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The Tokina AT-X 116 PRO DX is an ultra-wide angle lens with a fast f/2.8 aperture for better photography in low-light situations. Many photojournalists consider having an f/2.8 aperture a must for any lens in their camera bag. Based on the award-winning optical design of the AT-X 124 PRO DX (12-24mm f/4) lens, the new AT-X 116 PRO DX has a slightly shorter zoom range to maintain optical quality at wide apertures. Tokina's exclusive One-touch Focus Clutch Mechanism allows the photographer to switch between AF and MF simply by snapping the focus ring forward for AF and back toward the camera to focus manually. Rotary Zoom Mode 77mm Filter Size 89.2mm Lens Length Weight - 560 grams
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Technical Details
- Optimized for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras- f/22 to f/2.8 aperture
- Multi-layer Coatings
- 0.3m Minimum Focus Distance
- Internal Focusing Mode
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By Sunshine Joe (Arizona)
This is a great lens. For anyone who has not used an UWA, it will be a thrilling and rewarding experience. This lens forces one to learn a whole new realm of perspective. I'm just getting used to it, but I can foresee this as my walk around the city lens. Look at the images posted by others and in the reviews. They are simply stunning and this lens delivers every time. AND its fast as lightning. Very good in low light -- at f2.8 and low light it captures images one simply could not get otherwise.
Like every Tokina, it's built like a tank, its mechanically sound, the MF/AF clutch works superbly, especially in really low light, and the IQ simply can't be beat at this or almost any other price. BUT: get a Speedlight to get your flash up higher on the camera. This is a big lens with a really wide field of view. The on camera flash doesn't cut it. I've also read the reviews of people who were disappointed. Maybe Tokina had a bad batch. It doesn't appear so in my case. Maybe the lens doesn't work well with every autofocus body. I have a D300 and it works superbly.
By H. Su (U.S.)
I bought this lens from Photo4Less after I saw the price went up from 599 to 699, I got 604 from F4L on Amazon. it came to me 2 days after I put order. great service.
At beginning I heard a lot AF problem about it with Nikon D80, I do not have this problem, it is fast AF/DX lens, like my other on out ring the lens, you may need to pull out from MF to AF, than there is no such issue with Nikon D80.
My order is an import item, In All in Japanese, after google on internet, all cleared.
I took some picture outside house, it looks great. I will take more before I give final evaluation.
By Rex V. Polito (Los Angeles, CA USA)
I bought the Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 for my Nikon D90 DX for
cityscape and landscape photography which always have
a magnificent vibe when they are taken through ultra-wide
angle lenses. I wasn't willing to pay more than double
the price for a Nikon UWA because I usually get into
this line of photography for only about 10% of the time.
But man that 10% is well spent with this lens on my D90.
With that being said, this fine piece of "reasonably priced"
well built glass does deliver excellent images comparable
to Nikon glass. The sweet spot of which being 2/3 within the
center at f2.8. The manual/autofocus switch-ring actually came
really handy for me at several occasions specially when I
bother to take advantage of the D90's HD video capturing feature.
You will get the cinema peripheral vision framing.
I recommend pairing this lens with a circular polarizer with
the hood on when shooting outdoors under sunlight. This thing
takes in light darn fast. Under low lighting condtions, you can
easily shoot under low ISO and still get sharp images.
One thing though, it's pretty heavy for a short zoom lens but
that's what you get when you purchase good quality glass.
GO GET IT!
By M. Richards
I ordered this months back, well it finally came in and wow, I'm loving it, super sharp, very fast focus, pretty sharp wide open even. I'm on a D90, would love to see what the 15mm and 16mm ends look like on FX or Film. Build quality is great. Just a super lens from front to back. Tokina lens caps are crap tho, I'll probably get a nikon front and rear cap. oh well.
By Edgar H. Tan, MD (Global)
Just out of curiosity I took out a nikon 17-55mm F2.8 and a tokina 11-16mm F2.8 for a test comparison because of the hype about this tokina lens.I tested nikon at 17mm vs 16mm for tokina both at F2.8 and the rest of the settings otherwise the same. Nikon just blew Tokina in terms of sharpness.
When I compared Nikon 12-24mm F4 vs Tokina 11-16mm F2.8 both set at F4 and all the other parameters being the same...the sharpness results of the two lenses were comparable although on visual evaluation nikon lens was a tad sharper vs tokina.....there goes my first hand experience of the lens......
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