Tokina
RMC Tokina 500mm 1:8 image by Stefan Köder (Image rights) |
Tokina Co., Ltd is a Japanese lens maker. The company was established in Shinjuku, Tokyo in May of 1950 as Tokyo Optical Equipment Manufacturing. Early lenses were marked with Tokyo Koki, a shortened version of the phonetic translation into English of the company's name, Tokyo Koki Seisakusho[1][2] (note that there is another company that used the English moniker Tokyo Koki.) The company was founded by former Nikon engineers as an OEM manufacturer and originally made lenses for other companies, such as Ponder and Best (later Vivitar). In the early 1970s the company began selling lenses under its own brand name, Tokina[3], while continuing to make lenses for other brands such as Soligor and Asanuma. In May of 1971 the company changed its name to Tokina Optical Co. Ltd. The company was later acquired by Kenko in March of 1999.[4][5]. Kenko also purchased optical glass manufacturer Hoya, whose glass was used by Tokina Optical. The combined company is now known as Kenko Tokina Co., Ltd. The US branches of the companies, Tokina Optical Corporation USA and Kenko Company USA had previously merged in 1993 to form THK Photo Products, Inc. The letters THK comes from Tokina, Hoya, Kenko.[6] With the latter Tokina was merged in 2011 into Kenko-Tokina.
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Tokina Lenses
Tokyo Koki / Tele-Tokina Lenses
Tokyo Koki Tele-Tokinas image by luisalegria (Image rights) |
These were early T mount preset telephoto lenses. Slight variants of these lenses were also marketed by Ponder & Best under Vivitar Compatible T System branding.
- Tokyo Koki Tele-Tokina 105mm f/2.8
- Tokyo Koki Tele-Tokina 135mm f/3.5
- Tokyo Koki Tele-Tokina 200mm f/4.5
- Tokyo Koki Tele-Tokina 300mm f/5.5
- Tokyo Koki Tele-Tokina 400mm f/6.3
- Tele-Tokina 600mm f/8
- Tele-Tokina 800mm f/8
RMC series (manual focus)
RMC Tokina 35-105mm 1:3.5 image by Michael Gatchell (Image rights) |
- RMC Tokina 17mm 1:3.5
- RMC Tokina 24mm 1:2.8
- RMC Tokina 25-50mm 1:4
- RMC Tokina 28mm 1:2.8
- RMC Tokina EMZ/SMZ-270 28-70mm 1:3.5-4.5
- RMC Tokina 28-70mm 1:4
- RMC Tokina EMZ 28-80mm 1:3.8-4.8
- RMC Tokina 28-85mm 1:4
- RMC Tokina 35-70mm 1:4
- RMC Tokina 35-105mm 1:3.5
- RMC Tokina 35-105mm 1:3.5-4.3
- RMC Tokina EMZ 35-105mm 1:3.8-4.8
- RMC Tokina 35-135mm 1:3.5-4.5
- RMC Tokina 35-135mm 1:4-4.5
- RMC Tokina 50-200mm 1:3.5-4.5
- RMC Tokina 70-210mm 1:3.5
- RMC Tokina EMZ 70-210mm 1:4.5
- RMC Tokina 70-220mm 1:3.5
- RMC Tokina 75-150mm 1:3.8
- RMC Tokina 75-260mm 1:4.5
- RMC Tokina 80-200mm 1:3.5-4.5
- RMC Tokina 80-200mm 1:4
- RMC Tokina 80-200mm 1:4.5
- RMC Tokina 80-250mm 1:4.5
- RMC Tokina 90-230mm 1:4.5
- RMC Tokina 100-300mm 1:5
- RMC Tokina 100-300mm 1:5.6
- RMC Tokina 200mm 1:3.5
- RMC Tokina 400mm 1:5.6
- RMC Tokina 500mm 1:8
SL series (manual focus)
- Tokina SL 17 17mm 1:3.5
- Tokina SL 28 28mm 1:2.8
- Tokina SL400SD 400mm 1:5.6
SZ-X series (manual focus)
- Tokina SZ-X 247 24-70mm 1:3.5-4.8
- Tokina SZ-X 270 SD 28-70mm 1:3.5-4.5
- Tokina SZ-X 270 II 28-70mm 1:3.9-4.8 *
- Tokina SZ-X 105 28-105mm 1:3.5-4.5 *
- Tokina SZ-X 205 28-105mm 1:3.5-4.8
- Tokina SZ-X 205 SD 28-105mm 1:4.0-5.3
- Tokina SZ-X 282 28-200mm 1:3.5-5.3 *
- Tokina SZ-X 357 35-70mm 1:3.5-4.8
- Tokina SZ-X 352 SD 35-200mm 1:4-5.6
- Tokina SZ-X 721 70-210mm 1:4-5.6
- Tokina SZ-X 210 70-210mm 1:4-5.6
- Tokina SZ-X 210 N 70-210mm 1:4-5.6
- Tokina SZ-X 200 80-200mm 1:4.5-5.6
- Tokina SZ-X 845 80-200mm 1:4.5-5.6 *
- Tokina SZ-X 630 60-300mm 1:4-5.6 *
- Tokina SZ-X 730 75-300mm 1:4.5-5.6
(*) Made by Kobori
AF series
- Tokina AF 193 19-35mm 1:3.5-4.5
AT-X series
Manual focus
- Tokina AT-X 24-40mm 1:2.8
- Tokina AT-X 28-85mm 1:3.5-4.5
- Tokina AT-X 235 28-135mm 1:4-4.5
- Tokina AT-X 35-70mm 1:2.8
- Tokina AT-X 352 SD 35-200mm 1:3.5-4.5
- Tokina AT-X 50-250mm 1:4.0-5.6
- Tokina AT-X 60-120mm 1:2.8
- Tokina AT-X 828 SD 80-200mm 1:2.8
- Tokina AT-X 90mm 1:2.5 Macro 1:1
- Tokina AT-X SD 100-300mm 1:4.0
- Tokina AT-X SD 150-500mm 1:5.6
- Tokina AT-X SD 300mm 1:2.8
Autofocus
- Tokina AT-X 242 AF 24-200mm 1:3.5-5.6
- Tokina AT-X 840 AF 80-400mm 1:4.5-5.6
- Tokina AT-X 840 AF-II 80-400mm 1:4.5-5.6
- Tokina AT-X 340 AF 100-300mm 1:4
AT-X DX series
- Tokina AT-X 107 DX 10-17mm 1:3.5-4.5 (Fisheye Zoom)
AT-X PRO series
- Tokina AT-X 235 AF PRO 20-35mm 1:2.8
- Tokina AT-X 270 AF PRO 28-70mm 1:2.6-2.8
- Tokina AT-X 270 AF PRO II 28-70mm 1:2.6-2.8
- Tokina AT-X 287 AF PRO SV 28-70mm 1:2.8
- Tokina AT-X 280 AF PRO 28-80mm 1:2.8
- Tokina AT-X 828 AF PRO 80-200mm 1:2.8
- Tokina AT-X 17 AF PRO 17mm 1:3.5
- Tokina AT-X 100 AF PRO 100mm 1:2.8 Macro
- Tokina AT-X 300 AF PRO 300mm 1:2.8
AT-X PRO DX series
- Tokina AT-X 116 PRO DX 11-16mm 1:2.8
- Tokina AT-X 124 PRO DX 12-24mm 1:4
- Tokina AT-X 124 PRO DX II 12-24mm 1:4 (with AF motor)
- Tokina AT-X 165 PRO DX 16-50mm 1:2.8
- Tokina AT-X 535 PRO DX 50-135mm 1:2.8
- Tokina AT-X M35 PRO DX 35mm 1:2.8 Macro
OEM Lenses
References
- ↑ British Journal of Photography, Vol 111, p. 632
- ↑ Flickr camerawiki discussion: Tokyo Koki and Tokina
- ↑ The Tokina Story - nikonians.org
- ↑ Tokina Corporate History
- ↑ Tokina Company Info
- ↑ THK Photo Products website, About Us page
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Olympus OM10 with Tokina 80-200mm image by John Nuttall (Image rights) |