Trying to find Tokina 12-24 f/4 in UK?

[jan_thomas1]

I cannot find any distributors in this country. Warehouse express and

Jessops et al carry the rest of the Tokina range but not this one. I

thought this lens was at least a few months old?

 

Anybody got any links?

TIA.

[spyros_podaras1]

Dear Jan, try the german site, technikdirekt.de,which is very reliable,fast,great variety and english-speaking.

[roamingstudio]

I got mine from internet-foto.de

 

Its a nice lens - just check the sun-shades - mine were fixed wrong by Tokina so I had to return it... still awaiting for the replacement :<

[jan_thomas1]

Well I found out that Tokina has changed distributors in the UK (to sanger), and that this lens is only just about to be made available to us. AFAIK there is no official stock in the country. I have found that cameraking says they have stock, but at �399 UKP its likely to be an import anyway, and its �50 UKP more than I really want to pay, considering I can get the Sig 10-20 from warehouse express for �335 UKP tomorrow.

I *may* just order from technikdirekt.de, and hope that it gets to me within 8 days, or I wont have it for my next trip.

 

Hmm, I hate these decisions...

[jan_thomas1]

I have ordered it from technikdirekt.de. They say 4-7 days. Fingers crossed. Total price including shipping £320, + any fees the bank charges for conversion from €...

 

Thanks for the links guys.