Tokina AT-XAF107DXC 10-17mm Fish-Eye Zoom Lens for Canon

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000LPAN06
• Item model number: AF 10-17mm
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

Product Description
The Tokina AT-X 107 DX is a full-frame fish-eye lens that gives the photographer a 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 new coating makes marks such as spots left by water or fingerprints 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, lightweight and faster focusing. Dimensions - Width 2.75 x Length 2.79 (70x71.1mm) Weight - 12.3 ounces (350 grams)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tokina 10-17mm DX af Nikon F mount, December 14, 2007

By	Dustin M. Peterson (Central Coast, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Works great with my Nikon D200, even with the SB-800 flash.
(mentioned a flash, due to the review stating the Canon mount version didn't work with the flash. It meters greats with the Nikon mount).
There's not too many fisheyes on the market that have a variable focal length of 10-17mm with AF. It's a great fisheye effect even with the 1.5X crop factor on some DSLRs like the D200, and even cooler when you can zoom to 17mm with the same lens, and take a photo with only a little barrel distortion. I have also used the Tokina 12-24mm af AT-X pro, and the color representation and sharpness in the photos were great, just like this one.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Mixed Bag, August 26, 2007

By	Joshua M. Hoffman (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews

Pros:
- This lens is very well built. It feels solid.
- For the price, it goes to F3.5, which is as good or better than similarly priced lenses.
- I wanted a dramatic fisheye effect and this lens certainly delivers.

Cons:
- When used with a camera like the EOS 20D, it does not support flashes like the 550EX. The flash simply becomes disabled.

Overall:
If you usually buy L series lenses, you will find the limitations of this lens as a disappointment. However, if you usually stick to the more budget priced lenses, then you will likely enjoy this lens. It is a fine fisheye for the price.

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this lens, May 14, 2009

By	Mathew Thompson "kakomu" (Chicago) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this lens on a whim after wanting an extreme wide angle lens. It was either this lens or the Sigma 10-20mm. In the end, I bought the Tokina 10-17 due to my enjoyment with fisheye photos and the fact that it looked much easier to convert fisheye photos into good looking rectilinear images than vice versa.

Though, I'll start with the bad. Chromatic aberration is rather bad. You can see it frequently, especially if you shoot photos outdoors. I'm also not a fan of the friction based lens cap.

With that out of the way, on to the good. The lens is solid. It feels as though it can survive a drop (which I always enjoy in a lens).

Because it's a wide angle lens, the focusing elements don't travel very far, making focus fairly quick (albeit noisy).

The lens is WIDE. At 10mm, I can easily take a picture of a room and have all 4 walls in the photo. At 17mm, you have a good wide angle with minimal barrel distortion. Various defishing programs can convert the wide angle shots, even at 10mm, into good looking rectilinear images.

At the end of the day, I have very few regrets about this lens. I can stand across the street and get the entirety of the Sears Tower, plus street and sky into a single frame! I can stand in a small room with a group of people and get everyone in the same frame.

I highly recommend this lens. If you have any post production software or ability, this lens is about as good as it gets for shooting wide.