Sharp wide angle for DX cameras

My goal was a sharp wide angle for my Nikon D7200. I am familiar with the build quality of Tokina lenses, owning the 24-70 f2.8, the 70-200 f4, and the 12-28 f4. While the 12-28 gives a wider range of focal lengths, I have not found the resulting images to be of the same quality as the 24-70 and the...

Focus issues.

The good. The optics are super sharp and little CA, almost zero fringe. Sharp at f2 and super sharp anything above, no complaints about image quality. Now the bad. AF, autofocus isn't completely silent but that isn't really the issue, with my Nikon D500 it just won't focus with any of the outer...

Tokina 14-20mm f/2 AT-X Pro DX Lens Review

Out of the 10 DSLR lenses Tokina currently lists on their website, 6 are wide angle zooms (and 1 is an even wider fisheye zoom ). Obviously, Tokina is specializing in wide angle zooms.

Tokina AT-X PRO SD 14-20 mm f/2 (IF) DX

Recently something changed, though. First zoom lenses for APS-C/DX sensors which were really fast aperture wise were produced by Samsung (the 16-50 mm f/2.0-2.8) and Sigma (the 18-35 mm f/1.8).

solid casing; unique parameters; brilliant image quality in the frame centre no matter what focal length you employ; very good image quality on the edge of the APS-C/DX sensor; imperceptible longitudinal chromatic aberration; moderate distortion; slight coma; low astigmatism; slight vignetting level...

bad technical solution concerning the AF/MF ring; very weak performance against bright light

The Tokina AT-X 14-20 F2 PRO DX is a wide-angle zoom lens with super-fast F2 aperture. This is the fastest lens ever made by Tokina. The lens is designed for use with either Canon or Nikon DSLR cameras with APS-C (DX) sensors.