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Tokina 17mm 3.5 RMC

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p.1 #1 · Tokina 17mm 3.5 RMC

Tokina 17mm 3.5 RMC wide-auto manuel focus

Im thinking of buying this one, but cant find a decent review and dont know the angle of view on this lens. So i was hoping you guys had an idea or experience with it.

Oct 30, 2009 at 05:31 PM

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p.1 #2 · Tokina 17mm 3.5 RMC

Its ok at f5.6 onwards but not so good wide open, it has reasonable contrast and does'nt really suffer much from flare. The performance at the extreme edges of frame can be slightly soft, even on crop format but its quite sharp in the centre.

Oct 30, 2009 at 05:43 PM

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p.1 #3 · Tokina 17mm 3.5 RMC

hmm doesnt sound bad, certainly allright for the price. Do you know the angle of view ?

Oct 30, 2009 at 07:09 PM

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p.1 #4 · Tokina 17mm 3.5 RMC

Pretty nice overall! Something like 100deg. angle of view at least. I have a test of it I think (check under vivitar too, same lens) on www.edsawyer.com/lenstests/

I had one for a while, it's really not bad, esp. for the price.

-Ed

Oct 30, 2009 at 07:38 PM

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p.1 #5 · Tokina 17mm 3.5 RMC

The AOV for a 17mm lens on full frame should be 104 deg on the diagonal and 93 deg on the horizontal, in landscape mode.

I used a Tokina SL 17/3.5 RMC with Pentax film bodies, and it was OK, but not as good as the Rokinon Automatic wide 20/2.8 MC that I also had then. I really shouldn't have sold the Rokinon 20, as they're very rare and relatively unknown (i.e. inexpensive).

Oct 30, 2009 at 08:16 PM

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p.1 #6 · Tokina 17mm 3.5 RMC

On FF:

+small size
+very sharp in the middle already wide open
+handles flare very good
+not too much distortion
+very nice build quality, equal to average MF Nikkors

-corner sharpness sucks really bad at all apertures
-focusing goes "the wrong way" for Nikon users

Well, I think that's it. Awesome lens if you don't shoot landscapes. A hundred times sharper in the middle at f/3.5 than my Nikkor 18-35, but equally a hundred times unsharper in the corners.

Edit: On D700:

Oct 30, 2009 at 09:22 PM

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p.1 #7 · Tokina 17mm 3.5 RMC

Allright, thanks guys. I think im gonna try it out, sound pretty decent to me

Oct 31, 2009 at 02:58 AM


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