Tokina 16-28 f2.8

This lens gets good reviews; anyone have any experience underwater with it?

The recent review made ​​by DxOMark on the lenses for the D800 indicates that lens as the best of those tested (WA zoom) for quality and for the quality/price ratio. They have not yet tested the 12-24 Nikkor ... (twice as expensive!).

The 12-24 is a DX lens, so would not fit into the same category of lenses for me, the 16-35 and 17-35 Nikkors

The 12-24 is a DX lens, so would not fit into the same category of lenses for me

He meant, probably - FX 14 -24.

Concerning the Tokina 16-28mm lens. If you buy one, pray that its a good one. When www.photozone.de tested this lens the first one they bought had de-centering of lens element(s) and as a result they had to obtain a second one for testing.

Fred

I just looked up the photozone test report. This is one paragraph from their "VERDICT" of the lens. http://www.photozone.de/nikon_ff/594-tokina162828ff

"Unfortunately there may be a hair spoiling the (optical) soup here - quality control. As mentioned we purchased three lens samples for testing, two in Nikon and on in Canon mount, and all three showed some centering issues. The initial Nikon variant was so poor that we had to cancel the testing procedure. The second sample, used for this review, was better, but still suffered from slight decentering at the long end."

Fred

 

He meant, probably - FX 14 -24.

Yes, sorry....