Mk2 review http://www.lenstip.com/index.php?test=obiektywu&test_ob=379

I just posted an edge to edge sharpness test with this lens, the Rokinon 16mm and just for the hell of it, the SLR12mm lens in the Rokinon/Samyang 16mm thread.

Cine version available at

http://www.adorama.com/TN1116CM43.html

Thanks to @AdamT

@DrDave

Especially when it doesn't really improve the focus throw or actually anything at all. I grilled Tokina at CineGear a year ago and the reps couldn't answer why I should pay $1300 more for this lens? All they could give me was gears and the T stop ratings. If you can read scopes, the T stop markings don't justify $1300.

11mm

16mm

Those deeply into digital video work will really appreciate the performance and handling of this lens. It produces sharp, contrasty images with relatively low distortion and falloff.

http://www.ephotozine.com/article/tokina-at-x-11-16mm-t3-cine-lens-review-25723

The cine version also isn't available for Nikon F mount :-/

Apparently the focus throw is much longer (at least double), I wonder if when the photographers' version gets updated if the focus throw will get to be longer too?

Anyway, doubt if you'll be doing too many focus pulls on an UWA, so probably not worth all that extra cash for most people.

Tokina says they must be from a bad batch, both are Japanese imports. Anyone else seeing it?

@Manu4Vendetta

They are same. Usually people get Nikon one. About DX and DX II, just read this topic and links.

I had a look at that Lenstip review, and they missed the flare changes on the DX vs DX II. I have a DX and briefly had the DX II (both Nikon):

While the flare shapes/reflections are pretty similar (and of similar strength), the big difference (at least on my samples) was that the DX smears light all over the frame when flaring, causing a dreamy low-contrast look. It's actually quite nice, retro - if you like that.

The DX II doesn't do that - so you still get the flare shapes, but without washing the entire image out. It preserves much more contrast, and so looks more modern/clinical.

Looking at the front of the lenses, the difference is obvious - (my) DX has a large gray ring somewhere in the middle of the lens assembly. I suspect this is where the light reflects and spreads out. On the DX II that ring isn't there, it's completely blacked out. They may have achieved that just by painting the edges of some lens element(s) black, and/or some part of the internal housing.

So if my samples are representative, that's your choice.

I checked a few Ebay auctions, and none of the DX's there have that grey ring! So they probably changed this at some point during the DX runs. Or mine is a one-off!

Anybody wanna buy mine, or swap? I actually like the dreamieness, but I shoot 3D and both lenses have to match. Or if yours is like mine, wanna sell?

EDIT: actually there are some with grey rings and some without, so they obviously did change this at some point. My pic was massively overexposed, in real life it looks like this: