Tokina AT-X 270 AF Pro II 28-70mm f/2.6-2.8

This has been one of my favorite lenses. GREAT build. Excellent image results. I've used this lens daily since I bought it new in 1994. Never a problem. It outlasted four cameras, so far

Built like a tank. Great image quality

They don't make it any more . . .

Nikkor 28-70 f/2.8. Sigma 28-70 f/2.9. No comparison to the Tokina, IMHO

I got his lens in july as a part of a package. It was in outstanding shape. I have decided to give this lens a chance since it has the famous "angenieux design". I have the chance to compare both lenses in a second hand shop in Brussels en they look to be pretty the same except on the finishing level (angenieux is by far better: matte paint, engraved informations on barrel...) and Lens coating (tokina is blueish, angenieux is reddish). This looked as the cheap version of a sacred monster.
This lens delivers beautiful & sharp pictures when focused manualy (back focus issue at all focal length in AF mode on my D70 FW2.0 - looks ok after f/4 thx to DOF increase) with a cold color rendition scheme (which I Liked).
However, the focal range is not very useful for digital and the performances are behind those of my other objectives. So I sold it some times ago.

Great value for film, nice lens for digital.

-Good picture quality in both fim and digital
-sharp when manually focused
-well built
-AF-D lens---> great for portraits when used with Nikon flash system
-real bargain at this price(€150 2nd hand)
-Fast AF (but back focused at 2.8 - ok till f/4-5.6)
-very nice manual focus ring thx to AF/MF clutch

-28mm not wide enough for digital
-back focus issue when mounted on my D70 (subject pointed on the nose, ears are neat the rest of the face is soft)
-AF/MF clutch only works at infinity setting and is sometimes difficult to manipulate, improved on later tokinas (12-24 for example)
-design of the stop ring lock

Nikkor 17-35 f/2.8, Tokina 12-24 f/4, Sigma 30 f/1.4, Nikkor 50 f/1.4

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im pleased to write review about this tokina 28-70mm f2.6, f2.8 atx lens. well, i have used mostly canons and nikons gears for over 25 yrs...till now, i have tried out the tokina atx 28-70mm and the atx 80-200mm f2.8, both pretty much the same in every way.both present great build, solid all metal lens, heavy and sturdy.great optics, nice features.great price..look good and do good..im very happy with the finally products came out of these lenses..for that reasons, i have sold all my nikon lenses to replace with these atx pro line..well, i've own over 20 nikon lenses..and over 15 canon lenses too.i must mention here that most all my lenses are under 500$ range..ok!.. well, im sure some one out there will say that i havent tried out those prime lenses??..come on!!, a 400-500$ lenses should be good to great!!..right?, no excuses for that..im talking about buying them used on ebay for less..obviously, these tokinas i paid a fairly low price used in excel condi too.. im pround to have these atx mounted on my fuji s2 pro...the results are stunning.. i must agreed with all the positives praises here in forum..and disagree with those negs reviews here..there are nothing wrong with these atx pro line..its pro for real.speaking from a man whos used nikon over 25 yrs here..im just being honest, thats all.no reasons to pay more..todays economy is hard enough , we dont need to spend crazy, we need to be wise on our spending.atx is deff best buy for the money..next is sigmas gold ring series..especially now that nikon and canon are made in taiwan and thailand..bummer, mostly plastic made..i dont care for plastic made lenses, i do want all metal made like atx.the results pics are either the same or better than most prime lenses.heavy lenses mean better build and take more abuses..and dependable..i dont complain about little things on lenses, all i want is great results that show on prints..thats count.we all know that, nothing is perfect in life..buy what you need and be happy with it..buy atx pro and you'll be a happy fotoman..

build, quality, features, optics, results, and mostly the price is right..too good to be true..best buy lens.

my only complain is for those who has bad experience with atx lenses..i feel sorry for them, me?!, im one happy fotoman with atx.

c and n primes.

none so far..i love it. is there a 6 stars to score?, lol.

Despite some of the negative reviews, I proceeded to acquire this lens from eBay. I did test the lens at 50mm, and compared that to my EF50mm/2.5 macro. The Tokina 270 produced images that are softer and less contrasty from f/2.8 to f/8, I did not test smaller apertures. However, it should be noted that the EF50mm/2.5 macro costs MORE than the Tokina 270. I am certain that the Canon L lenses can easily out perform this lens. However, I got this lens mostly to shoot existing light people picture because of the convenience of variable focal length. I still use my prime lenses for macro, landscape and other types of photographs. If you want to have ONE lens for everything, you should look into Canon's L-series lenses. However, if you don't mind having a separate set of prime lenses for more critical work, the Tokina 270 is a bargain for the necessary flexibility for existing light candid photographs. Afterall, for the price of a Canon EF 28-70/2.8L, you can get this lens, plus Canon prime lenses (even macro) of various focal lengths (24, 35, 50 and 100mm).

Construction, wide aperture when you don't mind a little softness, value

Two-step AF/MF switching

Canon EF 28-90/4-5.6 USM, Tamron 28-200/4-5.6, Canon EF 50/2.5 macro, Canon EF 24/2.8, Canon EF 35/2, Canon EF 200/2.8L, Canon EF 100/2.8 macro

Have not had any need

Either Tokina QC is shocking or I must just have bad luck with them, but this is one of two Tokina lenses (the other is their 20-35 f2.8 'pro') I've used and found to be unacceptably soft. And when I say unacceptably, I mean beaten for sharpness and contrast at f4-5.6 by a plastic kit-zoom sigma wide open! It's fine at f8, but why pay the money and weight costs of f2.8 to use it at f8? My experiences tell me that at wide angle and normal focal lengths, small, fast primes make more sense, and I only use zooms at telephoto focal lengths.

well-built, looks good and 'pro' if that matters to you, good at f8. Can be bought quite cheaply now.

The flipside of the build quality is it's heavy (but then it's a 2.8 zoom...) The killer is that mine was simply worse than a cheap sigma kit-zoom at a quarter of the cost.

sigma 28-80 f3.5-5.6 macro pentax FA 50mm f1.4 pentax M 28mm f3.5

mine had an autofocus problem which was quickly and politely dealt with by the original German vendors, fotowalser