Quote:A higher price is reasonable, I question the amount of higher-ness. The FF Canon L is in the same ballpark, which makes the Fuji price look even more excessive.1. Fuji is... Fuji. They seem to stick with the higher-end impression and keep their users stuck with that, so maybe they thought they could get away with some extra margin.
I know the Tokina can't be used at 12mm on the 1D APS-H, but it can well be used with it and give a similar wide FOV as it gave with your APS-C camera (at about 15mm) (and also can be used on FF at about 18mm). That was my point...
Why is constant f4 with an UWA a big plus for you, what constant f5.6 won't give?
2. Ah, that's called "hindsight"... I sold the Tokina and got the Canon 17-35L thinking that my first 1D would follow shortly... but the old 30D stuck for a year more (not that I would complain too much... better that camera than none at all).
3. F4 seems like a nice balance between speed and usability (as in bulk/weight/cost), especially with today's higher available/usable ISO. I'm contemplating the switch from 16-35/2.8 to 16-35/4 IS for that reason: I almost stopped needing f/2.8 in that range, and I have a 24/1.4 anyways for when I do, but the quality of the /4 seems a bit nicer (and the darnable hood is a lot smaller!) This Fuji 10-24 we're discussing looks like a carbon copy of the 16-35/4, only for APS-C (and the notion has suddenly become fashionable, with 3 sloer 16-35s on the market, all from different companies).