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A wide-angle zoom lens designed for Canon and Nikon APS-C cameras, the Tokina 12-24mm offers good value and performance in a well-built package. Be prepared to engage in some post-processing work to eliminate a few of its flaws, however, like sporadic chromatic aberrations and slight distortion at...

Excellent build quality; Reasonably sharp throughout the focal range; Good colour balance

Not as wide as some other third-party (and first-party) lenses; Some chromatic aberration and halation issues

Tokina's latest version of this classic wide angle optic for Canon or Nikon APS-C format DSLRs sports a fast, smooth autofocus motor in addition to the constant f/4 maximum aperture and costs around £500.

Excellent sharpness; especially at 12mm; Very good build quality; Fast to focus; Keenly priced

Chromatic aberrations towards the edges; especially at 12mm; Barrel distortion; especially at 12mm

I've only used this lens for a week in New York and discovered that I enjoyed this lens more than th

Sharp contrasty photos

Slightly heavy; but who cares when it puts out great photos

Tokina's latest version of this classic wide angle optic for Canon or Nikon APS-C format DSLRs sports a fast, smooth autofocus motor in addition to the constant f/4 maximum aperture and costs around £500.

With a fixed f/4 maximum aperture and an AT-X Pro designation it would be reasonable to expect a lot of the Tokina 12-24mm.

Handling and ergonomics

f/4 performance at 12mm setting

The latter lens has been slightly modified by Tokina, the AT-X 12-24mm f/4 Pro DX II now includes an integrated motor that makes it compatible with all current Nikon DSLRs, including the entry-level models. In addition, the coatings of the lens have been updated to offer better flare protection.

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Consistent Output; Durable; Easily Interchangeable; Sharp Focus

Slow Focus

This new version of Tokina's 12-24mm super wideangle lens incorporates an autofocus motor in its Nikon version, so it's now compatible with Nikon cameras which don't have a motor in the body, including the D40/D40x and D60.

The 12-24mm Tokina is an ultrawide angle lens intended for DX sensor format cameras. It gets the job done, although it's not perfect. (Mine's is for a Nikon.) The build quality is good, and reliability wise I've had no problems in 3 years of service.

at F4 (constant) it's reasonably fast; Allows pictures to be taken that simply could not be done otherwise; Nice color rendition; contrast doesn't seem noticeably different from my other DX lenses; Autofocus is acceptably fast; but see below; Zoom scale is evenly and widely spaced; this is good

As with all ultrawides using the sun hood is required; and it is a very big lens; Distortion is also an issue; which is common to ultrawides; The autofocus is a screw drive; so cameras lacking an internal focus motor (D40) are out of luck; No aperture ring for manual work; Past about 14mm the lens