Category Archives: Tokina

The new Tokina AT-X 11-16mm f/2.8 PRO DX Ⅱ lens delayed till September

By PR admin | Published: April 4, 2012

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:

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Tamron and Tokina at the 2012 CP+ show in Yokohama, Japan

By PR admin | Published: February 11, 2012
Tokina's Stabilised 70-200 F4

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 […]

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Tokina 300mm f/6.3 mirror lens for Micro Four Thirds

By PR admin | Published: February 3, 2012

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 […]

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Astrodesign, Kenko Tokina and Tamron join the Micro Four Thirds System standard

By PR admin | Published: January 26, 2012

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:

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Tokina AT-X 116 PRO DX Ⅱ lens announced

By PR admin | Published: January 26, 2012

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:

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

By PR admin | Published: June 27, 2011

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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Tokina to show a new 400mm f/6.3 lenses

By PR admin | Published: January 31, 2011

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 […]

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The lens that no one covered during Photokina (Tokina AT-X 17-35mm f/4 PRO FX)

By PR admin | Published: October 8, 2010

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 […]

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