Tokina 17mm F3.5 AT-X 17 AF A-mount lens review by QuietOC
 QuietOC#44176 date: Nov-17-2018 | |
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| sharpness: 3 color: 4 build: 3 distortion: 4 flare control: 3 overall: 3.4 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I have experience with this lens |
| compared to: | Sigma 10-20 F4-5.6 Sigma 12-24 EX DG HSM Samyang 12 F2 Rokinon 16 F2 Sony E 16 F2.8 Tamron SP 17-35 F2.8-4 Samyang AF 18 F2.8 FE Sigma 19 F2.8 DN Art Sigma 20 F1.8 EX DG Sony E 20 F2.8 Minolta AF 20 F2.8 & RS Tokina 20-35 F3.5-4.5 I & II |
| price paid: | Shipping cost (used) |
| positive: | Rectilinear ultra wide 135 format full-frame Minimal barrel distortion Wider than Minolta/Sony 20 F2.8 |
| negative: | Size & weight Misalignment F3.5 Purple fringing Chromatic aberration Warm color cast Raspy focus mechanism Not wider than 18 mm zooms |
| comment: | A clean copy with original caps and hard case. Part of a trade of a Sigma 50-150 F2.8 to Photosopher for this lens and a Minolta AF 28 F2. We ended up returning these to each other. It uses a simple unit focus design like most Tokina lenses. The filter threads do not rotate but do extend. It is similar in size to the Minolta/Sony AF 20 F2.8. The fixed metal hood petals are similar in size to those on the removable hood of the Minolta/Sony 20 F2.8 but about a centimeter narrower. It shares the 72mm filter size with that lens and the original Tokina AF 20-35 F3.5-4.5. It borrows the lens ID of the Minolta 28-85 F3.5-4.5. "JAPAN" There is a directional glow on high contrast edges wide-open (coma) on this copy indicating an alignment problem. It has better contrast than the 20-35 F3.5-4.5 zooms but less resolution. It has much less distortion than the 20-35 at 20 mm or the Minolta/Sony AF 20 F2.8 or the 18-x zooms. The focus plane is not as flat as the Minolta/Sony 20 F2.8. It has a much warmer color cast than the Minolta primes. The angle-of-view is narrower than APS-C 18-x zooms. The image quality is not as good as the 18-55 APS-C kit zooms. The little Sony E 16 F2.8 pancake lens is much wider and much sharper wide-open in the center. This is the worst ultra wide lens I have tried so far. |
; 10MPrating summary
- total reviews: 14
- sharpness: 4.64
- color: 4.71
- build: 4.64
- distortion: 4.36
- flare control: 4.29
- overall: 4.53