The
Tokina AT-X M100AF Macro lens
by J. Ramón Palacios
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SAMPLE
SHOTS
As
soon as I had a minute back home, I went into the backyard. No
flowers at this time of the year, therefore no butterflies. But
I remembered the clay angels my wife has by the doorway. Made
a shot of one of them at close distance and then went for a close
up. The results on Konica Centuria 200 film, with a Nikon F5,
are shown below.
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The
Tokina AT-X M100AF, 100mm f/2.8 AF Macro at work.
Nikon F5, Konica Centuria 200
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Soon
I had another chance to try this lens again. Every year, at Christmas
time, friends of mine laboriously build miniature villages and
scenes of the City of London. An incredible collection they painstakingly
increase by attending Christie's and Sotheby's auctions. They
were in a hurry to get to a travel agency to pick up some plane
tickets before they closed. So no time to setup the tripod. I
shot in a hurry, handheld, with the SB-28 on a SC-17 held in the
other hand. I really did not expected something that crisp and
contrasty. A few samples of the results are shown below.
All
I can tell you is that now my friends have asked me for an appointment
as soon as the villages are rebuilt next year-end holidays. I
am looking forward to oblige. The Tokina AT-X M100AF did not let
me down and deserves a tripod next time around. |
