New Macro and Wide-Angle lenses from Tokina

Tokina has announced two new lenses:

• Tokina ATX 11-16mm F2.8 PRO DX
• Tokina ATX 35mm F2.8 Macro PRO DX

Both are available for Canon and Nikon and designed for APS-C sized sensors like the EOS 40D, EOS 450D, Nikon D300 or Nikon D80. They are not suitable for full frame cameras like the EOS 5D, EOS 1Ds Mark III, Nikon D3 and Nikon D700.
The wide-angle zoom is for those who want a really wide zoom lens on a camera with a 1.5 (Nikon) or 1.6 (Canon) crop factor. The large and constant aperture of 2.8 of the 11-16mm might be of interest to people often shooting in low light.
There are now many super wide angle lenses availabe, either from Canon and Nikon themselves or from third party manufacturars like Sigma, Tamron and Tokina. I suggest to go to a camera store and put differenct lenses on your camera and then compare the results and get the lens you like most.
The macro lens is similar to a 55mm macro lens on a full frame camera and might be useful for flowers and macro photography in the studio. If you are shooting insects or other small and shy animals, I suggest to get a longer macro lens with 100 or 180 (200 with Nikon) mm focal length.