"Walk around" with the Vivitar 17/3.5 (Tokina made

[tomasg]

A surprisely "walk around" lens on a cropped sensor...



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[LucisPictor]

Very nice shots!

Yes, that's a great lens. I have sold mine to Henry and have regretted it several times.

[tomasg]

[kds315*]

I have three of them, but the Tokina original and I'm quite happy with them.

[NikonD]

I've had it and it's been a great lens and it still is

katrca je pa že redkost na cestah

[cooltouch]

I have one and I like mine a lot too. My only regret is that it is Canon FD mount, so I can't use it on my EOS without an adapter. And that correction lens in the adaper acts like about a 1.2x teleconverter, which pretty much eliminates any wide angle character it might have with my 1.6x crop body camera.

I've looked for one in Nikon mount -- Vivitar or Tokina -- but the word is out on that lens. Examples in usable mounts -- like M42 or Nikon -- usually get bid up way out of my price range. And the Tamron seems to be even worse.