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Tokina finally enters the modern age - mst - 02-03-2012
http://nikonrumors.com/2012/02/03/tokina-to-announce-a-new-at-x-70-200mm-f4-pro-if-fx-lens-at-the-cp-show.aspx
with both ultrasonic drive and optical stabilization.
-- Markus
Tokina finally enters the modern age - Brightcolours - 02-03-2012
Whoa.. Tokina filling that big f4 hole in the Nikon (and Sony? No mention of supported mounts yet) line up. Still a long way before introduction, but curious how it will perform.
Tokina finally enters the modern age - exuvia - 02-03-2012
Finally a 70-200/4 for Nikon! It was about time...
If this will live up to the expectations, it is going to be a huge seller.
I still don't get how Nikon could miss to make such a lens. One of the (many) Nikon misteries.
Tokina finally enters the modern age - arvydas - 02-03-2012
SD reminds SDM from Pentax. Interesting, what will be future (if any) relations between Pentax and Tokina.
A.
Tokina finally enters the modern age - mst - 02-03-2012
This looks interesting too:
http://www.tokina.co.jp/camera-lenses/news/cp-tokina-300r.html
Mount a mirror on your mirrorless <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />-- Markus
Tokina finally enters the modern age - Sylvain - 02-03-2012
[quote name='mst' timestamp='1328283758' post='15450']
This looks interesting too:
http://www.tokina.co.jp/camera-lenses/news/cp-tokina-300r.html
Mount a mirror on your mirrorless <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />-- Markus
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Quite a cool package indeed. thanks for the link
Tokina finally enters the modern age - Brightcolours - 02-03-2012
[quote name='mst' timestamp='1328283758' post='15450']
This looks interesting too:
http://www.tokina.co.jp/camera-lenses/news/cp-tokina-300r.html
Mount a mirror on your mirrorless <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />-- Markus
[/quote]
600mm f12.6 (FF) or 400 f8.4 (APS-C) equivalent. Nice, the low weigh: 300 grams. And interesting the MFD of 0.8m and 1:2 magnification.... will be fun(ny), the donut bokeh.
Tokina finally enters the modern age - popo - 02-03-2012
A very interesting mirror lens. If only they made it with AF, as at least they don't have to worry about aperture requirements for phase systems.
Tokina finally enters the modern age - Rover - 02-03-2012
[quote name='mst' timestamp='1328279851' post='15446']
http://nikonrumors.com/2012/02/03/tokina-to-announce-a-new-at-x-70-200mm-f4-pro-if-fx-lens-at-the-cp-show.aspx
with both ultrasonic drive and optical stabilization.
-- Markus
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They've been promising to use ultrasonic motor (however they call it) in a few lenses - e.g. 16-28, 17-35 - but never did. Is the third time a charm?
Other than that the lens is interesting and a part of a trend. f/4 zooms seem to be having a renaissance lately because the max. ISO is getting higher and higher in modern cameras, weakening the need for fast lenses.
The 300mm mirror is a yawn. No AF for some reason??? (and before anyone says anything, Sony had a 500mm AF mirror lens. I even tried it once).
Tokina finally enters the modern age - anyscreenamewilldo - 02-03-2012
[quote name='Rover' timestamp='1328293907' post='15455']
.....The 300mm mirror is a yawn. No AF for some reason??? (and before anyone says anything, Sony had a 500mm AF mirror lens. I even tried it once).
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....no meal (or mash up in my case) is complete without onion rings....
....ahem, i actually bought one of these, to go with my sideways pictures i suppose, i thought i was trying it but found i was really buying it (sony retail policy you see, down here a "sony' on-line policy was for returns, but a 'sony' retail shop was not = the word 'sony' means nothing of course both outlets were a franchise, silly me for thinking otherwise - so just another $1200 or something back then flushed down the s bend - oh, i hope i'm not revealing any undue animosity towards the letter s)
- anyhow now it's for sale, going cheap, such a classic lens too
....and i'd hope that the tokina ultrasonic might last a tad longer than another companies hsm - yes fully 12 days till failure from new - smart, the returns policy lasts 7 days - i'm sure there is something about companies whose names start with an s :-(
----how i wish buying lenses wasn't such a p-i-t-a (for me)