Tokina Super Wide Angle AF 17mm f/3.5 AT-X 17AF Pro for Nik

irishcrazyhorse

Anyone have or have ever used this lenses?
Seems decent enough from what i can see and the price aint bad at all (300 dollers from B&H)
I was looking for the 10-20 sigma but it is just a bit out of my price range for what I need it for and I cant seem to find one second hand.

Any advice would be great

melekalikimaka

quite nice the 3.5 puts me off a bit, i'd rather a more shallow dof in most my wide angles, but thats just me. tokina are an ok brand, alot of mixed reviews on alot of their stuff

digitalage

I had one of these lenses for the canon mount...I sold it as the AF was a bit slow, wide open its was'nt that sharp and suffered from flare. But on the other hand when stepped down it was a good performer, I would class this lens as a landscape lens. heres some shots I took with the lens.

Borderfox

Great pics digitalage. irishcrazyhorse, hang on and save the money for the Sigma

Redundo

Thats the Prime 17, isn't it?

I have the Tokina 17-35mm zoom and it's one of my favourite lenses. On the dSLR it's a good Wide-to-Normal zoom, roughly about 28-50. But its also a full-frame lens so you can buy a cheapy plastic film camera and have all that glorious 17mm focal length. Not sure how it compares to the Prime 17mm quality-wise, but the zoom is an f2.8 compared to the Prime being f3.5.

The price should roughly be the same too.

bp_me

Its not really any wider than the kit lenses are. They tend to start at f/3.5 too. Keep saving for the 10-20 imo.....

irishcrazyhorse

Ive decided to go with the Sigma 10-20..
I was going to go with the Tokina but I just got a txt off the college telling me that my "Materials grant" is in
I tottally forgot that they give us money in our final year so I am going to borrow the extra and pick up the lense tomorrow!
I cant wait to play with it

Fajitas!

irishcrazyhorse wrote:

I tottally forgot that they give us money in our final year so I am going to borrow the extra and pick up the lense tomorrow!

They do what now???

I love this college!

irishcrazyhorse

yeah,in fourth year they give you a check for around 200euro's?
The txt's were sent out 2day and in a matter of minutes the SU was jammed...usually people just drink it and I was planning on doing that been honest but I guess I need the lense

irishcrazyhorse

Just picked up the Sigma 10-20 and couldnt be happier,it is way better than i expected,will get some pics up over the weekend