Lesson Learned...Never Again (Page 5): You might want to contact Amazon again they have recently introduced a program guaranteeing second party sellers products.

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You might want to contact Amazon again they have recently introduced a program guaranteeing second party sellers products.

kcooke Loc: Alabama

Sorry you are having these issues I own this lens and it’s performance is stellar. It’s is equal to any Nikkor or Canon wide angle zoom. I do know that if you are shooting a canon in live view below a certain f stop it will give an error message and to continue you have to remove the battery and reinsert. I have experienced this problem. This is documented on Tokinas website here

https://tokinalens.com/news/compatibility_of_tokina_at_x_16_28mm_f_2_8_pro_fx/

If you are using a canon Disable "Lens aberration correction in your camera settings.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

kcooke wrote:

Sorry you are having these issues I own this lens... (show quote)

You have stated that the Tokina wide zoom is "equal to any Nikkor or Canon wide angle zoom". What personal experience or test data do you have to verify this, and in what way is the Tokina equal. . thank you

kcooke Loc: Alabama

billnikon wrote:

You have stated that the Tokina wide zoom is "equal to any Nikkor or Canon wide angle zoom". What personal experience or test data do you have to verify this, and in what way is the Tokina equal. . thank you

I was probably a bit overzealous in my statement and i apologize for that. I am retired on a restricted budget. As such when I buy high quality lenses I usually prefer to buy used Canon L series that are in good shape. After having the Canon 17-40 f4 L and then the 16-35mm f/2.8 L I did some internet research to see what else i could get in my price range brand new. Remember the Tokina is 60% less in cost than most of the offerings from Nikon and Canon. I can read what I would like to on the internet and to me about half of what I read is true. I do like Ken Rockwells reviews as he seems to provide a more in depth look at products. I know a lot of people dont like him. To each his own. Here is his review.

https://www.kenrockwell.com/tokina/16-28mm.htm

My personal experience is after owning this lens for about 3 years, i can say that i agree with his comments. Especially with regards to build quality, sharpness and distortion. This lens is better than the copies of the 2 Canon wide angles i used to have with regards to sharpness and distortion. I don't have any personal data as i prefer to use my time taking photographs and post processing them. To me if the photographs look good to me then its good. Not very scientific for sure. Rockwell does say that he thinks the Nikkor 16-35mm VR is a better lens overall.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

kcooke wrote:

I was probably a bit overzealous in my statement a... (show quote)

Feathercrest1 Loc: North East PA

I recently purchased a re-furbished HP computer with Amazon and it is (was not described as) an old desktop which runs well but does not have wireless. I had it for several weeks before hooking it up and do not want to hassle going through a return. It will be an auxilliary desktop suitable for much with a cable connection but not what I expected. Beware of Amazon is my new motto.

MAXD

Years ago I bought a Metz flash unit from Adorama. When it needed repair I sent to Bogan, the only Metz distributor in the USA. They returned it unrepaired saying that it was a grey market unit and they would not support it in any way. No one else could get parts for it. Adorama would only offer me $100.00 trade in on a new one, (about $500,00), even though they hadn't disclosed it was grey market when I bought it. Since then I only buy from B&H. At the time they also sold grey market at lessor prices but they told you that in advance.

juan_uy Loc: Uruguay

Feathercrest1 wrote:

I recently purchased a re-furbished HP computer with Amazon and it is (was not described as) an old desktop which runs well but does not have wireless. I had it for several weeks before hooking it up and do not want to hassle going through a return. It will be an auxilliary desktop suitable for much with a cable connection but not what I expected. Beware of Amazon is my new motto.

Unless it mentioned that it had wireless, there's no "beware of Amazon" on this case.
You can add a WiFi dongle to your new desktop for $10 to $40 depending on your needs. Hope this helps

IDguy Loc: Idaho

windshoppe wrote:

Needing a wide-angle zoom lens in the 16 - 28mm ra... (show quote)

Most likely user error. Or the lens or camera contacts need cleaning. Unlikely a lens in repose would up and break.

Sidwalkastronomy Loc: New Jersey Shore

I also had an issue with adorama years ago about a inexpensive item I got the run around on a $20 dollar item. 10 thousand dollars spent at B n H since then. Never going back to adaronona ever

205Egan Loc: Queensland

Thinking that was a b & white Q, some would care to hear, even if just % saved? 10%, 25%.
Market has changed so much this century. Sorry for ur loss.

IDguy Loc: Idaho

kcooke wrote:

Sorry you are having these issues I own this lens... (show quote)

The OP never said what camera he has or if he tried this.

But that dosen’t stop the bashing of several good companies…most likely because of errors by the user and having nothing to do with the topic at hand. Sheesh.

Bye.

Sidwalkastronomy Loc: New Jersey Shore

IDguy wrote:

The OP never said what camera he has or if he tried this.

But that dosen’t stop the bashing of several good companies…most likely because of errors by the user and having nothing to do with the topic at hand. Sheesh.
What could he have done in 3 uses?
No mention of dropping
Bye.

MAXD

I wasn't bashing Adorama, just sayin is all.

Feathercrest1 Loc: North East PA

Thank you for the pertinent information. Appreciated.