Tag: Tokina

  • New partners for the micro-4/3 format

    New partners for the micro-4/3 format

    Olympus just announced the arrival of new partners for the micro-4/3 format. As a matter of fact, the more immediately significant ones are the two independent lens manufacturers: Tamron Kenko-Tokina Olympus press release.

  • Kenko-Tokina acquires COKIN filters

    Kenko-Tokina acquires COKIN filters

    This is interesting to see how a previous article I wrote about the possible re-structuration of the photo market through some significant acquisitions has a nearly immediate echo. Actually, Kenko-Tokina, one of the companies I was mentioning as possibly interested in moving forward, has officialized its acquisition of COKIN SAS, the French leader of filter…

  • Tokina 16.5-135mm superzoom

    The super-zoom category contains quite a few astonishing lenses with impressive focal ranges. Today Tokina enters the race with an 8x amplitude in the Tokina AT-X 16.5-135mm DX in APS-C format and a quite reasonable f/3.5-5.6 aperture. The price: less than US$350/300€ (or £816 in the UK). Immediately available with the following lens mounts: Canon…