[url="http://www.kenko-tokina.co.jp/tokina/atx17-35.html"]http://www.kenko-tokina.co.jp/tokina/atx17-35.html[/url]
Looks great. I wonder what pricetag will it carry.
[quote name='Yakim' timestamp='1308598371' post='9372']
Looks great. I wonder what pricetag will it carry.
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Well, Tokina lists 98000yen which is 20% less than for the 16-28mm.
So this should translate to about 650EUR street price.
[quote name='Klaus' timestamp='1308604095' post='9374']
Well, Tokina lists 98000yen which is 20% less than for the 16-28mm.
So this should translate to about 650EUR street price.
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And Tokina 16-28 was selled at 88000yen at beginning, 30000 less that sugested price.
[quote name='Bare' timestamp='1308745843' post='9401']
And Tokina 16-28 was selled at 88000yen at beginning, 30000 less that sugested price.
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Officially the 16-28 is listed at 118.000yen.
[quote name='Klaus' timestamp='1308749670' post='9405']
Officially the 16-28 is listed at 118.000yen.
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It's allways the same with thrd-party lens makers, sugested prices are 30-50% higher than retail prices. Yes I know that 16-28 has sugested price of 118.000 yens in Japan but it sells for 88.000 at most.
[quote name='Bare' timestamp='1308750801' post='9406']
It's allways the same with thrd-party lens makers, sugested prices are 30-50% higher than retail prices. Yes I know that 16-28 has sugested price of 118.000 yens in Japan but it sells for 88.000 at most.
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Yes, but that was the base of my estimation :-)
16-28: 118.000yen
17-35: 98.000yen
Thus a 17% difference in MSRP.
Local street price:
16-28: 780EUR (that's what we know)
17-35: approx. 650EUR
It's quite surprising that the 17-35 is so "expensive". 650EUR is, of course, very fine for a full format UW zoom. But usually there's more than just a 17% price difference based on a max. aperture difference of 1 f-stop.
We shall see how much will new Tokina actually cost. I hope it would be in 500 euros region. Tokina 16-28 was 899 euros when it came to the european market.
What I missed about this new Tokina is 82mm filter thread, for prototype version it was 77mm.
Less than 12 hours and this lens will start selling in Japan for EF mount.
Adorama has 'em for $700something. Waiting for the review...
