Reddit reviews Tokina 11-16MM F/2.8 ATX 116 Lens for Canon EOS AF Digital - Tokina ATX116PRODXC
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maximum aperture: F/2.8Minimum aperture: F/22
its one of the widest lenses you can get for DX thats not a fisheye,
https://www.amazon.com/Tokina-11-16mm-AT-X116-Digital-Cameras/dp/B0014Z3XMC
the t2i or t3i have the exact same video sensor as the 7d. The advantage the 7d has is faster stills shooting, a weather sealed body and the real thumbwheel for overall faster operating. This is not essential for video. The t2i and t3i have the magic lantern custom firmware available to them, which will result in these cheaper models outperforming the 7d for video works. I wouldn't recommend an SLR for wedding stuff though. If you want to put together a clean image film, an SLR is great. If you want to quickly capture wedding material, you are better off with an HDV recorder such as the sony fx1 or comparable. The reason for this is that you'll want to pan around a lot and be moving and you'll want a reliable autofocus. The material has more of a documentary look, but can also be nicely graded. This is a 3CCD sensor, which means no rolling shutter, which you will have with the canon SLR's. Also, if you are using strobes, you have to make sure their frequency settings are in line with the frame rate you are shooting at. Say you are shooting in NTSC 1080/30p mode (standard for US) and you are using strobes that are running on the US 60Herz power grid, you'll have to make sure your strobes are flickering at a rate divisable by 30, or else you'll get very nasty black bars across your image, because your sensor isn't picking up/reading out at the same frequency. The light performance in the dark will be poor on any camera below $1000, unless you can find a used 5dMKII in that price range, but you'll still be short of lenses. The kit lens on the t2i and t3i has a minimum f/stop of 3,5 and 5,6 on the tele end. This is bad for your low light performance. You'll want something like this amazon and amazon, which means you'll already be over budget. If this is for a one time image film deal, you are going to want to hire someone who has the knowhow and equipment to provide you with what you are looking for. What you don't want to do is purchase a third of the equipment needed and struggle to meet your bosses needs, who is going to be dissatisfied and pin the low quality on you.
I would suggest the Tokina 11-16 f/2.8 if you're looking for a good wide angle lens that's relatively sharp across the image and is pretty fast as well. Less than $500 on Amazon: http://amzn.com/B0014Z3XMC
You can't go wrong with Sigma. I would suggest one other lens for wide angles(18 is not wide enough): http://www.amazon.com/Tokina-11-16mm-AT-X116-Digital-Cameras/dp/B0014Z3XMC
That one is a fisheye so it's slightly different, I wouldn't get one unless you're sure it's exactly what she wants. With a normal wide angle lens, straight lines will look straight in the photo. A fisheye will curve everything.
This is a great choice but unfortunately it costs more.
Tokina 11-16 is a good choice.
You are being downvoted because you make the same mistakes as everyone else starting out. Good move getting the 35mm prime, it's a great lens. Most people would have preferred to get a 17-50 f/2.8 lens instead of the 18-200 zoom you got, however. Superzooms lenses like that one (which can zoom waaay in and out) have horrible image quality. Sure, they're convenient: everything in one package. But spending so much money on a camera to get images that are somewhat blurry isn't the best move.
The 35mm lens is a great lens, made even better at its low price at $200. The 18-200 superzoom is around $650. The Tokina is around $600. You could probably switch out the superzoom for the Tamron 17-50 and a 50mm f/1.8G, which is another great lens.
All the previous lenses mentioned are a great starter kit, very general-usage based, and suitable for everyone. In that senario, instead of buying the Tokina 11-16 now, you have a choice: Get a super wide angle lens (The Tokina 11-16) or get a nice telephoto lens, such as the Nikon 70-300, or lastly, some macro lens. Your choice depends on your style: whether you like to zoom in, take ultrawide shots, or come in close to your subject. Either way, you end up with a nice set of lenses that you will enjoy using.
Actually I just checked his amazon wish list and this was on it. Is this comparable to anything on bestbuy? Link
Hi /u/fantastictransistor - congrats on the upgrade from the T4i to the GH4! I switched from the T2i to GH cameras a couple of years ago, and it was the smartest camera decision I ever made.
You've gotten several good suggestions here - but it really boils down to how much money you want to spend, whether you want an auto or manual lens and whether you need a fast lens for low light. Here are your options, ranked from most expensive to least expensive, with some of the pros and cons of each [Referral Links]:
Hope this is helpful!
Bill
Make sure you research it before you buy it. Reviews on B&H and Amazon are a great place to start reading up on it. Check out Flickr for some work created with it, here are some results for a search of that lens and photos tagged with that model.
A brand new copy of the lens will go for as much as $770.
They go for around $650 for a used copy, sometimes as low as $600. The local camera shops around me have used copies for about $670. I'll probably be selling it for somewhere in between.
There's a chance that you could get it for under $600 used.
Get on Craigslist, eBay and Amazon to check used prices for that lens. I'm in the U.S. and I only sell locally. Send me a private message if you like.
I would say look on used B&H and KEH.com for lenses
Full frame I would say a used 24-70mm 2.8 L is great (this lens has been a great help to me over the years)
For a asp-c sensor (rebel/7d ect) I would really say look at the Tokina 11-16mm. http://www.amazon.com/Tokina-11-16mm-AT-X116-Digital-Cameras/dp/B0014Z3XMC Great lens for the money! So good that companies rehouse them and sell/rent them to cinematographers for almost 3 grand http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/281263585281?lpid=82&chn=ps
All the best!!
Also there is nothing wrong with getting the 450 dollar Tokina and a few old soviet lenses http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1311.R1.TR3.TRC1.A0.H0.XMIR+len.TRS0&_nkw=mir+lens&ghostText=&_sacat=0
they are a ton of fun to shoot with
Well it's not really my career, it's just something I wanted to do so I decided to do it and did it. Honestly, I'd recommend you do the same. These days, the equipment is very good and very cheap (compared to even 10 years ago) and there are tons of free resources online.
Honestly, I just bought a camera and started making little mini-docs about random stuff just for practice. For example, my brother graduated from high school, so I went back and made a little mini-documentary about that, with interviews with my parents and such. I didn't do anything with it; the whole thing was just for practice. Once I got to the point where I felt like I was good enough to make something watchable given a little funding and a lot of time, then we started working on Living with Dead Hearts.
If you want to get into making documentaries as a career, you should know that you're sort of taking a vow of poverty (it's very rare that a documentary does the Michael Moore thing and plays in major theaters or rakes in much money). Especially given that, I'd say avoid film school; take some film classes at your college if you can while majoring in something else, and mostly just buy a camera and learn by doing.
You can buy a Canon 60D body, a couple good lenses (the 50mm 1.4 is great for interviews, Tokina 11-16 is wonderful for wider stuff and handheld shooting), a Zoom H4N and a mic or two for well under $3,000, especially if you buy used (and you should as long as the goods are still OK). But honestly even if you're just shooting with an iPhone, the best advice is just to go start shooting mini-docs and learning about how to tell stories and communicate best in that form. Also watch docs and see what you like and don't like, what you think works and what doesn't. I don't know if my film is any good, but anything good in it is probably something I stole from other docs.
I found these two books to be very helpful, if you can only afford two:
Shut up and Shoot Documentary Guide - great basic overview of a lot of the basics, with illustrations. How to mic someone correctly, how to frame a shot properly, etc. All the practical skills you need to get started are here.
Directing the documentary - A film school textbook that covers EVERYTHING, from this history of documentary filmmaking to the practical stuff and, probably most importantly, the conceptual and ethical stuff. It's written as though you'll be directing a film with a real crew (you won't) and it's full of homework-style exercises like a textbook (some useful) but it's very worthwhile for the ethics stuff alone. As I've touched on elsewhere in this thread, shooting a doc can put you in some ethically tough positions, and you want to be sure you've thought out where you stand before you're sitting in someone's living room realizing you've just ruined their life.
I recently went on a once in a lifetime trip to France for two weeks, so hopefully I can provide some helpful advice/insight.
First, and I cannot stress this enough, have enough memory! I'd recommend bringing at least 16GB, if not more.
I brought two 8GB cards to France and transfered them to my computer each night. I never used the second card, however, if I wouldn't have had the luxury of transferring to a laptop each night, I would have quickly exceeded this.
If you are able to bring a computer or other means by which to back up your photos, I'd STRONGLY recommend it. It's great peace of mind to not have to worry about losing pictures or running out of room.
Second, DO NOT use the Auto mode, that just makes your DSLR a big point and shoot. A lot of people recommend using M(anual), but it can be a little overwhelming if you're not used to your camera. The Av (Aperture Priority) mode is great because it allows you to select the aperture value you want (which will effect what's in focus and Depth of Field) while automatically determining the rest. Constipated_Help gave you some very sound advice on exposure, so follow that if you're able.
Third, make sure you have the right accessories. A tripod would be great for landscape shots. The Dolica Proline is a great value at 40$. At least one extra battery would be good to have, especially if you will not be able to recharge during the trip. An Opteka t2i battery can be had for 12$, and works with your Canon charger.
If you can swing it, a new lens would be good to have since the lens is the determining factor of image quality. If you like to "zoom" and isolate subjects, you'll want a telephoto. The Canon 55-250 IS is a great deal at 240$. If you like wide angle, you'll need an ultra wide. These will typically run above 400$. I have a Tokina 11-16 and I am very pleased. As others have recommended, the Canon 50 1.8 is an incredible deal at 100$ and provides creative options with it's wide aperture.
A nice bag is also a good thing to have. You can buy either a messenger style, a holster or a backpack. Filters would also be nice, but they're not a necessity.
I hope this can help. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I'd be glad to (try to) help! :)
> On Canon APS-C cameras this is 1.62. Multiply the focal length by 1.62; for 16mm this is 26mm - if you have an APS-C camera with a 16mm lens next to a 135-format camera with a 26mm lens they would have the same perspective.
You lost me here. I'm not sure where you got 1.62 from or why you have to multiply this by 16mm to get 26mm. Could you explain this a little differently?
If I understand right 26mm on a full frame is the equivalent to a 16mm on a crop sensor? 26mm is actually 16mm on a full frame? I'm confused.
EDIT: is the Tokina 11-16mm DXII better than the first DX? Here is the DX on amazon and the newer version. Newer one is cheaper than the original but idk which is better or what the difference is.
Also, I see that the Tokina has it's own aperture ring...does this mean I have to always manually select this by turning the ring? Can I select the aperture electronically from my DSLR screen?
It even has an infinity sign which I know means "focus to infinity" but I genuinely don't understand how this works except I know it's for manual focus. What is this and how do you use this?
So I have a Canon T3i and a 50mm f/1.8 II. In the near future, I will be purchasing a new lens. I'm still a newbie, so I don't really have a specific style and I just shoot what's in front of me. I've been doing predominantly street photography and auto photography, but i'm also looking to branch out. It's come to my attention that I should have a wide angle lens in my arsenal as I was begging for a wider perspective when I went to my first auto show a couple weeks ago. It made framing weird, and I had to move back which was quite inconvenient in a packed show like that. I also love landscapes and views so I want something wide to capture those as well.
Here are some of the choices I'm considering.
Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8
Canon EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM
Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM Lens
Tamron AF 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 SP Di II LD Aspherical (IF) Lens
There are also a couple lenses that I have stumbled upon that are not as wide, but have a longer focal length which may double as more than just a wide-angle.
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di II LD Aspherical (IF) Lens (really have my eye on this one!)
Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Standard Zoom Lens
This is all a bit confusing for a noob like me, so any help is appreciated it. If you feel like there is a better option, please do recommend it to me! And also, i'm on a working-class student budget.
One last question, how do you feel about used lenses. Just curious towards your experiences as i feel like they can be bargains. Lenses are built to last a long time if they're taken care of right? Sorry for the long post but thanks in advanced!
http://www.amazon.com/Tokina-11-16mm-AT-X116-Digital-Cameras/dp/B0014Z3XMC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1418439061&sr=8-2&keywords=tokina+11-16mm+f%2F2+at-x116+pro+dx&pebp=1418439086107
what do you think about this
Also I want to go that wide because in my movie there will be quite a lot of shots that need to take in almost an entire city scene also there will be fight scenes inside that's why I thought would require a wide lens. Do you think I need one I'm new to this
Tokina 11-16mm is a killer wide angle lens, especially if you're talking about the 2.5k camera.
2.5k, not 2.7k...whoops!
He used this camera with (this)[https://www.amazon.com/Tokina-11-16mm-2-8-Digital-Lens/dp/B0014Z3XMC], and he doesn't remember the settings except f/16 and ISO100
Amazon has a few left. It's always been a bit short-supplied. Fantastic lens, BTW.
How wide? If you're looking at something in the sub-20mm range you're better off with a zoom lens. There's a number of great prime lenses in the range but really they don't offer anything for a canon user that makes them worth it over a zoom. Two of your best options are the Canon EF-S 10-18mm IS ($300) or for a bit more the Tokina 11-16mm ($490).
If you want something longer (20-50mm) there's an absolute glut of options from a bunch of different lens makers. But, once again, given the quality of some of the zoom lenses in the range it's hard to recommend a fixed lens. Something like the Sigma 18-35 f1.8($800) is expensive but for what you get it's an absolute steal.
But like I said there's a ton of options in the range and this site is a great resource for reviews.
It's in stock at Amazon (3rd party seller) and Adorama.
In fact, I think it was always available at Amazon the past 3-4 months (I was checking them once or twice a week).
and also the Tokina 11-16 is also a great lens!!
I thought they made a Canon mount. try this?
http://www.amazon.com/Tokina-11-16-Canon-Digital-ATX116PRODXC/dp/B0014Z3XMC
You could probably have afforded the tokina, £403 on Amazon. Second hand or grey market on ebay you could get it even less. Not dismissing the 10-22, just saying the tokina is affordable these days. Especially for Canon as the older version without the in-lens AF motor is just as useful as the newer one.