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Tokina 10-17mm f3.5-4.5 AT-X 107 DX
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Wed November 28, 2007
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Average Price
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Average Rating
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100% of reviewers
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£270.00
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8.0
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supersize
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Description:
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The Tokina AT-X 107 DX is a full-frame fish-eye lens that gives the photographer a 180&Mac176; field of view with dramatic curvature of field or fish-eye effect. With this lens an entire view or vista can be captured, wider than the human eye can see. The AT-X 107 opens an entirely new dimension of photography.
The front element of the AT-X 107 DX has a newly formulated WP or Water Proof optical coating on the glass. This new coating makes marks such as spots left by water or finger-prints much easier to clean than standard multi-coating.**
The rear optical group of the lens contains 1 SD (Super-Low Dispersion) glass element to reduce the number of elements (pieces of glass) in the optical design in order to make the lens more compact, light-weight and faster focusing.
Specification
Mount availability: Canon EOS, Nikon-D
Focal length: 10 to 17mm
Maximum aperture: f/3.5-4.5
Minimum aperture: f/22
Optical construction: 10 elements in 8 groups
SD glass: One elements
Coatings: Multi-layer
Angle of view: 180° to 100°
Minimum focus distance: 5.5 in. (14 cm)
Reproduction ratio: 1:2.56
Zooming system: Rotary type
Number of diaphragm blades: 6
Filter size: N/A
Maximum outer diameter: 2.75 in. (70mm)
Dimensions: 2.75 in. (70mm) X L 2.79 in. (71.1mm)
Weight: 12.3 oz. (350g)
Lens Hood: Built-in
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Author
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M1ke A
Been here a while
Registered: November 2007
Location: Sussex
Posts: 366
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Review Date: Wed November 28, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: £270.00
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Small, well made, W I D E and absurdly close focusing
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Cons:
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IQ isn't L grade. Exhibits lots of CA, intrusive out of focus highlights
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I recently got this lens for primarily shooting 360 panos. I was pleasantly impressed with the IQ and thought the £400 of the one I tried was reasonable enough. However when I found it for £270 on the Purely Gadgets site, it was an instant purchase. 
It's small, well made and the focus motor isn't too noisy. It will also focus ridiculously close, something I've tried to convey in the shots below.
Here it is with a Sigma 15mm fish and Canon 17-40 zoom
Whilst it's designed for X1.6 sensor cameras, it will fit on X1.3 and I believe full frame bodies . Granted the lens hood intrudes on a 1D2n so 12mm is the widest it will go without cropping.
On the downside the IQ certainly isn't L grade but we already know that. What is more of a concern for me is the bokeh highlights / flare patterns. The 6 blade diaphragm design gives quite pronounced hexagonal shapes and these can be quite instrusive. So much so that they can look like you've got rain spots on the front element.
CA / purple fringing can be quite pronounced on high contrast areas but it's quite easily fixable in post processing.
For my intended application it's been great and being able to shoot a spherical 360 in 8 shots is so much easier. Fisheyes by their nature are slightly more specialist so whether it would get much conventional use is debatable.
However the close focus and zoom ability are great fun so provided you found it at a good price and work within the usage parameters a fisheye requires, I don't think you'd be disappointed.
Here's a silly close up at 10mm.
And there are some other sample shots here - http://www.pbase.com/m1ke_a/tokina_1017_fisheye
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