Tokina 12-24mm F4 DX - Anyone?

[shinwood]

Hey there,

Getting right into landscape photography with my D70 and I need a nice widey.

The Sigma DX 12-24mm looks good but the rear end filter system is ugly.

The Nikon DX 12-24mm looks lovely although the price is ugly.

The Tokina DX 12-24mm equivalent looks just as lovely but with a better looking price.

Does anyone have any real strong objections to the Tokina lens? Besides it being a Tokina lens....


Please be gentle, I'm new round these parts.

[Nnnnsic]

Welcome shinwood.

I can't imagine anything being wrong with aside for the less quality of glass that would be on it compared to other brands like Nikon or Sigma, honestly.

[MCWB]

Wile_E has the Tokina, and seems to like it. He posted a thread recently about it, might want to contact him for more info.

[birddog114]

Wile-E has one but this lens does not have many good review so far.
Get one and post a sharp review, if not good then ebay it.

[Onyx]

Tokina = part of the Hoya group, renouned Japanese company for its optics. I would say their ingredients are better than the Stigma.

[sirhc55]

My only experience digitally was to use a 17mm Tokina on my D1 and I found it to be very soft. I have used Tokina in the past on film cameras and found them to be OK.

[wile_E]

Hi shinwood, yes I have the Tokina.

Like I said in another post on this forum, the lens does what I bought it to do (take WA pictures) at a decent (enough for me) quality and is very well built (I was surprised at that aspect). Note though, it is not a 'pro' lens in the optical sense (there is some light fall off when shooting at 12mm F4 - but that could just be my copy of the lens - it gets better around F8, and is not noticable at F11 onwards).

If you're looking for more samples, please PM me, and I'll load and point you towards another URL.

HTH

Edit: Or, if you'd like to pop around to a mini-meet, you (or anyone else) are more than welcome to try it!

[shinwood]

Hi shinwood, yes I have the Tokina.

Like I said in another post on this forum, the lens does what I bought it to do (take WA pictures) at a decent (enough for me) quality and is very well built (I was surprised at that aspect). Note though, it is not a 'pro' lens in the optical sense (there is some light fall off when shooting at 12mm F4 - but that could just be my copy of the lens - it gets better around F8, and is not noticable at F11 onwards).

If you're looking for more samples, please PM me, and I'll load and point you towards another URL.

HTH

Edit: Or, if you'd like to pop around to a mini-meet, you (or anyone else) are more than welcome to try it!

Wicked, would love to see some examples shots taken with the lens.
Thanks a mil.

[birddog114]

Hey Mr Tokina,
I thought the Sigma is lot better, don't tell more about that lens, ebay or put it in the forum "For Sale" section.

[ipv6ready]

My only experience digitally was to use a 17mm Tokina on my D1 and I found it to be very soft. I have used Tokina in the past on film cameras and found them to be OK.

sirhc55

hi I was just wondering in regards to the Tokina 17mm was it the late model (D spec 77mm filter size) or the early model (72mm filter size)

I have the D 17mm ATX D F3.5

I used it except once (now in the orginal box in my pelican case). I posted a picture of the harbour bridge, simillar to glen's picture.

The reason I ask is because I want to guage the perspective of "Sharp" ie is my idea of sharp -> sharp enough

http://www.d70users.com/viewtopic.php?t=5431&highlight=
http://www.d70users.com/viewtopic.php?t=5435&highlight=

Sorry for hijacking the thread but we are discussing Tokina/Hoya/Kenko

[sirhc55]

Good question - I no longer have the lens - I bought it in 2001. I will hunt out some pics taken with the lens and post up tomorrow.