Rating: - Great third party lens!
I think this is great product for 3rd party lens. I used it for Nikon D300, and it works great. When I bought this lens, the 116 was not released yet, but even for now, I think I still buy this instead. Because this one can use for FX camera, and it has better range. This is great for travel, but you do need the 24-70 with you when you travel, because sometime you are just too far from the object, and 70-200 is too heavy for travel.
Rating: - Tokina 12-24
Tack razor sharp where it counts even on the high res D300. Corners are a little soft at wide open, but not enough to even take notice unless you pixel peeping. Solid and robust build. Feels like I'm holding one of my $$$$ Nikkor pro lenses. Finally super wide on DX.
Rating: - Everything I was looking for
I had done research on the DX wide angle lenses and this one was rated extremely well. So I coughed up the cash. As always, purchasing through Amazon is fast and easy and I got a good price. The lens is exactly what I hoped it would be. I've taken a bunch of great shots with it already.
Rating: - Good lens
Good lens. Build quality is excellent. A little bulkier and slightly less sharp and not AF-S compared to sigma 10-20mm (1 star reduction). Reasonably priced compared to Nikon 12-24mm. No case or pouch, but LowerPro 1W case will accommodate it nicely. Sigma's barrel distortion is very complex, so you would not be able to correct it fully during post processing. Tokina distortion could be corrected.
Would recommend it for folks not owning D40,D60 (manual focusing would be a challenge at this angles). Sigma 10-20mm is also good lens.
Rating: - Solid Lens
I read all of the reviews concerning the wide angle choices for Nikon. And I think I made the right choice. Smooth & a solid lens.