Tokina AT-X Pro 12-24mm f/4 DX : Specifications and Opinions

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FotografiaDigitale

sent on 28 Maggio 2025

Pros: Construction, contrast, color rendering

Cons: Pesantuccio

Opinion: Owned for over 15 years, Nikon mount, it should be used for architecture and landscape photos. And a lens for the DX format (therefore equivalent to an 18-35). Excellent color rendering and contrast, good flare performance, it is among the sharpest of third-party lenses and is indestructible, exceptional build quality. It also works on FX format from 18mm onwards (Sigmas are unusable). I kept it for years on the D80 and didn't use anything else.... It's a bit heavy for the overall size (the front lens is 77mm and there are 13 internal elements in 11 groups). Today it can be found at ridiculous prices in second-hand ... and it is not so easy to find (because those who have it keep it). The first version of the DXII version is better... the AF works very well but only on D80, D90, D300 and not on series that do not have AF in the camera. It renders well even without polarizer or plate ND filters, but if you mount them it is better, on 12mm the wide focal length can have management problems for flare and light-shadow contrasts.... If managed well (18mm effective are not few....) it gives excellent results.

FlyShy100

sent on 16 Ottobre 2021

Pros: Focal range, price, construction, performance, sharpness from 12 to 18mm

Cons: Flare, sharpness after 18mm, mf/af pump

Opinion: In 2021 he still has a lot to say in my opinion, paid 120 euros equal to the new and used on D500. Sharp closing it a few stops, really interesting focal range, fast SLR af, Granite construction of Tokina. If I had to give a vote I would give 8.5 out of 10 taking into account the fact that it is a dated lens and that it will never return images equal to a Sigma art or similar, but it refers to the really affordable price for those like me who use it only on the go. It suffers from Flare quite heavily, has the af mf system of tokina a little uncomfortable, and after 18mm it becomes less sharp, but wide-angle side is great.

Fiosco

sent on 23 Novembre 2016

Pros: Construction, travel, value for money, screw 77mm filters

Cons: A little dark, color rendering without polarizing, of flares problems punctual lights in night shots. WARNING HAS NO ENGINE INTERNAL AF

Opinion: This my review after several months of use out of this wide angle out of production since 2004, but that gave me so much satisfaction. It 'was my second wide angle after sammy 14. Japanese construction, metal housing and excellent materials speak volumes about the quality of optics. For me the 12 mm minimum focal range is more than enough, and there are few wide-angle lenses that go over. But what makes it "almost" a handyman to the street is the fact that covers up to 24 mm, an angle which I prefer to that given by 35 mm. Use of this wide angle with noisy but precise and quick autofocus allows you to be very creative and get special perspective effects and without excessive distortion. rnTra defects the weight that could be particularly evident on entry level machines. I did not notice the flares problems, only when using low light bright point sources are presented stellate. Some chromatic aberration exists and is not easy to find a correction profile for lightrI oom I found one quite effective. With the use of a polarizing filter improves the color rendering but since the minimum focal length is a slight vignetting in the upper-right, resolvable in part in PP.rnLa maximum sharpness is obtained from f / 8 to f / 11 but already 5.6 after the results are more than accettabili.rnCon the "excuse" that the goal is dated you can find in the used market this wide angle you will pay a little but will give you much satisfaction. Beware that has no internal AF motor and thus can be used only in the manual on the entry level, on a wide angle is not a drama ovviamentrn

Cloude De Cristen

sent on 04 Agosto 2015

Pros: building good, interesting focal range, color rendering

Cons: Weight, flare, dark, AF-MF mechanism is not practical

Opinion: I state that my Tokina has a flaw (I bought on Ebay paying € 100): as sometimes shooting at 12mm aperture and long times by mistake, but it is widely passable as inconveniente.rnPer the rest is pretty powerful colors piacevoli.rnDal realistic and constructive point of view has a quality and solidity fab but this involves greater weight. No stabilizer but no use for these focali.rnL'AF is quiet and fast. Suffer flare.

Darp

sent on 09 Giugno 2015

Pros: Construction, excursion, chromatic yield, price on the used

Cons: Weight, flare, blurry over 20mm, edges

Opinion: It was one of the best lenses had, both as optical rendering (used up to 18mm almost always in TA, distortion fairly contained, colors and sharpness, T-stop Actual) that build quality, sold a little reluctantly; Only flaws I can mention is the resistance to flare backlight, softness at the edges and decay over 18mm; However it costs used recommended on this size.

Matias

sent on 22 Marzo 2015

Pros: Excellent construction, zoom range, returning the image

Cons: hood, management of the lens

Opinion: As per tradition, I write my review from former owner of this beautiful lente.rnNon lover of wide angles and looking for something special, my eyes and my hand will rest on this beautiful lente.rnSe properly managed, controlled and owned in the manner most appropriate will return incredible images from the street passing by the scene of ritratti.rnUsata d7000, I've never been disappointed.

Fotonik04

sent on 26 Febbraio 2015

Pros: Well done, good hike from 12 to 24 strength and construction.

Cons: pesantuccio slightly.

Opinion: I use it for almost two years and I am fantastically well. its ideal environment is the landscape, but also the Street and architecture, comes off very well in its internal 12mm and aperture f4 make it quite powerful, masters in strength (goal made all metal) so its reliability is high.

Otakar81

sent on 26 Agosto 2013

Pros: Strong, interesting range, low distortion at 24mm

Cons: Flare

Opinion: It's in my kit from a couple of years, and I have never regretted the purchase. RnrnBuona yield, robust (it is a brick). RnrnQuello I appreciate the most, and that was a determining factor in the final choice, it is the range of focal lengths that copre.rnE 'true that there are targets of the same type that offer more wide-angle side, but then often are more limited on the side lungo.rnIl tokina vice versa, with its 35mm equivalent on the "long", is a lens extremely flexible and rarely feel the need to change lens when I'm in urbano.rnrnConsigliato environment.

0rs0

sent on 29 Aprile 2013

Pros: Solid, smooth, pleasant colors and realistic, very good focal length range from landscape to street, the hood does his duty.

Cons: Weight a little 'higher end, 77mm filters, mechanism AF / MF is not practical, a little hood' dancer but absolutely irrelevant, flare, dark.

Opinion: The objective is convenient in terms of focal length range, the stabilizer is absent but useless these focal lengths. The colors are excellent. The focus is smooth and precisa.rnDipende always what you want to do, if you use it for internal (even in the dark) it takes the 11-16 F2.8.rnSoffre the flare but with some changes (and maybe a filter) can be limited, but there are aberrations delete PP is simplicity disarmante.rnCerto landscapes for those who, like me, take 650g rump in the long run you feel but you do get used to ...

DanieleIurissevich

sent on 07 Maggio 2012

Pros: Solid construction, overall quality, sharpness, f / 4 constant

Cons: Flare, focal little extreme ("only" up to 12mm), only APS-C or FF 17mm up.

Opinion: Constructively oozes quality and strength from every pore, even in the hood lined in velvet. The focal range is not extreme but covers up to 24mm and can be very useful (eg combining it with a 24-105). The switching between AF / MF is to "pump" and may or may not (like me). Although it is not USM, close enough: fast and silent AF. The point of focus to infinity place at one end of the ferrule can be very useful. The version II with respect to I, for CANON (different speech for Nikon mount instead of the autofocus motor inside), only has an anti-flare add-on, it seems, is not so decisive. Therefore, the version I, in my opinion, is just as attractive as the version II. Moreover, the price of used, it is definitely very affordable.

N_i_c_o

sent on 31 Marzo 2012

Pros: Strength, sharpness, excursion Focal, MAF infinity

Cons: Flare

Opinion: On APS-C may be the classic lens walking thanks to the excursion from 12 to 24 fully usable. It 'so robust that it can be used as a weapon to launch, of course, a little heavy given the quality of the materials. Focus fast enough and (hear hear) to infinity at full scale is the actual infinite. So in dark situations you can put it in manual mode and turn the dial completely: I use only manual now. The sharpness is not at the level of 11-16 but still good. The flare is a problem but I'm not actually present it is presented so frequently. Since the Series II does not seem to have solved this problem completely, the buy back of the series I could be a bargain considering the price lower.