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n0b0
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Review Date: Apr 24, 2010
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Versatile zoom. Works on both full frame and crop sensor body, at least for Canon. Fairly sharp wide open, VERY sharp stopped down. Solid build.
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None that matters.
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IMO, THE default choice for fisheye whether you have full frame or crop sensor body, and especially if you have both.
It's a very strong and solid lens. I dropped mine on the pavement from about a meter high (3 ft) and nothing was damaged apart from a little scratch on the cap.
Very highly recommended.
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 Apr 24, 2010
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m34tba11
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Posts: 52
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Review Date: Apr 8, 2010
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $579.99
| Rating: 9
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zoom fisheye, build quality, quiet focus, very protective front lens cap
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no full time manual
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I toiled over this, the canon 15mm, or the Sigma 10mm. The nice thing about the Canon is it will work on full frame cameras. This lens will work on a 1D mark III but you have to zoom out to 12 mm to not have a hard boxy looking vignette, it works great on my 40D too. Focus is fast, but you spend most of your time at infinity anyway. When you have AF enabled forget trying to turn the focus ring, it does not budge. It's a sturdy lens too, built like a tank. It feels like the same materials that the L lenses are made of. It is not F/2.8 but fisheyes seem to let more light in anyway. You start at 180' field of view, but it drops as you zoom out, this is probably the only real negative especially when I'm shooting w/ it on my 1D. I typically park the zoom at 14mm regardless of body, and click away. It's fun to put the camera up in someones face (although rude, so dont do to strangers) and take a quick shot, huge nose and huge foreheads :D. I highly recommend this lens if you are in the market for a fisheye.
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Apr 8, 2010
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Yonatan Wexler
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Review Date: Dec 25, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $550.00
| Rating: 10
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Controllable fisheye distortion! small, strong, decent price.
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slightly worse optically than fixed lenses
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Tokina made an excellent decision here, making a fisheye lens with wider applicability. Fisheye lenses are fantastic for busy scenarios and work great for kids. Having the zoom, allows to control the amount of "fishyness" in the image, hence also giving normal looking images without the need to change lenses. This is my favorite lens in parties, mostly on canon 40D (1.6 crop sensor).
Build quality is excellent. It is small enough to stay in the bag 'just in case', the cap stays firmly on. It works both on crop sensor and full frame cameras.
The Canon 15mm indeed gives better image quality, and f/2.8 is better than f/3.5. Both of these are minor issues though. The flexibility of the zoom outweighs that big time.
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Dec 25, 2009
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willis
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Location: United Kingdom
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Review Date: Feb 18, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Sharp, high contrast. Works on APS-H from 12mm, FF from about 15mm. Light, well built.
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Haven't found any, maybe the focus is a bit buzzy but AF is not much of an issue at these focal lengths.
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It's an acquired taste but it does what it does really well. If you know you want a fisheye you can't go wrong.
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Feb 18, 2009
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FatBoyAl
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Registered: Sep 4, 2005
Location: United States
Posts: 542
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Review Date: Oct 1, 2008
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $475.00
| Rating: 9
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Solid build, decently fast focus, sharp, small
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None yet
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I bought this after reading reviews here and owning the 11-17 and 12-24 from Tokina. (Actually, I also owned the 'fantastic plastic' 19-35 a while back.) I was hoping to do some more creative stuff and for that, this lens doesn't disappoint. It should be noted that as a fisheye, the uses are limited and one should consider that prior to purchase. After owning the other two UWA's, I knew I wanted the fisheye effect, so it wasn't a surprise to me.
Doesn't focus fast, but doesn't really need to, either. I've seen lots of skateboarder shots with this, tho I don't shoot skateboarders.
Fun to use, excellent Tokina quality, long warranty. If what you desire is a fisheye, nothing really compares.
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Oct 1, 2008
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walt thompson
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Review Date: Aug 30, 2008
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $549.00
| Rating: 9
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sharp, sharp, sharp! I was a little worried about not buying a Canon lens due to the sharpness, but I have not been let down.
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no protection for the front element.
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I was pretty skeptical about the sharpness of a non Canon lens, but I have been very satisfied with my results. If you have never tried a fisheye lens you should they are really fun. I have been shooting for over twenty years and this is my first fisheye and I love it.
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Aug 30, 2008
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sickboy11
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Location: United States
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Review Date: Jul 3, 2008
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $560.00
| Rating: 9
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Sharpness, color saturation, contrast,
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Love this lens. Colors are amazing and it is very sharp. A fantastic fisheye effect on my 40D. If you need a fisheye for a APS-C DSLR, look no further!
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Jul 3, 2008
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DavidWEGS
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Location: United States
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Review Date: May 13, 2008
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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sharp. zoom. close focus.
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None at all for a FE
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Truly an excellent lens, truly. Get it.
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May 13, 2008
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Tigadee
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Location: New Zealand
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Review Date: Mar 24, 2008
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $700.00
| Rating: 10
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Sharp, great colours and flare control. Solid compact body. Fisheye effect.
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Focus slightly slow. No protection from smudges and scratches when lens is in use.
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At half the price of the Canon 15mm fisheye, 2/3rds of the Canon 10-22mm and 1/3rd the price of the new Canon 14mm f2.8 Fisheye, the Tokina 10-17mm is an extreme value-for-money lens providing both UWA and Fisheye, as well as excellent sharpness, contrast and colours. While it is meant for cropped sensor cameras, I was (very pleasantly) surprised to find that is it also very useable on the 5D. There is strong vignetting from 10-13mm but from 14mm to 17mm, it is full-frame all the way. How awesome is that?! And the fisheye effect is still strong and useful.
The body is solid and surprisingly compact, so this lens goes everywhere with me. The zoom and focus rings are kinda narrow, but not used often anyway (though that does not mean having the zoom range is not utilised or useful). Flare control is very good, I shot under overhead sun and no flare except one photo. Indoors too, lights do not exhibit any flare effect.
AF is fast and quiet, but does not seem as fast as some other lenses, though I was using the 5D instead of 40D, so the focus may be faster with a newer body? Although I am switching over to Nikon soon, I fully expect to purchase this again for that mount - 100% no hesitation, 100% no doubts.
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Mar 24, 2008
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SEJohnson83
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Registered: Mar 10, 2008
Location: United States
Posts: 596
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Review Date: Mar 24, 2008
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $499.99
| Rating: 9
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Superior build quality when it comes to 3rd party lenses. Excellent DOF, color and contrast. It ZZZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMS
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Displays some CA, but is certainly editable in the P.P.
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I have been a hobbyist for 8 years now and have just decided to approach wide angle shooting. I've always loved the fisheye distortion and this is my first fisheye lens. IMO it is a specialty lens and isn't recomended for certain types of shots (portraits) although I'm sure some angles could be acceptable... either way, it's a great lens to have in your bag for when you're feeling fishy!
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Mar 24, 2008
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Mick I
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Review Date: Feb 28, 2008
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $499.99
| Rating: 10
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Solid build, Good optics, Fast focusing.
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Lens cap
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I've been a fan to Tokina after I purchased a 12-24 for my Nikon. I have since switched to Canon and was looking to get a Fisheye as well as a UWA.
I had heard of this lens and after looking at all the pros and cons I couldn't be happier! Sure I could get the fixed 15mm @ 2.8 and then I'd have to get the 10-22 which is a 3.5-5.6 (and can't use on a FF sensor) after mulling it over I did the math and pulled the trigger.
I normally do not buy 3rd party lens but when it comes to Tokina I think I am going to add a few more to the arsenal. The solid build, good optics, and variety has made me a convert.
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Feb 28, 2008
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Jman13
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Review Date: Nov 19, 2007
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $499.00
| Rating: 9
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Sharp, good contrast and color, very versatile for a fisheye with the 10-17mm zoom. Frame filling super wide fish at 10mm, almost rectilinear wide-angle at 17mm. Excellent build quality
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CA at borders on high contrast edges. (mostly correctable in post processing)
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I've had my 10-17 for about a week now, and have used it in a variety of situations. First off, if you've never used a fisheye made for your camera format, you've not experienced wide. I also own the Tokina 12-24mm UWA, and 12mm on the fisheye is significantly wider than 12mm on the 12-24, and 10mm on the fisheye is just incredible.
Given the extreme field of view, the lens is extremely sharp. Even not considering its extreme field of view, it's a sharp lens. Center sharpness is excellent at all apertures, and corner sharpness is pretty good wide open, and very good 2 stops down.
Color and contrast are excellent at all apertures.
I really like the ability to zoom. 10mm is fantastic, but there are times you don't want that wide, and you can still get the fisheye distortion and width, but you can frame to only how wide you need.
Also, for anyone who thinks that fisheye distortion is only a 'special effect', you haven't used a fisheye long enough. Both fisheyes and rectilinear ultra-wides distort at the edges...the fisheye distorts straight lines to be round, but at the same time, it doesn't distort circles. Rectilinear stretches and distorts by pulling the edges, fisheyes curve things, but do not distort size at all.
Overall, a truly excellent lens. The only thing that keeps it from a 10 rating is the CA at the edges of the frame on high contrast edges. It can mostly be fixed in post processing, but it's there.
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Nov 19, 2007
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