[mst]

http://nikonrumors.com/2012/02/03/tokina...-show.aspx



with both ultrasonic drive and optical stabilization.



-- Markus

[Brightcolours]

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.

[exuvia]

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.

[arvydas]

SD reminds SDM from Pentax. Interesting, what will be future (if any) relations between Pentax and Tokina.



A.

[mst]

This looks interesting too:



http://www.tokina.co.jp/camera-lenses/ne...-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

[Sylvain]

[quote name='mst' timestamp='1328283758' post='15450']

This looks interesting too:



http://www.tokina.co.jp/camera-lenses/ne...-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]



Quite a cool package indeed. thanks for the link

[Brightcolours]

[quote name='mst' timestamp='1328283758' post='15450']

This looks interesting too:



http://www.tokina.co.jp/camera-lenses/ne...-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.

[popo]

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.

[Rover]

[quote name='mst' timestamp='1328279851' post='15446']

http://nikonrumors.com/2012/02/03/tokina...-show.aspx



with both ultrasonic drive and optical stabilization.



-- Markus

[/quote]

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).

[anyscreenamewilldo]

[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).

[/quote]

....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)