Yey - time to go wiiiide!

Fate · Apr 27, 2008

Just bought a Tokina 12-24 off ebay..£260 new.. not bad imo!

Ive seen many good reviews of it and some even say its pretty damn simlilar to the Nikon version... so woot

Anyone care to share their views of this lens... just so i know what i have to look forward to

Dave

Antithesis · Apr 27, 2008

I had one for about 5 months and loved it. It does have a bit of a problem with CA, but is easily correctable if you shoot raw. Other than that it's tack sharp and built like a tank. It does have a lot of distortion at the edges of the frame, but it is a super-wide, so it's to be expected.

pyropenguin · Apr 28, 2008

These were all taken with that lens on my d50

It's a fun lens. Great for car stuff which I love to do. Landscapes and other shots like that are amazing with it. Enjoy it!

Fate · Apr 28, 2008

niice

thank you v much for the examples.. great shots... and that lens IS nice and sharp!

cheers for your comments all

Rhubarb · Apr 29, 2008

Fate said:
niice thank you v much for the examples.. great shots... and that lens IS nice and sharp!

cheers for your comments all

I use that lens, and enjoy it a lot. I just posted some pics in this thread http://thephotoforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=121002 which used the Tokina.

Also the distortion is easiliy correctable and is very well controlled at 24mm end. Not only that, the distortion can also be put to good use if you happen to like the effect as I do.

How did you come to decide on the Tokina? It was a real toss up for me between this lens and the Sigma 10-20mm (it seems you get bugger all extra performance from the Nikon at over twice the cost).

I'm still tempted to pick up a copy of the Simga so I can use both for a while and then decide which one to keep.

It seems variations between copies of the lenes could be the deciding factor.

Congrats on the new purchase.

Fate · Apr 29, 2008

a large factor in getting the tokina was the tank like build quality and also the constant aperture is a nice touch. Shame it doesnt have HSM or something, but we cant have it all eh!

Fate · Apr 30, 2008

yey it arrived... 3 days from Hk.. thats fast!

first impressions: build quality is as good as i hoped... and it is WIIDE, which is awesome... ive already annoyed my brother with it by taking a stupidly close up portrait at 12mm.. making is face distort.. funtimes!

Thanks for everyones comments and i'll try and get some shots up in the various galleries as i use it.