Tokina Japan just announced that they will launch the new Tokina 11-16mm DX II A-mount lens on November 21. This is an APS-C lens and sells for $549 in Canon/Nikon mount (here at BHphoto).
Tokina Japan just announced that they will launch the new Tokina 11-16mm DX II A-mount lens on November 21. This is an APS-C lens and sells for $549 in Canon/Nikon mount (here at BHphoto).
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I really wish Tokina would extend the 17-35 f4 lens to the A-Mount. That would be a great Christmas present! 🙂
Oh yea, this would be great. Though I guess Tokina doesn’t see enough market potential for that – even more so as Sony already got outstanding Zeiss 16-35 (though yea – very different price point).
Finally, Tokina is “out of the Nikon grip” LOL!!
I can imagine this lens will make a very good companion with the Zeiss 16-70/4 lens 🙂
If I go Nex 7, this is definitely on my list
I had the first version of the 11-16mm and loved it… ended up selling it cause it + the LAEA2 on my NEX-6 was a little much…
But…I own one for A-mount. What’s the difference?
So far as I know this one has an internal focusing motor and extra coatings.
Yea, that’s it. Kinda disappointing, but I guess we should get used to that, as it’s pretty much exactly what Sony does recently.
Not only Sony 🙂
E-mount, please.
but not with this ugly 90s plastic rubber design please
@Hans: you didn’t hold it.
it has a very good grip !
plus, the finish is very nice
and more important:
it is the best UWA zoom you can get on APSC.
really really nice too shoot inside churches
wish sony would have made it, so we could get
jpeg lens correction
sometimes i am too lazy for post-prod 😉
Not enough market for that. Even Sigma struggles on E-mount, and they always were more popular and recognizable than Tokina.
For this particular lens, if it comes in native e-mount with auto-focus, I will definitely buy one regardless of its size.
When will people understand that lenses designed for PDAF don’t work well with CDAF? this lens would need a whole new design.
Never. But don’t worry – eventually you’ll learn to ignore them just like all idiots posting “make an E-mount version” under f**** every release of A-mount lens.
Is this a new version?
I find the DX (without the II) for sale at this link: http://www.kamera-express.nl/product/12174875/tokina-11-16mm-f2-8-at-x-pro-dx-sony/
Yes, this is the new version; kamera-express sells the older version.
Can anyone test this lens on a A7(r)?
How is the image circle?
Nobody
Old Tokina worked well without vignetting on my A850 at 16mm. With some vignette can be still useable up to 14mm.
Hi, I’ve not been able to test mine on a full-frame body but Philip Bloom says that if you zoom out to 16mm, it covers full frame. Remember that with the APS-C crop, 11mm translates to about 16.5mm, so basically, if you put it on a full-frame body, you’re getting a lens that’s actually a tiny bit wider that when it’s on APS-C! (You just can’t zoom with it)
The image circle would look somewhat like it does on this FF Nikon D3: http://www.kenrockwell.com/tokina/11-16mm.htm#fx
In other words, from 11-13 its like a fish-eye and from 14-16 a “Full-Frame” UWA f/2.8 lens…
Maybe worth a try!
Compared to Nikon 14-24 f/2.8, you would have also AF with Sony LEA3 or 4 adapter.
Nobody
Do you know what a fish eye lens is? 😉
I almost was going to ask a dumb question until I realised. My dumb question was why does the aperture only go from 11 to 16.
This is a good news. I will seriously consider buing one before summer holidays unless I go FF.
This is awesome news for A65/A77 owners.
In my experience, the mk 1 is the best video lens for APS-C, after the A77 f2.8 kitlens. Fantastic lens once you get your head around ultrawide.
I reviewed the 11-16 Mk 1 when it came out here: http://howgreenisyourgarden.wordpress.com/2010/06/20/review-tokina-11-16mm-sony-alpha-fit/
Suspect the new focusing motor is a little bit of overkill though as infinity focus starts at a less than a metre!
And what’s better in this Mk2?
As this is a wide angle, I don’t think the new focusing motor is much of an advantage (infinity focus is about 0.9m and if you step down to hyperfocal, the minimum focusing distance is about 3cm from the glass!)… so you won’t hear the focusing motor much in any case.
So its just the coatings.
I’d be tempted to pick up the Mk 1 second hand.
I really wanted this lens when shooting aps-c. With a full frame, the Bower 14mm is a better fit.
AUTOFOCUS in VG20?
Will work in A7r? Crop mode just?