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Kenko-Tokina announced 300mm F6.3 telephoto lens or Micro Four Thirds, the 300mm lens is a fixed aperture lens and rest of the specification is below

• Focal Length: 300mm (equivalent version 35mm: equivalent 600mm)
• Aperture: F6.3 (fixed for reflex type)
• Length: 66mm
• Diameter: 66mm
• Filter size: 55mm
• Weight: Less than 300g
• Manual Focus
• Remarks: Equipped with distance encoder, can communicate with the body. (Exif, lens information, etc.)

Tokina New AT-X 116 PRO DX II

With 300mm Tokina also added a new AT-X 116 PRO DX II ( 11-16mm F2.8) lens to its database, the 11-16mm F2.8 is a new version of its most popular 11-16mm F2.8 wideangle zoom for APS-C SLRs. The new AT-X 116 PRO DX II features Silent Drive-Module to enable AF at Nikon DX SLRs.

Kenko-Tokina is expected to announce a 70-200mm F4 telephoto zoom lens at CP+ show, It features ring-type ultrasonic autofocus motor and optical image stabilization, It will be an important new lens for Nikon users who currently do not have a similar lens (either by Nikon itself or via third party manufacturers).  (see the Japanese translationvia Google)

• Focal length: 70-200mm
• Aperture: F4
• Full frame coverage (FX)
• Minimum focusing distance: 1.0m
• Diameter: 80mm
• Length: 168mm
• Weight:  TBD
• Ultrasonic motor
• built-in image stabilization
• Price/availability: TBD

new Tokina 70-200mm f/4 – a lower price PRO option for Nikon users