Should I buy...

[NorthernCanonFan]

The Tokina 11-16 has caught my eye. It's for a Canon XSi and my next body is going to be the 7D, so I'm not too worried about it not being a full frame.

I like the 2.8 throughout and the pro designation. It's a lot of lens for a few bucks.

I have read many great reviews and few bad ones on this lens.

Thoughts feedback etc please

[NorthernCanonFan]

Any advice at all?

[sk66]

I'd buy one.
I had the sigma 10-20 which was a little "worse" but I loved that lens for it's uses...

[autofocus]

It's a great lens. You won't regret owning this lens. Here's a couple of shots my wife did...this one shot at f/2.8, 1000 ISO, 11mm


Untitled by montalbano photography, on Flickr

...another, f/4, 1000 ISO, 16mm


Untitled by montalbano photography, on Flickr

[ChrisAdval]

Originally Posted by NorthernCanonFan

The Tokina 11-16 has caught my eye. It's for a Canon XSi and my next body is going to be the 7D, so I'm not too worried about it not being a full frame.

I like the 2.8 throughout and the pro designation. It's a lot of lens for a few bucks.

I have read many great reviews and few bad ones on this lens.

Thoughts feedback etc please

I don't mean to plug my videos but Unboxing: Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 for Canon - YouTube

I do plan on making a video review of the lens as well as soon as I record the voice over, but I have rented the lens and loved it just wish they made one for full frame sensors... But I do plan on keeping my crop sensor anyways even when I get a full frame so it wouldn't hurt to buy this great lens.

Originally Posted by sk66

I'd buy one.
I had the sigma 10-20 which was a little "worse" but I loved that lens for it's uses...

personally I would love to have the 10-20mm focal length, BUT for the 2.8 aperture, not a 3.5... as its currently being sold for. The only problem I felt when shooting people with the tokina 11-16 was the zoom in between the 11-16 was no real difference at all so the lens is not really meant for primarily lens for portraiture in my opinion, I had to switch to my 50mm prime (70mm field of view on crop sensor) every few shots between the tokina 11-16 it wasn't a big deal but a hassle, I just wish there was a lens at 2.8 or better with a focal length (for crop sensor) at 10mm to 20mm would be perfect for me, maybe even 10-30 or 10-50mm would be fantastic, but likely to being build very doubtful...

For landscapes, which I'm not really experienced in, this would be a perfect lens as primes and zoom lenses that have very little zoom length in between like the tokina could work just fine, but for landscapes I honestly would stick with primes only.