My husband ordered this lens through Amazon after he shopped for a versatile macro lens for his D90. He already owned the Nikkor 35mm f1.8, which he says is a very fast, sharp and lightweight lens, but it does not have macro focusing. He considered the Nikkor 60mm and 85mm macros, but when he saw the great price on the Tokina at Amazon, he had to try it. As advertised, this lens focuses close and appears quite able to produce great macro shots, although you have to get right on top of your subject to get 1:1 macro.
In comparison to the Nikkor 35mm, he shot the same scenes with both lenses on his D90 at various f stops. Both lenses produced nearly identical histograms and at screen size on his computer, the images were virtually the same. However, upon enlargement, the Tokina was much sharper, details from edge to edge on the picture were razor sharp. The Nikkor lens produces sharp images, but not as sharp as the Tokina.
He will keep both lenses, the list price of the Nikkor is too good to pass up (and it is faster and lighter and it also autofocuses on D40's and D60's, Tokina does not); but the Tokina, with macro capability and razor sharp images is definitely a keeper. He also felt the Tokina had better bokeh for portrait shots.
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