Tokina ATX107PRODXC 10-17/3.5-4.5 AT-X 107 Pro DX AF Fisheye Wideangle Canon Digital SLR Zoom Lens USA - Canon EOS Lens

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.8 x 2.8 x 2.8 inches ; 12.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000LPAN06
• Item model number: AF 10-17mm
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

Tokina AT-X 107 AF DX 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 Fish-eye lens exclusively for Digital SLR cameras with APS-C sensors. The new Tokina AT-X 107 DX is a full-frame fish-eye lens that gives the photographer a 180° 100° ; 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 makesmarks 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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome APS-C Wide angle!, October 20, 2010

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N.K. (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tokina ATX107PRODXC 10-17/3.5-4.5 AT-X 107 Pro DX AF Fisheye Wideangle Canon Digital SLR Zoom Lens USA - Canon EOS Lens (Electronics)

I will keep it quick and simple. This lens is amazing! I use it as my UWA lens for my 40d/7d and it does a VERY nice job. At its widest angle is when it has the most "fisheye" effect so when you use it at 17 mm, it is less noticeable. I use it in conjunction with the Canon 17-55, and it really helps me get in shots of rooms or landscapes. Also, the fisheye effect is a really fun, albeit limited, bonus. Additionally, the minimum focusing distance of this lens is superb. You have to be careful, however, because you can get to close to a subject and ding the front element as it is hard to tell distance from viewfinder due to fisheye effect. Wouldn't recommend this lens if you have no need for UWA because I don't think the fisheye effect alone justifies the purchase.

17 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

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

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Joshua M. Hoffman (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Tokina ATX107PRODXC 10-17/3.5-4.5 AT-X 107 Pro DX AF Fisheye Wideangle Canon Digital SLR Zoom Lens USA - Canon EOS Lens (Electronics)

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.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

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

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Mathew Thompson "kakomu" (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tokina ATX107PRODXC 10-17/3.5-4.5 AT-X 107 Pro DX AF Fisheye Wideangle Canon Digital SLR Zoom Lens USA - Canon EOS Lens (Electronics)

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.