Tokina

K. K. Tokina (Japanese株式会社 トキナー, Kabushiki - gaisha Tokina, Eng. Tokina Co., Ltd.). Was a 1950 based Japanese company that manufactures optical lenses mainly for use in photography and video surveillance. On June 1, 2011, there is a merger with Kenko Kenko Tokina in Co. Ltd.. risen. At Kenko Tokina also includes the tripod Manufacturer Slik and since July 2011, the French manufacturer Cokin filters. It also has links to Hoya.

Photo lenses

Tokina leads (as of December 2013) six lenses for SLR cameras from Nikon and Canon.

  • AT- X 3.5-4.5 / 10-17 DX Fisheye
  • AT- X 2.8 / 11-16 Pro DX II
  • AT- X 4,0 / 12-28 DX Pro
  • AT- X Pro FX 2.8/16-28
  • AT- X Pro FX 4.0/17-35
  • AT- X Macro 2,8 / 100 Pro D

The lens design oriented since the 1990s to older Nikkor lenses from Nikon, which can be seen on Nikon's typical Hammerschlaglack among others.

With the conversion of the range on lenses for digital half -format cameras ( abbreviation " DX" ) and small digital cameras ( symbol " D") focused on the manufacturer, the lens mounts Nikon F and Canon EF. On 1 February 2010, the manufacturer announced it has for about five years, first lens with Minolta A-mount.

Cooperation with Pentax

More recently cooperate Tokina and Pentax camera manufacturers in the development of some of their lenses. The AT -X 3.5-4.5 / 10-17 DX Fisheye, the AT- X 4,0 / 12-24 Pro DX AT -X 2.8 / 16-50 Pro DX AT -X 2,8 / 50-135 Pro DX AT -X Macro 2,8 / 35 Pro DX and AT -X Macro 2,8 / 100 Pro D come from this collaboration: the Pentax and Tokina versions of the jointly developed lenses have similar optical designs and lens sets, but different versions.

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