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[OM] Re: Tokina again, was: Re: Slouching Toward Something Else

Subject: [OM] Re: Tokina again, was: Re: Slouching Toward Something Else
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 17:45:23 -0500
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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