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TITLE :Tokina AT X AF 12 28mm DX For Canon BRAND : Tokina PRICE: $449.99 If not sure !!!!!! Check !!!!! Check Prices>> |

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Good, but not as crisp as the Tokina 12-24 at the wide end
By MacMike
This is a pretty nice lens. It is built like a tank and has a quality feel to it. The auto-focusing motor is not as quiet as they claim, and sometimes makes a clakking noise that sounds odd. The Tokina 12-24 is a much quieter and smoother operating lens.
At the wide end (12mm), the image quality is good, but not as sharp out near the edges as the Tokina 12-24. At the other end of the range (28mm), the image quality is crisper across the frame, and seems somewhat better than the 12-24 at 24mm. The AR coatings are better on this lens than the Tokina 12-24 too, with greatly reduced lens flare when a bright light source is in the frame.
My complaint about this lens, and the reason I am returning it (twice) is that it does not auto-focus properly with my Canon T2i. It auto-focuses correctly only about 20% of the time; the rest of the time it is off slightly, but noticeably. (Focusing manually, with Live View, produces a sharp image.) Other lenses I have
tried on my camera DO auto-focus reliably: the Canon 18-55 kit lens, Canon 55-250mm, Tokina 12-24mm, and the Canon 10-22mm. But not the Tokina 12-28. I can not figure out why this is, but I have tested it extensively and I can not get it to auto-focus reliably. I returned the first one and got a replacement, and the second one acts the same way. Maybe you will have better luck on your camera. I hope so, because this is an otherwise nice lens.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Superb!
By Mindcontrol
I'm very surprised by the lack of reviews on this lens. Not only through amazon's site, but on the web as well. Either way I decided on trying this lens because my favorite candid and street photography FL is between 24-28mm. I am very impressed with the build of this lens as well as the images produced by this lens. It's nice and sharp and color contrast seems great. The zoom is one of the smoothest that I've ever felt. I've owned Canon, Tamron, and Sigma lens but I'm going to start looking into Tokina from now on. I'm highly impressed by this lens. The only 2 minor complaints (not enough to bump down a star) is that the lens does tend to hunt for subject in low lighting conditions, and Tokina's auto focusing system is not as fast as Canon's USM or Sigma's HSM system. If low lighting and fast AF are what your really looking for then you may want to skip this lens.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Quality lense
By Richard L. Martin
I'm an amature Photographer and have all Canon equipment. I was looking for a lense with a wider range and possible with a little zoom qualities. I read an artical in Popular Photography about this Tonkina 12-28 and the review was quite good. I gave it a try and am very happy with the lense. To my suprise it came with the tulip shade and it is a good one.