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The lens that no one covered during Photokina (Tokina 17-35mm f/4 FX)
On 2010-10-12 16:08:28 -0700, Bruce said:
From photorumors.com: http://preview.tinyurl.com/3yjswvn or: http://photorumors.com/2010/10/08/th...5mm-f4-pro-fx/ QUOTE: The lens that no one covered during Photokina: Tokina AT-X 17-35mm f/4 PRO FX Besides a picture on dpreview and a two sentence coverage on dc.watch, there is no further information on the Tokina AT-X 17-35mm f/4 PRO FX lens prototype that was shown at Photokina two weeks ago. A reader emailed me that this lens will take 77mm filters and is rather compact in size, similar to the Tokina 12-24mm f/4 DX version. Tokina already announced a AT-X 16-28mm PRO FX lens few months ago (for now available only on eBay). END QUOTE I am very happy with both the build & IQ with my Tokina AT-X 11-16 f/2.8 PRO DX. The AT-X 16-28mm f/2.8 PRO FX seems to be the FF equivalent of the 11-16 DX. I think the interesting thing that Tokina has done, has been for the most part to restrain the zoom range of their lenses. Given that philosophy, a FF 17-35mm f/4 makes a lot of sense to pair it with their 12-24mm f/4 DX. So that gives them a DX and FX pair of lenses covering similar FL equivalents and offering the same f/2.8 & f/4 glass. It seems they are building a FF range of useful quality lenses which should be a bargain when compared to the Nikon/Canon/Leica/Zeiss glass. My only issue with Tokina is the time they take to get the lenses to the vendors. There were shortages of the 11-16mm for months. None of the vendors are even listing release dates for the FF lenses. So we shall have to wait and see if they have anything on the shelves by the time I would be able to find a good refurbished D700 next year. ....and then there will be the review circus. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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