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p.1 #1Tokina lens -your experiences
Hello,
I know they are not canon L lens but then I only make so much money. there sure is alot about Sigma and Tamron. But I was wondering
from my fellow users how their experiences have been with various lens from Tokina. Please just list you lens and any comments.
Thanks in advance for information and educating myself and others.
God bless
steve
I know they are not canon L lens but then I only make so much money. there sure is alot about Sigma and Tamron. But I was wondering
from my fellow users how their experiences have been with various lens from Tokina. Please just list you lens and any comments.Thanks in advance for information and educating myself and others.
God bless
steve
Aug 28, 2005 at 08:31 AM
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p.1 #2Tokina lens -your experiences
Tokina 12-24 Fantastic lens great color, very sharp, so much fun to use.
Aug 28, 2005 at 08:35 AM
p.1 #3Tokina lens -your experiences
The 20-35 2.8 was the most consistently good and damn effortless lens I have ever had. Build is superb. Why are L's thought to be better built? I just ordered a Tokina 12-24 f4 too and I have yet to see a poor image from it. Tokina lenses are cheaper and if you choose carefully on the SH market you can get a real bargain. Not many L bargains around!!
Aug 28, 2005 at 08:47 AM
p.1 #4Tokina lens -your experiences
Tokina 12-24 - great results. sharp edge to edge, good build. Still getting used to AF clutch, but not a big issue in wide lens. Flare about the same, possibly a little worse, than 10-22S and 16-35L. 12-24 comes out of the bag, other wides don't.
Aug 28, 2005 at 08:48 AM
p.1 #5Tokina lens -your experiences
So far 2 votes for the 12 -24
Anyone else?
Anyone else?
Aug 28, 2005 at 12:55 PM
p.1 #6Tokina lens -your experiences
Tokina 17mm ATX Pro; excellent well built lens, with good results. Much smaller than some of those huge w/a zooms at a length that nicely complements the 28mm lower end of many mid range zooms. IMHO lower cost primes are far less of a compromise optically than lower cost w/a primes.
Stuart
Stuart
Aug 28, 2005 at 01:09 PM
p.1 #7Tokina lens -your experiences
I have the Tokina 400/5.6 AF and really like it. (but then I have a good day job, I don't need to make a living off the lens so....)
Aug 28, 2005 at 05:21 PM
p.1 #8Tokina lens -your experiences
Sounds like Tokina does well at both ends.
How about 24-70?
How about 24-70?
Aug 29, 2005 at 06:30 PM
p.1 #9Tokina lens -your experiences
From what I've seen on these forums, 12-24 will be my next purchase.
TG
TG
Aug 29, 2005 at 06:43 PM
p.1 #10Tokina lens -your experiences
On the other side, the Tokina 28-210mm isn't much to write home about. Decent on the wide end, but pretty soft anywhere past 100mm.
Aug 29, 2005 at 06:48 PM
p.1 #11Tokina lens -your experiences
I had a 24-200. Excellent cost benefit. It was at least as good as the tamron 28-200 I had. I have some center crops of the tamron up against the canon 24-70 and the 28-135 at several apertures if you're interested in looking at them.
I concluded that much of what you are paying for with the more expensive lenses is of course sharpness, especially the further you go from the center. But the additional quality comes at a cost not necessarily proportional to the added benefit. If your are using the lens for candid snapshots for example, then it might not be all that important to you.
I concluded that much of what you are paying for with the more expensive lenses is of course sharpness, especially the further you go from the center. But the additional quality comes at a cost not necessarily proportional to the added benefit. If your are using the lens for candid snapshots for example, then it might not be all that important to you.
Aug 29, 2005 at 07:00 PM
p.1 #12Tokina lens -your experiences
rumors are tokina was a side project from an ex-nikon lens engineer. I say the 17mm prime AT-X pro, is Primo. Even wide open was nice.
Aug 29, 2005 at 07:09 PM
p.1 #13Tokina lens -your experiences
I have the Tokina 12-24 and 24-200. They both perform quite well on my 10D and 350D. The 12-24 is designed for 1.6 crop cameras so it is not too good on my 1D MK2. The 24-200 works well on all my Canon cameras and, IMHO, is a great lens for the price. About $260.00. The zoom range is especially useful to me. I use all my "L" glass on the 1D2 and Tokina does not trail too far behind these lenses.
Regards, Fred
Regards, Fred
Aug 29, 2005 at 07:19 PM
p.1 #14Tokina lens -your experiences
I have the Tokina 20-35mm and used to own the Tokina 300 f2.8.
The 20-35mm is very nice. Not had a bad picture from this lens yet.
The 300 f2.8 is an amazing lens. Very sharp and good contrast. The only drawback to this lens was the fact that it would not accept any teleconverters as the back end had the gel holder right by the mount. But in all, very nice lenses. I sold it and got the Sigma 300 f2.8 which is just as good and faster and lets me use the canon teleconverters for some very sharp pictures.
The 20-35mm is very nice. Not had a bad picture from this lens yet.
The 300 f2.8 is an amazing lens. Very sharp and good contrast. The only drawback to this lens was the fact that it would not accept any teleconverters as the back end had the gel holder right by the mount. But in all, very nice lenses. I sold it and got the Sigma 300 f2.8 which is just as good and faster and lets me use the canon teleconverters for some very sharp pictures.
Aug 29, 2005 at 10:19 PM
p.1 #15Tokina lens -your experiences
the Tokina "plastic fantastic" isn't so bad either....
Plastic Fantastic is the nickname given to the Tokina 19-35. I bought one a couple of years ago for around $200 and it hasn't disappointed....its no "L" but it is a great value for the money...
by the way...spelling may be wrong, but the nickname was coined by this fellow: http://194.100.88.243/petteri/pont/Whats_new/a_Recent_changes.html
Plastic Fantastic is the nickname given to the Tokina 19-35. I bought one a couple of years ago for around $200 and it hasn't disappointed....its no "L" but it is a great value for the money...
by the way...spelling may be wrong, but the nickname was coined by this fellow: http://194.100.88.243/petteri/pont/Whats_new/a_Recent_changes.html
Aug 30, 2005 at 05:40 AM
p.1 #16Tokina lens -your experiences
Another vote for the 12-24. Very sharp, has some limits (mainly some CA) but all around a great lens for the money. I don't know how I did without it on my 20D before it came out 
Aug 30, 2005 at 08:48 AM
p.1 #17Tokina lens -your experiences
12-24, Excellent. The 24-200 was my first ever digital slr lens, I used it
for three years, liked it a lot. At the price, it's hard to beat. Consider, it's a $250 ultra zoom, so it's not going to equal high end glass. And it's built to last.
Art
for three years, liked it a lot. At the price, it's hard to beat. Consider, it's a $250 ultra zoom, so it's not going to equal high end glass. And it's built to last.
Art
Aug 30, 2005 at 09:38 AM
p.1 #18Tokina lens -your experiences
12-24 is great. Sharp with some CA. Built like a tank. Feels good on your camera. Had a little old lady tell me that she liked the thing on the front of my camera. (Lens Hood)
Aug 30, 2005 at 11:18 AM
p.1 #19Tokina lens -your experiences
Another vote for the 12-24 - great lens.
Aug 30, 2005 at 11:36 AM
p.1 #20Tokina lens -your experiences
I have used the Tokina 19-35 on my 10D and it gave good results. Not as good as my 17-40 L but good enough for a $140 lens. I also have used the Tokina 28-70 ATX-Pro 2.6-2.8 and the 28-80 2.8 ATX-Pro on Nikon bodies and thsoe were superb... Although focusing is noisy and slow, they gave excellent image quality.. Also build quality of the 28-70 ans 28-80 was second to non. All metal construction so well built you could use it as a hammer to drive nails...
Aug 30, 2005 at 11:56 AM