Tokina

Tokina Optical Co. Ltd. is a Japanese lens maker.

RMC Tokina 500mm 1:8 image by Stefan Köder (Image rights)

History

Tokina Optical Co. Ltd. is a Japanese lens maker. The company was established in Shinjuku, Tokyo in May of 1950 as Tokyo Optical Equipment Manufacturing. Tokina was founded by former Nikon engineers as an OEM manufacturer and originally made lenses for other companies, such as Ponder and Best (later Vivitar).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 1970's the company began selling lenses under it's own brand name, Tokina. In May of 1971 the company changed its name to Tokina Optical Co., Ltd. In March of 1999 it was purchased by Kenko.. Tokina uses optical glass made by Hoya. The three companies, Tokina, Hoya, and Kenko, have a combined US distributor named THK Photo Products, Inc.

Lenses

OEM

RMC Tokina 35-105mm 1:3.5 image by Michael Gatchell (Image rights)

• 35-105mm f3.5 Close Range zoom (for Vivitar)
• 28-135mm f4-4.6 Hexanon AR (for Konica)
• 90-230mm f4.5 Close Focus (for Vivitar)

RMC series (manual focus)

• RMC Tokina 24mm 1:2.8
• RMC Tokina 28-70mm 1:3.5-4.5
• RMC Tokina 28-70mm 1:4
• RMC Tokina 28-85mm 1:4
• RMC Tokina 35-70mm 1:4
• RMC Tokina 35-105mm 1:3.5
• RMC Tokina 80-200mm 1:4
• RMC Tokina 200mm 1:3.5
• RMC Tokina 500mm 1:8

SL series (manual focus)

• Tokina SL-17 17mm 1:3.5
• Tokina SL-28 28mm 1:2.8

SZ-X series (manual focus)

• 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 205 28-105mm 1:3.5-4.8
• Tokina SZ-X 282 28-200mm 1:3.5-5.3
• Tokina SZ-X 721 70-210mm 1:4-5.6
• Tokina SZ-X 630 60-300mm 1:4-5.6
• Tokina SZ-X 730 75-300mm 1:4.5-5.6

AF series

• Tokina AF 193 19-35mm 1:3.5-4.5

AT-X series

Manual focus

• Tokina AT-X 28-85mm 1:3.5-4.5
• Tokina AT-X 235 MF 28-135mm 1:4-4.5
• Tokina AT-X 828 MF SD 80-200mm 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

Links

Olympus OM10 with Tokina 80-200mm image by John Nuttall (Image rights)

• THK Photo Products, Inc.
• Tokina Optical Company, Ltd.