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dadgummit
Registered: September 2009
Posts: 6
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Tokina 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 AT-X 107 AF DX Fisheye review by dadgummit
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Review Date: 8/5/2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $450.00| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Sharp wide open, great curvature at 10mm close to a rectilinear lens at 17
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Slow/ loud AF (not an issue because there is not much focus range needed)
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For what it is (a fun lens) it is an excellent lens. It is sharp at all focal lengths and all apertures and gives an excellently curved field of view. I took this lens to Chichen Itza Mexico to photograph the Myan Ruins. Everyone and their mother who owns a camera takes tons of pictures there so I figured I would try some different perspectives. Thsi lens did not disapoint!!
Also if you get into a situation where you do not want the exagerated perspective of a fisheye (Taking a picture of the wife) if you zoom in to 17mm the lens is pretty close to rectilinear especially in the center. This makes a good ultra wide walkaround lens for a place that has been photographed to death.
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Lee Jay
Registered: January 2007
Posts: 16
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Tokina 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 AT-X 107 AF DX Fisheye review by Lee Jay
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Review Date: 1/7/2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $560.00| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Unique range, works on full-frame too
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Field curvature
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Good lens. Above 15mm it doesn't vignette on full-frame. The only trouble is the field curvature which takes a bit of getting used to. Basically, at 4 feet of focus distance, the corners are focused beyond infinity. At 3 feet focus distance, the corners are almost within the DOF wide open, but not quite. At 2 feet the corners are sharp but the center isn't within the DOF wide open.
If you want a sharp image across the frame, you need to stop down to about f8 for DOF, and focus very carefully so everything is within the DOF.
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