When you deal with old lenses, you often get lenses and cameras you know nothing of, as a extra treat when you buying for something else. To be honest, often they are crap – but sometime you get real treasures. Lets find out which category this Tele-Tokina belongs to…
The purchase
I bought this lens in a package with Pentax Spotmatic camera, Asahi S-M-C 55mm/1.8 lens, Soligor 35mm/3.5 (old preset), flash, bag, pocket tripod and some other stuff – it all went for about £40. The things I was aiming for was the Pantax camera and lens. The package arrived, and believe me, it was felt like christmas to unpack this stuff ;)
The lens
The Tele-Tokina 105mm/2.8 seems to be a bit rare, at least there is not much information on the Internet. Only I could find was for other focal-lengths. It’s an Adapt-all lens, here with M42-mount on. To mount it on my EOS I also need a M42->EOS adapter (it sounds a bit more complicated then it is).
It feels like small and slender, not bigger then some of my 50mm lenses. 10 blades aperture. The aperture setting is a preset, which runs very smooth. The focus is a bit stiff, which can be a problem as there are 2 threaded mounts (the Adaptall -> M42 and M42 -> EOS) that can come off. Sadly the 49mm filtermount is a bit danged, but it still takes filters and don’t seem to effect function at all.
I’m guessing that this is single-coated, which I like actually. I know, it sounds weird, but all my single coated lenses are very good.
Results
I think it’s quite sharp. The bokeh and flares is round and soft, which I like. I’m very pleasently surprised by this lens. Nice colours, though it was hard to judge that part since I tested the lens in swedish autumn, which is very colourfull in it self.
Images
Images photographed mostly during the swedish autumn in september 2008.
Pros
- Sharp, even at large aperture
- Nice, soft bokeh
- Small and nice shape
- Single coating – if you like me have good experience with single coated lenses.
Cons
- The focus is a bit stiff, which sometimes loosens the 2 threaded mounts. Bloody annoying.
- Singe coating – if you hold to the beliefe that multi coating is better.
Reading
I haven’t found much info on this at all, please give me tips if you know any.










I have one of these in the Soligor brand.
The mount is also a T/T2.
I was thinking that it was made by Komine due to stylistic details, but yours tells the tale.
http://forum.mflenses.com/soligor-komine-105-2-8-preset-t8179.html
I have “exactly” this lens, but in the front reads Hanimar Tele-lens. I agree, this lens is very sharp, more sharp than my Super-Takumar 105/2.8, Fujinon-T 105/2.8 and in the same league of the Tamron 90/2.5. The bokeh is good too. I buy this lens in Barcelona, with a bunch of M42 tele lens, for next to nothing.
Interesting to hear :)
This is a T/T2 mount lens. T/T2 is a threaded “universal” mount, while Adaptall/Adaptall2 is a bayonet “universal” mount only used by Tamron.
Tokina never produced any Adaptall lens.
Thanks
Thanks! I was looking for information on this lens and yes you’re right there isn’t much on the Internet.
I have a Mamiya Sekor SX 105mm/2.8 lens (M42 mount, auto diaphragm) which may have the same optical design. More on this lens:
http://freenet-homepage.de/stauber/mamiya-nc/m42_mamiya_sx_105_2.8.htm
Sears also offered a 105mm/2.8 lens in M42 mount.
Comment #8 in the following blog thread discusses the Tokina-Sears-Mamiya connections for 105mm/2.8 :
http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-slr-lens-discussion/37037-auto-sears-105mm-f-2-8-m42-rare.html
It’s a very nice lens, I should try and use it more.