Tokina AT-X 17mm AF Pro - anyone using it currently?

[nightwolf75]

espn - u are not allowed to comment!

WRT to the above-mentioned lens, is there any CSer using it now? saw a copy of it in town recently, and was quite intriqued by it. mebbe will bring my cam down to test it some time this week.

http://www.fredmiranda.com/reviews/s...&cat=41&page=1

[ortega]

I am using the older version without the AF/MF switch

Love this lens on a FF film camera
but after Crop factor

not so cool anymore

Do you know that it is built like a tank?

[nightwolf75]

Originally Posted by ortega I am using the older version without the AF/MF switch Love this lens on a FF film camera but after Crop factor not so cool anymore Do you know that it is built like a tank?

yep! i used to have their 80-200 (feel and weigh like a Armbrust Anti-Tank weapon) and 28-80. both sturdy enuf to bash errant photogs who get in my way...

was wondering how's the image quality like on a DSLR. the one i saw in town shld be the newer version with the MF/AF clutch (hate this design... )

[KNIGHT ONG]

Dun waste $$$, buy the 1735 good liao ....

[Astin]

Can also consider the Nikon 16mm. It is officially named a "fisheye" but on a DSLR it becomes a ultra wide with distortion.

[nightwolf75]

Originally Posted by KNIGHT ONG Dun waste $$$, buy the 1735 good liao ....

now must ban KO from commenting already...

thanks, astin! will experiment with it... if i can find it...

[Astin]

Originally Posted by nightwolf75 now must ban KO from commenting already... thanks, astin! will experiment with it... if i can find it...

16mm experimental shot, I am a ultra wide newbie...

[ortega]

Originally Posted by nightwolf75 yep! i used to have their 80-200 (feel and weigh like a Armbrust Anti-Tank weapon) and 28-80. both sturdy enuf to bash errant photogs who get in my way... was wondering how's the image quality like on a DSLR. the one i saw in town shld be the newer version with the MF/AF clutch (hate this design... )

I'll snap a picture tomorrow and upload at night.

[nightwolf75]

Originally Posted by ortega I'll snap a picture tomorrow and upload at night.

thanks, ortega and astin!

[nightwolf75]

Originally Posted by espn Get the Nikkor AF-S 17-35 f/2.8D la...

espn ->

pls lor... i dun own a coolpix 4600 like u leh...

[majere2sg]

Originally Posted by nightwolf75 espn -> pls lor... i dun own a coolpix 4600 like u leh...

Thanks for the flash !
As suggested buy the 17-35mm f2.8 lar.. and then lend me play play a bit also song !

[funksoulava]

Originally Posted by KNIGHT ONG Dun waste $$$, buy the 1735 good liao ....

Originally Posted by espn Get the Nikkor AF-S 17-35 f/2.8D la...

I agree leh (and you know I'm the '3P King' right..... so I not the 'everything also must buy Nikon' type) Have tried Sigma 15-30mm (still ahve it, maybe should sell leow) but cannot compare to Nikon 17-35.

[funksoulava]

Originally Posted by Astin Can also consider the Nikon 16mm. It is officially named a "fisheye" but on a DSLR it becomes a ultra wide with distortion.

I think buying the 10.5 DX Fisheye is a better investment.

Firstly, you get a true Fisheye for your DSLR.

Secondly, with Nikon Capture, your shots can be converted to recticular wide angle shots (i've tried leow, it's sssuuuupppppeeeeerrrrrr wide)

[alechim]

Here goes the buy and sell, buy and sell again.
Just get the 17-35, solve your prob once and for all..
A gd lens does not mean it must go with a PLO body what..

[Artosoft]

Originally Posted by alechim Here goes the buy and sell, buy and sell again. Just get the 17-35, solve your prob once and for all.. A gd lens does not mean it must go with a PLO body what..

Agree...

Last time I used Carl Zeiss Lens 50mm f/1.4 on my Manual Camera Yashica FX2000

Arto

[alechim]

sometimes you dont shoot fully wide on landscape, so a tele wide like the 17-35 is more than flexible (I dont need to introduce the wonderful features of this lens). Yes people do say, you just have to walk abit the get the right framing while using a prime lens, but may I know, how much are you going to walk back or forth just to get a proper composition of a landscape?? Man I bet you need strong legs and lungs to walk that far.

If you think its not wide enough, then buy the 12-24..

[rebbot]

my take on the 16mm imho more worth it than the tokina 17mm

[nightwolf75]

Originally Posted by espn Best advice whole day long

for crying out loud...

I'M JUST ASKING FOR AN OPINION ON THIS LENS! SINCE WHEN DID I TYPE I'M GOING TO BUY? of all people, u people shld i know i'm not a big fan of (a) WA lens, cos i hardly use them except for an occasional grp pic, and (b) i dun always necessarily will buy originals or for dat matter the so-called trinities. i'm a hobbist - ie i buy stuff according to my wallet, and not my next assignment. watever rocks ur boat, go and buy. me? i'll buy whichever i need more urgently, and dats definitely not a WA.

so, unless u got something to contribute to my better understanding to this lens, leave me alone.

[alechim]

So far I read, the degradtion at the corners are minimum...

[ortega]

a link for you

http://forum.clubsnap.org/showthread...ight=tokina+17