Well, it that's true then the 12-24/4 is safe as it's a "DX" type... a
small sensor, digital only lens.
Chuck Norcutt
Jim Couch wrote:
> Hmm,
>
> I don't like the sound of that! It could be that you are right. Maybe
> they are seeing a drop in film based lens sales and concentrating on the
> digital only lenses? Who knows.
>
> Jim
>
> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>
>>But almost exactly the same thing happened with the other AT-X Pro
>>lenses that have disappeared, the 28-80/2.8 and the 80-200/2.8. The one
>>difference is that the Canon versions disappeared first from B&H while
>>the Nikon versions were still available... for awhile. B&H simply had a
>>note posted thre that the Canon version was on backorder. Little did
>>they know or say that Tokina was never going to fill the order.
>>Eventually the Nikon version went on backorder too and after awhile
>>Tokina quitly moved those lenses from the current lens selections to the
>>"history" section. Take a look a the history section on Tokina lenses
>>on the THK website. You'll find that many AT-X Pro lenses (top of the
>>line) are now "history".
>>
>>Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>Jim Couch wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Chuck,
>>>
>>>Hard to tell, it may just be a supply/demand issue. There seem to be
>>>plenty of them available in C*non mount. It is just the N*kon mount
>>>lenses that appear to be hard to come by and it is still listed on the
>>>THK website as a current lens.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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