Tokina 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 AT-X DX AF Fisheye Super Wide-Angle Lens for Nikon Digital SLR

Tokina 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 AT-X DX AF Fisheye Super Wide-Angle Lens for Nikon Digital SLR

The Tokina AT-X 107 DX is a full-frame fish-eye lens, 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 WR or "water repellent" optical coating on the glass. This 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.

Product Details

Amazon Sales Rank: #7396 in Camera & Photo

Brand: Tokina

Model: X107 AF DX

Dimensions: 1.50 pounds

Features

This lens enables the shooting of full-frame fisheye images with a 180° angle of view and a focal length of 10mm. Furthermore, the lens offers super wide-angle performance that allows photographer to make use of dramatic changes in angle of view resulting from slight changes in focal length.

Employing ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass, this lens effectively compensates to overcome chromatic aberration throughout the image. And with improved optical architecture and a ghost-free lens coating, ghosting and flare are suppressed to produce clear, high-quality images.

The image circle of the lens has been created to match the smaller image recording area of digital SLR cameras. This ensures precise optical performance ideally suited to the camera's digital imaging characteristics.

WP (Water Proof) coating made of a special fluoride compound has been applied to the front surface of the new lens through the use of a unique evaporation process. As a result, the lens offers excellent water- and oil-repellent performance and makes for easier cleaning should the lens be accidentally smeared with fingerprints or cosmetics.

An internal focus system allows photographers to focus from as close as approx. 1" (approx. 2.5 cm), giving them the power to fill the whole frame with surprisingly small subjects.

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Customer Reviews

Nice lens for those with penchant for the creative
I've had a full-frame fisheye lens since the 1970s, starting with the Pentax Takumar 17mm in screw mount, followed by the Pentax in K-mount, and then finally, the Nikkor 16mm manual focus. So, when Tokina came out with this lens (which is actually the same as the Pentax, I've read in the same focal length), I had to have one for my new Nikon D40. The zoom feature is nice since you can vary the degree of the fisheye effect by backing it off a little from the widest focal length of 10mm. And, though it won't auto-focus on the D40, there's little need for precise focus with this lens due to the extreme depth of field at these focal lengths. Suprisingly, when I mounted the lens on my F100 film body, you naturally get vignetting, capturing the lens hood in the photo, but zoom it out a little and the vignetting disappears. So, with cropping, you could use this lens on a 35mm film body and create some interesting effects. Sharpness seems OK so far. I'm not a lab tech and I don't buy lenses to photograph graph paper or anything else that absoluetly has to be razor sharp from corner to corner. If you just want a fun, creative, lens that guarantees that your photos will always have a different interpretation than your friends who take the same shot, this is the lens for you!

trustworthy
I was between this and the Nikon's 10mm 2.8. I ended up getting the tokina because a friend had it and after seeing his pictures with it and after using it a bit on his camera (canon), i decided that 3.5-4.5 was fine for what i needed on a fisheye (actually one of my friends photos was on location, at night, with just one street light, and it looked awesome). The zoom is also nice to have.

Get your entire visual field in the picture
Lightweight lens with super sharp optics, and can be used to focus as close as eight inches. Great for close up nature photography, and you are able to get the flower in focus along with the entire garden in the background. The visual distortion makes some interesting photos at the 10 mm zoom level. Combine this lens with the nikkor 18-200 mm VR lens and that is all you need to carry on any trip. I did not see any flare except when shooting into the sun. Lens is 15 ounces, matte finish without a professional look as good as any nikon or canon lens.

Price: $529.00
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