Congrats to Tokina for embracing the tech.
In the past, most of Tokina AF lenses for Nikon would omit internal autofocus motor and rely on Nikon DSLR motor-pin screw drive AF.
Nevertheless, I love that decision, maybe DSLR body AF motor coupling sounds outdated, but I guess there’d be less chance that AF motor in you lenses could go bad.
Sure DSLR body AF motor could go bad as well, but in case of Nikon, usually would take ages. My D1x (about a decade old) could still drive those big 80-200/2.8 AF lenses no problem, heck, I could even feel it’s momentum torque during AF.
Started out doing photography at the age of 6 using an uncle's old 1940 kodak brownie box camera. At 15 years of age, I decided to buy my very own 1975 Praktica SLR camera. I now shoot with a Nikon D850. I do unpaid TFP and commercial paid work.