"Shaun Canning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >After weighing up the options (FA 20-35mm f4, Tokina ATX-Pro 20-35mm, FA >24-90mm, and FA 24mm f2.0), I am 90% decided on the FA 24mm f2.0 lens as my >wide-angle lens. Not only is it the cheapest of these options, but appears >to get consistently good reviews from those who have owned or used it. >Quality control issues seem to be a bit of a theme with the FA20-35mm, and >the other two are just expensive. > >A problem others may have encountered is that I have a 77mm filter system to >fit all of my other Tokina lenses. Will the 77mm filters go all right on the >24mm (67mm thread) using a step ring? I am concerned that the 77mm filters >stepped up on a 67mm thread will be obtrusive and cause vignetting. Also, >will the hood clear a 77mm filter on step rings or not? > >If anybody happens to have or have used this combination of 67mm threaded >lens and 77mm filters on an FA 24mm f2.0, I would appreciate your comments. >Mostly because if it doesn't work, I'm not going to buy an entire new 67mm >filter system for one lens. Even adding a 67mm polariser makes the 77mm >threaded Tokina more attractive.
I have the FA*24/2.0 and generally use my 77mm filters with it. I just can't use the lens hood when I have one of these on the lens. I do have a 67mm polarizer for occasions when I need a polarizer *and* the lens hood, but this is very rare in practice. Most often I use the 77mm polarizer without the lens hood or a Cokin-style ND grad, which also precludes the use of a lens hood. Here's a shot with the 24/2.0 and 2-stop ND grad: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d204610.jpg Not a big deal in practice. And it's a marvelous lens. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com Photography and writing
