Wedding photos with the Tokina 11-16mm – scooterapd is happy with the fast AF (autofocus) on the lens.
Tokina 11-16mm Reviews
How to test the Tokina 11-16mm lens for de-centering – Paul De Bra:
I tried 5 copies and they all had a decentering problem. Real bummer as I wanted this lens very much. (Ended up buying the more expensive Canon 10-22, and that's pretty good too.)
Take a picture of a fairly flat scene (like a brick wall), at f/2.8 (and different focal lengths). Turn the camera upside down and take the same picture(s). Up to rotation the pictures should look identical: sharp in the same spots and soft in the same spots. This is how I discovered that of the 5 copies I tested 1 had a soft top left corner and 4 had a soft top right corner. None were equally sharp in all corners.
Excellent Tokina 11-16mm AT-X Pro f/2.8 plus Canon EOS 40D Baby Portraits – All photographed at ISO 1600, and scooterapd says this about the Tokina 11-16 lens:
… some wedding shots from tonight. Simply outstanding results from this lens. Very pleased.
Oh – and if anyone is curious about low light focusing…not a problem. This thing was on-target all night tonight…better than my 24-105 f/4 and on-par with the 17-55.
I got a bouquet toss shot that I could have never nailed with my 17-55, that's for sure.
Thom Hogan shares his thoughts on the pros and cons of these three ultra-wide lenses:
Just be sure you really need an ultrawide. One drawback of the Tokina is the limited focal range. It doesn't get into regular wide angle range. That means that you're potentially taking it on and off the camera more often, as it's rare that you shoot ultrawide all the time. Indeed, that's one thing I'm finding I like in the new Nikkor: that 10-24mm range is quite nice. The old Sigma 10-20mm gave me really ultrawide, but skimped at the wide end. The Nikkor gives me the ultrawide but keeps the wide. Remember, that range is equivalent to 15-36mm, essentially beating the old 17-35mm we used to live with on both ends.