Tokina lens

[rodel]

http://www.tokinalens.com/products/t...35prodx-a.html

Any comment on this lens.....

[Ramius]

Toknia's versions of the poor man's Trinity lens The other being 17-50 and 12-24 IMHO.

[surge]

get the 12-24, 17-50 and this 50-135 you have got the tokina trinity....tokina have always built very good lens...btw are the lens out yet?

[ortega]

it is 16-50 f2.8

[calebk]

Any 12-24, or any other tokina users for that matter, who have bad comments? I seem to hear a lot more complaints about Sigma, then Tamron. I have seldom heard complaints about Tokina.

[ortega]

my tokina is too heavy, must be because it is not made of plastic

[Hoky]

Originally Posted by calebk Any 12-24, or any other tokina users for that matter, who have bad comments? I seem to hear a lot more complaints about Sigma, then Tamron. I have seldom heard complaints about Tokina.

Good build for Tokina's 12-24. Although I use Canon's 10-22 for the ultra wide, I would recommend the 12-24 to anyone who wants to get an ultra wide for it's price.

[Scaglietti]

I have heard feedback that some older lenses have this glare effect when wide open (like f/2.8). My suspicion is that the coatings on these older lenses are not optimised for digital.

So far the newer lenses seems not to have this problem.

BC

[dot1q]

my 28-70 f2.8 lens has some fogging issue... i notice it after I use it in Hongkong where the temp is 16deg. Don't know how to remove it

[ExplorerZ]

Originally Posted by dot1q my 28-70 f2.8 lens has some fogging issue... i notice it after I use it in Hongkong where the temp is 16deg. Don't know how to remove it

if you mean condensation fogging, all lens cannot escape that fate...

[dot1q]

Originally Posted by ExplorerZ if you mean condensation fogging, all lens cannot escape that fate...

So how to remove it? do i need to send for servicing?

[ExplorerZ]

Originally Posted by dot1q So how to remove it? do i need to send for servicing?

you don have to send it for servicing if it is condensation fogging... just leave it outside to clear out, afterall it is just water.
but if the fogging you talking about is lens fog, the only thing you can do is send in and ask for glass element cleaning/replacing or better still get a new lens.

[calebk]

Originally Posted by dot1q my 28-70 f2.8 lens has some fogging issue... i notice it after I use it in Hongkong where the temp is 16deg. Don't know how to remove it

Condensation or lens fogging?

Condensation: if it hasn't cleared by now something is wrong. It could also mean it isn't condensation and it is...

Lens fogging: Go down to TCW and ask them to have a look and confirm that it is lens fogging. I'm sure they'll advise as to how to proceed.

OR, BBB and get a new lens.