focus ring has a long turn. There is a ton of CA at f3.5, it gets better at 5.6 but the fringing does not disappear. Sharpness is good enough at 5.6 and f8. I could get usable shots at 3.5 too but there is not much detail in them. I will check if my Canon EF-S 18-135 at 135mm is sharper if cropped to the same field of view.

With PP I get get some nice picutres. I will try it for video use. The lower resolution of the video will probably hide the optical errors.

What I absolutely don't like is the minimum focusing distance. 2.5 meters. OK, I know it is such a small lens for its focal length.

asfethan · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2015 10:21 am Post subject:

I think I like this lens but I didn't have many opportunities to test it yet.

This shot is made with full hole if I remember it correctly. It's in full resolution without PP affecting lens rendering.

This one has usual PP I do for my shots. I think it's f5.6 or f8.

It can be really sharp stopped down with acceptable or barely visible CA levels. I have to do more tests with full-hole.