Travis Hodgkinson wrote:I’ve been looking at the Tokina Cinema zoom lenses. Especially the 11-20mm.
What I came across in my research was interesting.
The atx-i 11-20mm F2.8 CF photography lens has virtually the same specs, optically speaking.
However there’s a massive price difference. Is the only difference the Build material, PL mount and of course it’s change in focus throw, due to the size difference of the housing.
As far as I can tell that’s the difference, they should produce the same image.
Tokina puts quality lens elements in their photographic lenses. There are variations in the production of lens elements, and a mass produced lens made for a low price lacks the laborous matching of elements that is done by hand in a quality cine lens.
Several years ago, Matt Duclos made a reputation with his Cine-Mod conversions of the Tokina 11-16 lens. He did this by cherry picking the lens elements from several lenses, and he redesigned and made a new focus and zoom system, with a lens housing, retaining the original lens focus scale. Lens and zoom gears were then fitted. It weighed about twice what the new ones weigh, and is parfocal.
Before Tokina made a cinema 11-16 lens, this re-housed parafocal version of the Tokina 11-16 came out. It generally sells for $1200-$1500 USD used:
Tokina’s Gateway to Cinema: The 11-16mmhttps://www.google.com/amp/s/thecinelen ... -16mm/amp/"...Still photo lenses, even those that are widely-used for cinematography on DSLRs, have electronically adjustable settings, which means some settings (like the aperture and focus) are changed with a press of a button or a slide of a ring, sometimes via a menu on the camera’s screen."
What is a Cine Lens and How is it Different from a Photo Lens?https://www.adorama.com/alc/what-is-a-c ... hoto-lens/