I have the Tokina lens and I concur that it is a very fine lens. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx> To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 11:57 AM Subject: [LRflex] Re: DMR and flash > Elliot, > if you're thinking of a 12-24, try the Tokina ATX lens - all tests show > that it beats other brands into the ground, at a lower price too. > It's beautifully constructed too, nice metal mount and all the moving > parts are as smooth as silk. As to the image quality: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3961_edited_1 > http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3964_edited_1 > http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3967_edited_1 > http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3972_edited_1 > http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3972_edited_1 > http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3975_edited_1 > http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3988_edited_1 . > http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3990_edited_1 . > http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3993_edited_1 > > All Tokina AT-X PRO SD 12-24 f4 (IF) DX (the name is nearly as wide as the > lens :-) The f4 is constant throughout the whole range of focal lengths) > stuck on the front of a Canon 20D > > Best from Hannover > Douglas > > > > Dr. Puritz wrote: > >>Quick question to those here using the DMR....are you simply using the TTL >>option on the R8 or R9, or is there some other way to "do" flash with the >>DMR? >> >>Concerning digital, I have taken the suggestions of some of you regarding >>Nikon ( gasp! ). My wife received a D200 from the kids...another >>birthday. >>I'll fill some "gaps" in her lens supply ( she was using the N80 film >>camera ), and go from there. May well be that the 12-24 and the 18-200 >>will be all that she'll need. So far the results are very satisfactory, >>but >>as you all know there is a learning curve until I do things as >>instinctively >>as I did with the R and M cameras. All those menus and submenus, not to >>mention white balance!!! >> >>Elliot >> >> >>------ >>Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: >> http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm >>Archives are at: >> //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ >> >> >> > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/