Today Tokina introduced new mail-in rebates for some of their lenses: AT-X 100mm Macro: $30 rebate AT-X 10-17mm AF DX Fisheye: $40.00 rebate AT-X 10-17mm AF DX Fisheye NH: $40.00 rebate AT-X 16-28mm PRO FX: $50.00 rebate AT-X 17-35mm PRO FX: $40.00 rebate AT-X 11-16mm PRO DX-II: $40.00 rebate
Tokina announced the release dates for their new AT-X 12-28mm f/4 PRO DX lens with internal focusing for APS-C DSLR cameras: Nikon version will be released on April 25th, 2013 Canon version will be released in late June, 2013 Sample images from the lens can be found here and here.
Tokina released more details on their new AT-X 12-28 PRO DX lens that was announced during the CP+ show in January this year – the Nikon version will be released in late April, the Canon version in late June this year:
Last year at the CP+ show in Japan Tokina displayed a prototype of their new AT-X 70-200mm f/4 PRO FX VCM-S lens (full frame). This lens is now officially announced (see technical specs here). In addition, Tokina also announced a new AT-X 12-28 f/4 PRO DX lens (technical specs).
The new Tokina AT-X 11-16mm f/2.8 PRO DX Ⅱ lens is now delayed till September according to an email from tech support sent to a reader:
A quick hands-on report on the new Tokina 70-200mm f/4 lens by Psycho_McCrazy: About the Tokina 70-200 F4 Stabilized: based on what the person who was at the booth said, it will probably be released later in the summer (August Maybe), at a price of 100000 Yen in Japan. Now I am not sure whether this [...]
Tokina announced a new 300mm f/6.3 mirror lens for Micro Four Thirds for the CP+ show in Japan: 300mm: focal length (equivalent to 600mm) Aperture: f/6.3 Lens length: 66mm Filter size: 55mm Weight: less than 300g Manual focus Equipped with distance encoder, can communicate with the body (Exif, lens information, etc.) Minimum focusing distance 0.8m 1:2 Macro [...]
After Komamura joined the Micro Four Thirds System Standard Group last year, today Olympus announced that Astrodesign, Kenko Tokina and Tamron have also joint the group:
Tokina just announced a sxecond version of their popular 11-16mm f/2.8 lens. The new lens will have a better performance (ASPH element), new coating and AF motor. No wonder the old Tokina 11mm-16mm f/2.8 lens is currently $40 off (mail-in rebate). Specs:
The Tokina AT-X 17-35mm f/4 PRO FX lens was first shown at Photokina 2008. The Canon version will be available in July, the Nikon version will go on sale in September, 2011. The listed price for Japan is ¥98,000 (around $1,211). Some sample images can be found here.
