Tokina 10-17mm Fisheye Zoom Review

Jeff Mullins · Issue 37, Jul/Aug 2007 · pp. 24–26

Products mentioned: Tokina 10-17mm Fisheye zoom, Nikon D2X, Subal housing, Subtronic Alpha Pro strobes, Nikon 10.5mm fisheye, Magic Filter, Pentax LX, Pentax 17-28mm fisheye zoom

used underwater. In the early 1980s the Pentax LX was one of the more popular underwater cameras, made all the more so by the Pentax 17-28mm fisheye zoom. We must also thank Pentax for the Tokina 10-17mm as the optics of this lens first appeared in 2005 as a Pentax branded lens for their range of digital SLRs. Since then we have all be waiting with baited breath for Tokina to release it in other mounts, particularly Nikon and Canon that dominate the underwater DSLR world. The Tokina 10-17mm Fisheye zoom is designed specifically for APS-C or DX sized sensor digital SLR cameras. It will not project a frame-filling image at its wider focal lengths on a film cameras or full-frame digital cameras. The Tokina 10-17mm has received mixed reviews for land photography. Most fail to see a reason for its existence and then comment on the (Far left) The Tokina works well for standard subject and mode…