Tokina is making its move into high-end art photography with the launch of its latest product. On Wednesday, the company announced the new 50mm F1.4 FF lens, a premium full-frame lens for high-end DSLR cameras that is part of their brand new “opera” series.
“Opera series is designed to perfectly match recent high-spec full-frame DSLR cameras, which keep requiring high quality optics to be used with,” the company announced in a release. “In addition to originally high-valued Tokina AT-X series, this new opera series is positioned as top premium series of full-frame size lenses and will be further expanded with other lenses of related specifications and performance.”
The “opera” series debuts with this full-frame lens and it adopts a ring-shaped ultrasonic motor for autofocus drive module.
“In modern society the word ‘opera’ is commonly used to express general genres of stage art,” the company says. “In Italian it means work or work of art. As an omitted art genre definition opera comes from ‘opera musicale’ that means a piece of music work. In Latin opera comes from ‘opus’ and in contemporary language ‘magnum opus’, ‘opera magna’ still has a meaning of ‘great literary, artistic or intellectual work.'”
And it is that inspiration which led to the name of the new series.
“We chose the name ‘opera’ for a new premium full-frame DSLR lens series thinking of a lens that will help photographer in creating real ‘work of art,'” Tokina adds.
Now, along with weather sealing that prevents dust and moisture to come inside the body, and an electric diaphragm mechanism compatible for the Nikon mount and a focus ring rotation that fits the genuine Nikon and Canon lens, it will soon be available in Nikon F, and Canon EF fill-frame formats.
More information on availability and pricing is to come.
