Tokina 17mm F3.5 AT-X 17 AF PRO A-mount lens review by Dynaton-DK
 Dynaton-DK#5769 date: Jul-27-2009 | |
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| sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 4 flare control: 4 overall: 4.6 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Minolta AF16 (Fish Eye) Quantaray/Sigma 24 Ultra Wide II Minolta AF28 Minolta AF50 Sigma AF10-20 Minolta AF28-135 |
| price paid: | missing |
| positive: | Very sharp High resolution Good color Good contrast Low distortion Build like a tank |
| negative: | Rare to find |
| comment: | After my very positive experiences with the Tokina ATX 20-35 Pro zoom lens, I bought the 17mm Tokina prime also in the Pro version. The Tokina ATX 17 Pro is an excellent performer - it is razor sharp (at least as sharp as the Minolta AF50, but with a much more usable angle also on APS-C), provides a very high resolution, good contrast and good saturation in colors. Distortion is very low for an ultra wide lens (in fact even better or at least on-par with newer ultra wides). On APS-C this lens is much better than the Minolta AF16 (which however still is fun to use). Flare control is okay for an ultra wide. It is easy to see flares in the view finder, so I give the lens a high rating also in flare control. As most lenses it is not perfect wide open, but the degradation of IQ is in fact marginable. It performs much better than the Sigma AF10-20 (that is a modern design). I have shot very good images at ISO400 inside Churches in low light - and the images remain very sharp with good contrast and color even wide open. Can be recommended without any reservation. |
; 12MPrating summary
- total reviews: 9
- sharpness: 4.72
- color: 4.78
- build: 5.00
- distortion: 4.22
- flare control: 4.00
- overall: 4.54