Tokina AT-X PRO FX SD 16-28 mm f/2.8 (IF) review - Introduction

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Tokina AT-X PRO FX SD 16-28 mm f/2.8 (IF)

10 May 2016

Arkadiusz Olech

1. Introduction

The Tokina AT-X PRO FX SD 16–28 mm f/2.8 (IF) was presented in 2010 and, being an interesting alternative for brand name 16-35 mm devices, was definitely worth testing. Unfortunately its launch happened at the same time as the change of the Polish Tokina distributor. As a result that lens was very hard to find in our country, available in some shops but only on request.

Finally the new distributor was established but still the Tokina AT-X PRO FX SD 16–28 mm f/2.8 (IF) wasn’t lucky when it came to testing in our studio: while I had time to do it, it was unavailable and when it could be lent I was very busy testing newer lenses. Sad but true: once you get out of the queue, it’s very difficult to return there.

Not so long ago Tokina launched two other lenses, the 24–70 mm and the 14–20 mm; while I was ordering them for our tests I decided to ask for the AT-X PRO FX SD 16–28 mm f/2.8 (IF) as well, to catch up as our Readers had reminded us many times to do.

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We would like to thank the Next77 company, the sole distributor of Tokina lenses in Poland, for lending us one specimen of the AT-X PRO FX SD 16–28 mm f/2.8 (IF) for testing purposes.

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