Broadcast Asia 2013: Tokina 11-16mm Cine version to be priced below $2000

By technical editor Matt Allard:

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The Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 stills lens is probably the most widely used budget wideangle for large sensor cameras at the moment. Various after market manufacturers such as Duclos and GL Optics offer cinema style rehousings with manual aperture control. Seeing the popularity of their lens and the demand from shooter Tokina have decided to make their own cinema version – first seen briefly at NAB earlier this year.

At Broadcast Asia in Singapore the lens was on show again but this time with more details. According to the Tokina representative the price will definitely be less than $2000 US and it should be available in September.

Video shot and edited by Clinton Harn.

By Matthew Allard ACS

Matthew Allard is a multi-award-winning, ACS accredited freelance Director of Photography with over 30 years' of experience working in more than 50 countries around the world.

He is the Editor of Newsshooter.com and has been writing on the site since 2010.

Matthew has won 51 ACS Awards, including six prestigious Golden Tripods. In 2016 he won the Award for Best Cinematography at the 21st Asian Television Awards.

Matthew is available to hire as a DP in Japan or for work anywhere else in the world.