Originally posted by zackspeed oh yes,i like this lens,too.
my friend is using it with eos 50.
great performance.
this lens and the 12-24 is a tokina patent.wy only the 12-24 is available for pentax, i donīt know.
otherwise,the complete tokina line is patented at pentax.
only not the both wideangel and the 80-400.thats complete tokina.
i also hope that i can buy the 11-16....but dont believe this....
I still think that there is something not quite correct on your assumption with tokina hoya and Kenko,
Their international branch is a separate company to all thee of these. THK (TokinaHoyaKenko). They are like a massive middleman. its main aim is to save money for all three companies. cheaper marketing, distribution, servicing. The big confusion comes with the Pentax co-ownership of optical formulas with tokina, they are all before Pentax was owned by hoya.
If you deal with Hoya and Tokina daily, then please confirm that you actually deal with THK, which is different. its a joint venture, it confirms that the companies are very close, but they are not all owned by the same people. THK is like a carpool.