Planning on new photo gear?

[RWB]

Anyone planning on purchasing new equipment this year? One camera that caught my eye is the Sony A7S, only 12mp but an alleged low light beast. Kinda pricey at around $2500 then another $3-400 for a lens adapter if you want to use something other than the Sony E-mount lenses.
http://wildernessphotographer.blogspot.com/2014/09/sony-a7s-review-for-night-photography.html
https://www.flickr.com/groups/sony-a7s/discuss/72157648159562929/
I've been wanting a wide lens and have been considering a Tokina 11-16 2.8, B&H had a used one for under 400 but it went quick, have seen them on sale new at just over 400, anyone have experience with the Tokina brand?

[Zee71]

As of now I'm waiting on the Nikon D7200 to upgrade from my D7100. The new body with have a larger buffer which is where the D7100 fell short and I think up to 6 fps along with some other features.

[moose135]

I have the Tokina 11-16 f/2.8 in a Canon mount - it's a superb lens, great image quality.

[megatop412]

I might get the new Sigma 150-600 Sport at some point, but otherwise I'm good. Saving for a car at this time.

[jerslice]

Torn between a used 1DX or a 100-400. Each depends on how existing gear sells, of course!

[Len90]

I just added a 7D Mark II to complement my 6D. So far I am really happy with my purchase. Quality on the 7DII is pretty good, considering it is a crop and all I can compare it to is the full frame 6D.

[Aviation.High.Guy]

Just upgraded my 7D to the Mark II and my 100-400 to the 100-400 II.

[captmjk16]

I don't have an 11-16 myself, but I've shot my girlfriend's quite a lot and I love it. I'm not sure it can be beat for wide angle on crop sensors. The AF/MF clutch takes some getting used to, but it's a well built lens overall and plenty sharp on our cameras (D7100/D5300) wide open (especially at 11mm) and does even better at 5.6.

Here's a few shots I got with the Tokina in the past year or so.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3841/14999791900_84821b522d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oRtRxJ)sa60 (https://flic.kr/p/oRtRxJ) by MK16photo (https://www.flickr.com/people/93779136@N04/), on Flickr

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3858/14703259639_acde240417_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oph3Qx)tm3 (https://flic.kr/p/oph3Qx) by MK16photo (https://www.flickr.com/people/93779136@N04/), on Flickr

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2939/14148483116_db433dbb6f_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nyfF75)sbpan1-s (https://flic.kr/p/nyfF75) by MK16photo (https://www.flickr.com/people/93779136@N04/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7329/14168282571_426d660caa_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nA19MZ)CPdeckhdr-s (https://flic.kr/p/nA19MZ) by MK16photo (https://www.flickr.com/people/93779136@N04/), on Flickr

As for my purchases, my wallet is already shriveling at the thought of the Sigma 150-600S, but I don't think I can pass it up as a spotting/airshow lens for the future.

I did already make one spotting purchase this year though and picked up a Uniden Bearcat BC125AT and finally joined the scanner crowd. Hopefully this will prevent the runway swap at JFK from burning me in the future.

[tjc]

Being that spotting is a new hobby for me, I wanted to make sure that I was going to stick with it before jumping into the deep end of the pool with buying expensive lenses. I've made due with an antique Nikon 70-210 mated to my D7000. I'm getting good, if inconsistent results. My one spotting purchase over the past year has been a Uniden Bearcat BC75XLT scanner that has more than paid for itself. Not only useful for runway changes etc, but also useful if you are waiting for a specific flight to capture a photo of a specific plane. For example,waiting out BA's daily 777 flight into PHL which can be an hour early or two hours late on any given day.

That said I am currently looking for a long lens. Something with more reach.

[RWB]

Thanks for the info and photos for the Tokina 11-16, that's pretty much what I had my mind made up on. Went to the local camera shop and Bestbuy and looked at/ handled the A7S, really nice but have read two reviews on it with the Tamron 70-200 2.8 (which I have and would have used w/adapter) and both have said the auto-focus wont work, so it'd be manual only, you'd think for $2800+ they would figured a way to make that happen.

[felipegcmh]

I have 2 Tokinas, a 12-24 f4 (DX/Crop) and a 16-28 f2.8 (FX). No major complaints on either lens, solid build, sharp; they do have a bit of color fringing, but that's fixable in post, it's a 2-click fix; and the 16-28 can suffer from flare if pointed at a light (no big surprise, considering that the front is a big glass sphere).

I am also a memeber of the scanner crowd, but I have a slightly different piece of equipment, my main scanner is actually an ICOM IC-2200H 2m amateur radio that also receives airband, it's a mobile radio and it's hard wired to my truck and I have a roof mount antenna.

As far as plans, I have nothing solid right now, but I might replace my FF camera (a Canon EOS-1Ds that's already on the 2nd shutter).

[RWB]

B&H had it for $429 recently so I finally got it and a Hoya polarizer which was 2/3rds off and I can use it on the 70-400. Got to take it out a couple of times, using the filter is going to take some practice, I was very happy with it!
http://e1.photos.flightcdn.com/photos/retriever/26392bf7ee2d11527b9d51fd0f77f3deb9ef691b

http://e1.photos.flightcdn.com/photos/retriever/10857eec8967b4fe36415945341859fb6d78113f

http://e1.photos.flightcdn.com/photos/retriever/4bb16ed1272247ad9e2eb5360691e71e43b7b740

http://i1367.photobucket.com/albums/r798/cartmann/ta3.15.15%20072_zpsxgg3tmgs.jpg

http://i1367.photobucket.com/albums/r798/cartmann/ta3.15.15%20055_zpsheqqwrhh.jpg

[captmjk16]

Glad you like the new toy! It has become my favorite lens for flight deck shots too whenever the opportunity arises, might be worth a shot.