Tokina 12-28mm f/4.0 AT-X Pro APS-C Lens for Canon EOS

2013-10-26T21:00:00

I bought this lens to fill in for a Tokina 12-24 I've had for about 5 years. My 12-24 has been a real workhorse (shooting architectural jobs)and it needed to be sent in to repair a focusing problem that has suddenly popped up. The 12-28 is actually an upgrade for my old model and I was looking for at least as good an item as my old one. Well, that was not to be! This new lens has a severe softening of the image on the lower right side of anything shot wide open. I've used many Tokina lenses over a 15 year period and am very disappointed with this purchase (along with a $50 drop in price within two weeks of my buying it). It looks like I've got two lenses to send in for repair.

TJ

2013-09-23T21:00:00

I use this on a C100 which is a similar sized sensor to an APSC camera. I shoot a lot of run-and-gun corporate work and don't have time for prime lenses. I was looking at Tokina because they make high quality wide angle zooms and I didn't like Canon's offerings in both their ef-s and L series lineup in this category. I was contemplating the Tokina 11-16 which people rave about but didn't like the limited focal range and due to the c100s sensitive sensor, don't particularly need a 2.8...though I did want a constant aperture throughout. I was about to pull the trigger on the Tokina 12-24 when I read Ken Rockwell's glowing review of this lens. Though I'm not taking stills with this lens, it does the trick and works flawlessly with the C100.

TYLER G.