Well, that didn't take long. Less than 12 hours after Nokishita shared some leaked photos and specs of the unreleased lens, Tokina has officially announced its latest piece of Sony E-Mount glass: the F The new lens is only the second prime lens in the FThe original F was a manual focus lens, and the new AF version uses an identical optical design.
But it doesn't so much replace the old lens as sit next to it in Tokina's lineup, giving users "two options . . . to choose [from] according to the purpose and style of shooting. "
Like its predecessor, the F
Unlike the manual focus version, this lens features a ring-type ultrasonic motor coupled with a GMR sensor for fast and silent focusing, and Tokina promises full compatibility with Sony's Fast Hybrid AF system and all AF function settings, "providing the same AF performance as with common E-mount AF lenses. "
The Ftentatively scheduled to arrive at the end of April for Japanese customers, and end of May worldwide, but if you happen to be at CP+ next week, you can check out a prototype of the new lens at Tokina's booth.
No pricing info has been released as of yet.
Press Release
New Tokina F
February 22nd, 2018 – Kenko Tokina Co. , Ltd. is proud to announce the new Tokina F
Overview
F
Optical performance
Being optimized for full size camera sensors in terms of size and resolving ability, the optical design adopts 2 aspherical elements and 3 lenses molded from Super-low Dispersion glass to significantly reduce any type of aberration including spherical aberration, distortion and chromatic aberration while assuring high resolution and stunning performance even at wideopen aperture.
Functionality
Keeping along with the basic development concept of the previous model F
Ring-shaped ultrasonic autofocus motor
For AF drive system F
Full compatibility to AF system
F
MF Assist function
Accurate focusing is supported by compatibility to MF Assist function, when fine focusing adjustment is operated by manual rotation of the focusing ring with the simultaneous interlocking with image enlarging function and bar distance display on the monitor.
Optical correction
Due to the data transmittance ability via electric contacts the camera obtains necessary data from the lens chip to correct shading, distortion and lateral chromatic aberrations. Optical corrections can be done by the camera as well.
Image Stabilization
By transmitting focal length data F
* When in-built camera flash is used vignetting may occur. Please use external flash.
About sales release:
Sales release in Japan: end of April, 2018 (tentative)
Sales release worldwide: end of May, 2018 (tentative)
A prototype of Tokina F will be displayed at CP+2018
Kenko Tokina booth location: Exhibition Hall(1F), booth # G-57
2018-2-23 23:19
