Tokina site

Hi all.

How up to date is this Tokina site:
http://www.tokina.co.jp/index_lens.html

I own the 100-300, which is really great but I understood it's no longer produced.
Anyone?

René

I think this is the one you want.
http://www.tokinalens.com/products/tokina/index.html

The 100-300 went out of production some time back and is now only listed in their archive, along with a number of their good lenses (including the 80-200 AT-X Pro that I have, along with the first version of the 100-300). I don't really understand why they stopped making that one.
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Barry

Are they making anything in the A-mount anymore?

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Making room for an A10.
. . . Or a D200.

CM PHoto said:

Are they making anything in the A-mount anymore?

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Hmm, only the 19-35 & 24-200 according to the site. It's possible they're considering bringing some of the others out for A mount later (I know the 12-24 would get some interest) but for the moment I guess they're focussing on the big sellers of longer standing Canikon).
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Barry

Thinking about this a little further, it seems to me that Tokina's strategy is perhaps a bit ill-advised. In making most their lenses for Canon & Nikon only, they're competing with both those manufacturers' lenses and other 3rd party ones which offer things like USM/HSM (which Tokina doesn't have) or VR/IS (which they also lack). If they were to target Sony or Pentax users they could sell to companies whose cameras render all their lenses stabilised, and for whom USM/HSM/SSM is only an option in extremely high priced lenses. Wouldn't it make more sense to go for the latter?
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Barry

I would agree with that. Currently, our only alternative is Sigma, and Sigma does not have the best rep.

For a small-ish investment, the could start making a larger impact

The 12-24 would be something to look at and ~$500 would compete well against the Tamron/Sony 11-18mm..

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Making room for an A10.
. . . Or a D200.

CM PHoto said:

I would agree with that. Currently, our only alternative is Sigma,
and Sigma does not have the best rep.

For a small-ish investment, the could start making a larger impact

The 12-24 would be something to look at and ~$500 would compete
well against the Tamron/Sony 11-18mm..

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This is my question:

Enquiry : Will the AT-X 124 PRO DX be made available in Sony (Minolta)
fitment?

And this Kenko's (UK) answer :-( :-(

Good Morning

Currently Kenro are only stocking Tokina Lens's for Cannon and Nikon, they have been talk of widening our range but this is not something we are looking to change in the immediate future.

Many Thanks

Rachel

CM PHoto said:

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Making room for an A10.
. . . Or a D200.

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CM PHoto said:

I would agree with that. Currently, our only alternative is Sigma,
and Sigma does not have the best rep.

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Don't forget Tamron. Admittedly their arrangement with KM seems to have gone out the window, presumably due to the Sony/Zeiss partnership, but they still make some useful lenses for the A-mount (I assume you're thinking mainly of ultra-wide zooms though, where Sigma is indeed the only alternative to Tamron).
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Barry

Tokina doesn't make Pentax lenses because of its joint development agreements with Pentax - most of Pentax' recent zooms have been joint optical designs, although the mechanical designs are apparently separate.