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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lokatz" data-source="post: 633577" data-attributes="member: 43924">As I said in my earlier post, I'd suggest to save some money and go with the earlier version (non-II) of the Tokina 11-17mm 2.8 unless you have a camera without internal AF motor, such as a D3xxx/5xxx and a few others (e.g., D80).  As I understand it, the only differences Tokina introduced with the II are that very motor, which you have no need for with a D7100, as well as fancier golden lettering instead of the old silver ones.  DXOMark gives the older one a 19 where the newer one gets an 18.  I am usually a bit leery of DXOMark since I find their grading system too intransparent, so let's assume that's a fluke since the two lenses should be the same optically.  It nevertheless is another indicator that you're not going to get better shots with the newer one.</blockquote>