Nikon 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5G ED AF-S DX vs Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX

dlscott56

Just curious what your thoughts are. Obviously the Nikon has a wider range than the Tokina. Tokina is faster and cheaper. My next lens, focal length wise, that I have is 17 -50.

Anyone have either of these? How well do you like them?

Jeremy Winterberg

dlscott56 wrote:

Just curious what your thoughts are. Obviously the Nikon has a wider range than the Tokina. Tokina is faster and cheaper. My next lens, focal length wise, that I have is 17 -50.

Anyone have either of these? How well do you like them?

I hear wonders from the 11-16... go for that. it has a constant aperture.. the other one doesn't. Its going to be the next lens I get most likely.

Sil3ntp8nd8

I can't tell you much about the 10-24. But the Tokina vs. Siggy 10-20. The Tokina was much more in favor. And thats what I ended up getting. Very crisp and fast!

First test shot:

dlscott56

Jeremy Winterberg wrote:

I hear wonders from the 11-16... go for that. it has a constant aperture.. the other one doesn't. Its going to be the next lens I get most likely.

Thanks Jeremy, I've read some good things about it as well.

dlscott56

Sil3ntp8nd8 wrote:

I can't tell you much about the 10-24. But the Tokina vs. Siggy 10-20. The Tokina was much more in favor. And thats what I ended up getting. Very crisp and fast!

First test shot:

Thanks for the feedback. Have you seen any focus problems with this lens? Just curious because of a couple comments I read about it not focusing fast or searching for focus point.

Sil3ntp8nd8

At any given time, the AF will lock onto at least 5 different points. It's really fast. And the blue's just seem to pop out. I took it to vegas and I thought for sure that the exposure would vary, but it made everything look amazing.



Only a UV filter and some minor adjustments in LR. But most of it is straight from the camera.

Qarik

the tokina is optically superior in all ways.

dlscott56

Thanks everyone. Guess I found my next lens!

DsrtVW

I too have been thinking of this lens Tokina 11-16. I want a nice wide angle for certain projects. Especially after how happy I am with the Tokina 50-135 ATX Pro f2.8. I bought a while back. The quality is very nice and priced reasonable