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:

"The new 11-16mm Type II is not expected to reach the US shores until at least September (and then only in limited quantities)."

The old version still has a $40 mail-in rebate.

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Tokina's Stabilized 70-200 f/4 lens

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 will be a list price, or actual market price. International prices were not fixed as yet. Also, the Yen price translates to ~1300$ US if I use current exchange rates. But the actual pricing may vary - don't take my word as final.

Tamron's Stabilised 24-70-2.8, No word on pricing or availability date

Above images are by Psycho_McCrazy, the rest by Jeff Chen:

Tamron 24-70mm f/2.8 lens at the CP+ show

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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 mode

Tokina also introduced a new AT-X 70-200mm f/4 PRO IF FX lens for DSLRs.

Last week Kenko announced a new 400mm f/8 mirror lens for Micro Four Thirds cameras.

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Full list of companies supporting the m4/3 standard

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:

Olympus Imaging Corp. and Panasonic Corporation jointly announced the Micro Four Thirds System standard in 2008 and have since been working together to promote the standard. Now we are pleased to announce that three more companies have recently declared their support for the standard and will be introducing products compliant with the Micro Four Thirds System standard.

ASTRODESIGN, Inc., a developer of advanced imaging-related equipment, such as the 4K camera system, that incorporates the latest technology; Kenko Tokina Co., Ltd., one of the world's leading manufacturers and developers of interchangeable lenses for digital and film SLR cameras; and Tamron Co., Ltd., an internationally renowned manufacturer of precision optics who has been providing powerful, high-quality lenses for a wide variety of fields for more than half a century. With the addition of exciting new products from these companies, the Micro Four Thirds lineup will become much more diverse, further increasing the potential of this advanced digital imaging system.

As the originator of the Four Thirds System and Micro Four Thirds System standards, Olympus Imaging Corp. will continue to develop and enhance the product lineup for both standards to meet the diverse needs of our customers.

ASTRODESIGN, Inc.

A Japanese company established in 1977 that designs and develops professional video equipment and measurement/analysis-related equipment. Well known for developing the world's first programmable signal generator and the Ultra HDTV image processor devices used at Expo 2005 Aichi, Japan.

ASTRODESIGN, Inc. Website
http://www.astrodesign.co.jp/english/

Kenko Tokina Co., Ltd.

A Japanese company established in 1957 that designs and develops a wide variety of photographic supplies and optical products. It is Japan's largest manufacturer/seller of lens filters.

Kenko Tokina Co., Ltd. Website
http://www.kenkoglobal.com/

Tamron Co., Ltd.

A Japanese company established in 1950 that designs and develops interchangeable SLR camera lenses, lens units for surveillance, as well as ultra-precision optical components based on the integration of advanced optical, electronic and precision machinery engineering technologies.

Tamron Co., Ltd. Website
http://www.tamron.co.jp/en/

The outlines of the standards can be checked at the Four Thirds website

http://www.four-thirds.org/en/
http://www.four-thirds.org/en/microft/index.html

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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:

Via Digicame-info

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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.

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Remember the Tokina AT-X 17-35mm f/4 PRO FX lens prototype that nobody covered during Photokina 2010?

Tokina will show the same lens again at the CP+ Show in Japan together with a new Kenko 400mm f/6.3 super telephoto lens:

Tokina did produce a 400mm f/6.3 lens in the past.

Update: the 400mm f/6.3 lens will be a mirror lens, similar to this:

Click here to see a full lists of Kenko Tokina products at the CP+ show.

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Tokina AT-X 17-35mm f/4 PRO FX lens prototype

Besides a picture on dpreview and a two sentence coverage on dc.watch, there is no further information on the Tokina AT-X 17-35mm f/4 PRO FX lens prototype that was shown at Photokina two weeks ago. A reader emailed me that this lens will take 77mm filters and is rather compact in size, similar to the  Tokina 12-24mm f/4 DX version.

Tokina already announced a AT-X 16-28mm PRO FX lens few months ago (for now available only on eBay).

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Photokina is the biggest show for photography equipment that takes place every 2 years in Cologne, Germany. This year Photokina will be between September 21- 26. Here is a summary of all rumors, predictions and expectations for the main players in the industry:

• Canon: Canon G12 is a given, based on previous release patterns (they release a new version every year in September). Low chance for a new small/compact DSLR. Pictures of the Canon 60D are already available online, so you know that one is coming. There could be more PowerShots cameras like the S95, SX30 and SX130. I am sure that Canon will also release new lenses as well but I have not idea what exactly.

• Sony: no new Sony full frame camera for Photokina but plenty of APS-C cameras: at least three, maybe even four - A33, A55, A560 and A580. Lenses: new set of Zeiss lenses for the NEX system and maybe a new set of Alpha prime lenses (some of them could be Zeiss).

• Pentax: full frame camera from Pentax probably won't happen this year. There is a very good chance that there will be a new Pentax EVIL camera at Photokina. On the DSLR front Pentax will release new K-5 and K-r models.

• Samsung: a new NX100 mirrorless camera, new 20-50mm f/3.5-5.6 and 20mm pancake lenses are expected. A 60mm macro lens is also a possibility.

• Panasonic: a new GH (probably called GH2) and a new GF cameras (the GF1 was announced in September, 2009). New m4/3 lenses are also expected: 14mm f/2.5 and the 100-300mm lens.

• Olympus: Olympus E-3 successor is certain and probably a new PEN, since they are on a 6 months refresh cycle: the E-P2 was released in November 2009, the E-PL1 was released in May, 2010 - you do the math.

• Ricoh: the rumor is that Ricoh will release a Micro Four Thirds module for their GXR system.

• Sinar: new digital back.

• Metz: will probably release the Mecablitz 58 AF-2 flash.

• Nikon: see the complete Nikon report here.

• Leica: see the complete Leica report here.

Lenses manufacturers after the break:

• Sigma: Sigma will probably join the  EVIL world and will show at least a prototype of a mirrorless camera at Photokina. Besides that, the only other rumor I have is about a new Sigma 300-800mm F/5.6 lens.

• Samyang: a new 35mm f/1.4 lens will be announced at Photokina.

• Tamron: there were some reprots that Tamron will release lenses for the Sony NEX and Samsung NX mirrorless systems: 24-50mm f/3.5-5.6 VR, 75-200mm f/4.5-6.3 VR and a 90mm f/3.5 VR macro lenses. Another rumor indicated Tamron could start producing m4/3 lenses.

• Zeiss: a new Zeiss Distagon ZF 1.4/35 already showed up in some online catalogs.

• Tokina: a new Tokina 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6 ATX840 D zoom lens was rumored a while back.

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Update: This lens got officially announced today. You can find all details here. Samples pictures taken with the Tokina AT-X 16-28 F2.8 PRO FX lens can be found here.

The previously rumored Tokina AT-X 16-28mm PRO FX lens made a brief appearance in Tokyo while I was gone last week. The lens was shown at the "PHOTONEXT 2010" show in Tokyo. The price will be 120,000 yen (around USD1,300?).

Via DC.watch

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In addition to the rumored update of the 80-400mm with VR lens, Tokina will also introduce a new 16-28 f/2.8 full frame lens this Fall (probably around Photokina). Tokina currently makes the most compact 80-400 lens (Tokina 80-400/4.5-5.6 AT-X 840 D) in the market and most of their lenses are made in Japan.

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• Tokina announced plans for a new 16-28mm f/2.8 wide angle lens for full frame (source).

• In 2010 Ricoh is planning to release a new P10 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 VC lens piece for the GXR system. This lens was reported as a rumor here over a month ago. The included sensor will be back-illuminated CMOS with 10MP (same as in the Ricoh CX3 camera). The other lens will be A12 28mm f/2.5 lens with manual focus, bundled with a 12MP APS-C sized CMOS sensor. One additional accessory will also be released (source).

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Tokina is looking into image stabilization and the first lens to receive it will be the Tokina 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6 ATX840 D zoom lens. This was in a direct email from Tokina support to a PhotoRumors reader in response to introducing image stabilization in Tokina lenses.

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Here is the email that triggered this rumor:

Dear Sirs,

All Tokina lenses fit on Nikon and Canon cameras only.
We are now studying and developing Sony alpha mount
and will make a publicity as soon as ready, possibly end
parts of this year.

Best regards
Tokina Sales Division

Source: Dyxum

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