Mind Tricking Images

Peace of mind - beautiful images

... For the lens...yep its heavy, but when you see your images you get from this bad boy, the weight disappears from your mind! I am so glad I finally purchased this lens, just wish I would not have waited so long!!!

I took this lens out only a couple of times, but it has already blown my mind. The quality of the images and the colors are fantastic. The very subtle colors found on a grey Saturday morning in Manhattan were totally preserved. I also really like the very fast autofocus... it feels like I have a new camera! I can't wait to take it out to shoot great outdoors sceneries. Main negative points: the price (yes...). And the bulging lens freaks me out a little bit. I'm just so scared that the cap will come off and then this pristine glass will rub against something!

This gives me peace of mind when photograpohing in rain or snow, or some salt spray. It allows me to concentyrate of the subject and images rather than worry about the equipment.

The thickness of the adapter was within + or - 0.0015 (0.04 mm) which made for sharp images at all 4 corners. Keep in mind that the adapter effectively increases the focal length of the lens by about 1.4x.

If you don't mind using a manual focus lens, this lens produces very good images. It is ideal for portrait photos.

If you're of the mind to produce creative images, the concept of vertical and horizontal lines sometimes has to go out the window. The Tokina lens does just that. I wanted something that gave 180 degrees of view, but was wider that my Sigma 16mm f2.8. I tested the lens this morning right after UPS delivered it. I then took the test images, loading them into Photoshop Elements v14, and examined them at 100%. I expected curvi-linear lines, and got them in spades. Light came from directly behind, and the colors were well saturated, but not overly so. It's being used on a D500, and focus was near instantaneous. This is not a $2K fisheye, and I'm not expecting that type of performance, but it does perform above its price point. It's light, and will compliment my lens battery perfectly. Well done, Tokina

So glad I have this lens. The images I've seen in my mind for the past 10 years are now coming to light thanks to the capabilities of this lens. Get the smallHD DP6 to compliment the lens and you will not be sorry. Even with my bad eyes the software of the DP6 makes focusing a non-issue. Insanely sharp from corner to corner. Makes my 16-35mm 2.8 L look like a piker.

It is peace of mind...

This equals peace of mind!