
The Tokina RMC 17mm f/3.5 may be an oldie but it is still a fairly high resolution lens especially when stopped down. At f/3.5 the contrast level is very low and the amount of vignetting is quite pronounced - AHW normally avoids this setting. The lens shows a high degree of barrel distortions but if we put this into context this is a quite normal behavior in this focal length class. The build quality is exceptional but using such an old lens on the four-thirds digital camera is a bit cumbersome.

Tokina RMC 17mm f3.5 TL @ f5.6 1/60sec ISO200
This was the widest angle legacy lens AHW ever had. Bought in the 80's for Olympus OM system. During 35mm film/slide camera era the 17mm lens was the limit of super wide angle rectilinearity, lenses with 16mm focal length and shorter would be 'fisheye'. On four-thirds digital system however, the equivalent focal length for 17mm lens w.r.t 35mm standard is 34mm due to the crop factor of 2.

Tokina RMC 17mm f3.5 TL @ f5.6 1/60sec ISO200
This was the widest angle legacy lens AHW ever had. Bought in the 80's for Olympus OM system. During 35mm film/slide camera era the 17mm lens was the limit of super wide angle rectilinearity, lenses with 16mm focal length and shorter would be 'fisheye'. On four-thirds digital system however, the equivalent focal length for 17mm lens w.r.t 35mm standard is 34mm due to the crop factor of 2.

Tokina RMC 17mm f3.5 TL @ f11 1/250sec ISO100

Tokina RMC 17mm f3.5 TL @ f8 1/10sec ISO200
















