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Ok so I've mostly given up hope that sigma will get the 150mm OS onto the market any time soon; B&H is listing it for April after it missed March - but unless anyone hears different I'm assuming that the original stock was lost/destroyed during the disaster in Japan or is otherwise trapped within the country and will likely remain as such for a long while.
So I've nosed around and started looking at the Tokina 35mm f2.8 macro lens - a lens probably more rare than even the canon MPE 65mm macro. However whilst its macro feature is what is attracting me to the lens, I'm curious as to its performance and position in the market as a regular 35mm lens in its own right.
As well as that I'm also curious as to if 35mm is something I really "need/might go for". At present I've really nothing between 16mm and 70mm (got a kit lens but I dislike using it) and in the future I plan on covering this range mostly with a 24-105mm L. My interests are also not pressured toward that focal range - being wildlife, macro and a smattering of landscape shooting.
So its kind of a two fold question - how good is the Tokina 35mm as a 35mm lens and how good is it as a possible option for a photographer with similar interests to my own.
Also some people over at Fred and Mirinda are throwing around the "Zeiss" word near this lens
Tokina 35mm Macro 2.8: Nikon SLR Lens Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review
I should point out that its currently contesting against a new camera bag (something more padded than my minitrekker!)/tripod (carbon fibre Gitzo greatness of some unchosen description most likely - though looking at the prices and what I want from a tripod upgrade it won't fit into the same budget) or "something else maybe"
So I've nosed around and started looking at the Tokina 35mm f2.8 macro lens - a lens probably more rare than even the canon MPE 65mm macro. However whilst its macro feature is what is attracting me to the lens, I'm curious as to its performance and position in the market as a regular 35mm lens in its own right.
As well as that I'm also curious as to if 35mm is something I really "need/might go for". At present I've really nothing between 16mm and 70mm (got a kit lens but I dislike using it) and in the future I plan on covering this range mostly with a 24-105mm L. My interests are also not pressured toward that focal range - being wildlife, macro and a smattering of landscape shooting.
So its kind of a two fold question - how good is the Tokina 35mm as a 35mm lens and how good is it as a possible option for a photographer with similar interests to my own.
Also some people over at Fred and Mirinda are throwing around the "Zeiss" word near this lens
Tokina 35mm Macro 2.8: Nikon SLR Lens Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review
I should point out that its currently contesting against a new camera bag (something more padded than my minitrekker!)/tripod (carbon fibre Gitzo greatness of some unchosen description most likely - though looking at the prices and what I want from a tripod upgrade it won't fit into the same budget) or "something else maybe"