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10 September 2009
Not A cheap lens in any respect...
1 of 1 found this helpful I purchased the Tokina AT-X 116 Pro before the Labor Day weekend. The first thing I noticed was the build quality that harkened back to Tokina lenses of yesteryear with a real solid feel. I took the Tokina to the beach along with my D90 and shot a slew of photos and here are my observations. First, the lens is wide and as a result I was surprised by the reasonable amount of distortion. All wides have some distortion but this lens was very well behaved in this regard. This is not to say that you can not exagerate the effect by either being in very close on your subject or tilting the angle of the camera to the subject to exacerbate the distortion. The color rendition of the lens is wonderful and true to life at least in daylight settings, however, I can not speak to lowlight as I did not shoot anything indoors. It was a very bright sunny day and there was significant lens flare in some of the shots (as many ultra-wides are prone to). The lens hood helped in many instances but not all, but as an experiment I had with me a piece of cardboard and would hold that above the lens to block the errant light and in almost every instance short of shooting directly in to the sun I was able to eliminate or vastly minimize the flare. Of course you have to be careful where you hold the cardboard as the lens has such a wide view at least at 11mm that it might just show up in the frame(of course that might be in a cropped area making it a moot point). This brings me to the subject of filters. I was using a B+W 77mm UV Filter and at 11mm - to around 12mm there was vinegtting as the lens would pick up the filter.I would say that if you want to use the lens to its full potential an investment in the thinnest possible UV filter is needed. This also means you will have to change filters and probably not be able to stack them. Furthermore, if you are making an investment in filters do not bother with a polarizer for this lens as it will not produce the effect you expect. I tried a polarizer to see the effect and the result was patchy blue skies, unnaturally dark in odd sections and lighter in others(of course there are those who might be able to capitalize upon this for creative effect). The effect is not really visible to the naked eye or on the 3" lcd, but only comes to "light" when you blow it up on the computer screen at home. The light across a vast area for sky(wider than human vision) is actually a coming in at different angles across huge areas of sky and the polarizer enhances this affect. As for the sharpness of the image I will say that this lens produced stunning sharpness even when blowing up the images on my screen at home. I was very impressed by the level of detail it captured even out to the edges. All in all I would say if you are shooting on a DX sensor camera that the Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 lens is a steal compare to the Nikon 12-24. What it lacks in range compare to the Nikon it makes up for in bang to the buck and image quality. As for the range issue it is not that great, as I see it I have legs and I can zoom in and move in closer to compensate. I guess there could be some situations where that may not be possible, but you are not going to be shooting high speed sports so there should be plenty time to change to your 18mm - ? lens that we all have, right? So get the image and save some $$. If you are a Nikkor snob as I was, be on notice that this lens really gives Nikkor a run for its money and the money is better in my pocket!
10 September 2009
Not A cheap lens in any respect...
7 of 7 found this helpful I purchased the Tokina AT-X 116 Pro before the Labor Day weekend. The first thing I noticed was the build quality that harkened back to Tokina lenses of yesteryear with a real solid feel. I took the Tokina to the beach along with my D90 and shot a slew of photos and here are my observations. First, the lens is wide and as a result I was surprised by the reasonable amount of distortion. All wides have some distortion but this lens was very well behaved in this regard. This is not to say that you can not exagerate the effect by either being in very close on your subject or tilting the angle of the camera to the subject to exacerbate the distortion. The color rendition of the lens is wonderful and true to life at least in daylight settings, however, I can not speak to lowlight as I did not shoot anything indoors. It was a very bright sunny day and there was significant lens flare in some of the shots (as many ultra-wides are prone to). The lens hood helped in many instances but not all, but as an experiment I had with me a piece of cardboard and would hold that above the lens to block the errant light and in almost every instance short of shooting directly in to the sun I was able to eliminate or vastly minimize the flare. Of course you have to be careful where you hold the cardboard as the lens has such a wide view at least at 11mm that it might just show up in the frame(of course that might be in a cropped area making it a moot point). This brings me to the subject of filters. I was using a B+W 77mm UV Filter and at 11mm - to around 12mm there was vinegtting as the lens would pick up the filter.I would say that if you want to use the lens to its full potential an investment in the thinnest possible UV filter is needed. This also means you will have to change filters and probably not be able to stack them. Furthermore, if you are making an investment in filters do not bother with a polarizer for this lens as it will not produce the effect you expect. I tried a polarizer to see the effect and the result was patchy blue skies, unnaturally dark in odd sections and lighter in others(of course there are those who might be able to capitalize upon this for creative effect). The effect is not really visible to the naked eye or on the 3" lcd, but only comes to "light" when you blow it up on the computer screen at home. The light across a vast area for sky(wider than human vision) is actually a coming in at different angles across huge areas of sky and the polarizer enhances this affect. As for the sharpness of the image I will say that this lens produced stunning sharpness even when blowing up the images on my screen at home. I was very impressed by the level of detail it captured even out to the edges. All in all I would say if you are shooting on a DX sensor camera that the Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 lens is a steal compare to the Nikon 12-24. What it lacks in range compare to the Nikon it makes up for in bang to the buck and image quality. As for the range issue it is not that great, as I see it I have legs and I can zoom in and move in closer to compensate. I guess there could be some situations where that may not be possible, but you are not going to be shooting high speed sports so there should be plenty time to change to your 18mm - ? lens that we all have, right? So get the image and save some $$. If you are a Nikkor snob as I was, be on notice that this lens really gives Nikkor a run for its money and the money is better in my pocket!