TOKINA at-X 11-16mm F2.8 DXII Canon

Absolutely awesome lens for star photography and wide landscape shots! HOWEVER, after a year of continuous the lens mount starts coming loose. After sending the lens to Tokina, they claim it is an out of warranty issue and that the lens as sustained impact damage. The lens was never dropped and didnt have a single scratch on it. Needless to say, the repair costs were too high to repair, so I bought another one. One more year later, the same exact issue is occurring. Ill be switching to the Canon variant.

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The one thing that makes this lens completely unacceptable is at f2.8 and 10mm; the chromatic aberration is WAY bad. If you stop down there is less and it isnt as bad out at the zoom end at 16, but that kinda defeats the purpose of why you would have this in your bag to begin with. Im simply not happy with it.

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The only reason this gets 4 stars instead of 5 is that even though the listing says this is the USA version and that it was supposed to come with a three-year warranty, in reality this is a gray market lens and the warranty is only for two years -- and its void in the U.S. as this is from a third party seller fulfilled by Amazon, NOT FROM AN AUTHORIZED TOKINA DEALER. So, buyer beware. That said, this is an incredibly good, versatile lens. It comes with a lens hood (youll want to do an internet search to watch a demonstration on how to take off the lens hood, as it is tricky, but like me you can just leave it on all the time). Things youll also want to know: its rough going onto the camera but seems fine once its on; it has no image stabilization, but it does have auto-focus (to switch auto-focus on and off, you just pull or push the focus ring at the end of the lens); aberrations are very apparent when you are zoomed all the way out, but are not very noticeable at other focal lengths; this lens can have excessive lens flare as well as discoloration in sunny/bright light conditions; the lowest aperture you can go with this lens is 2.8. The color is beautiful, the focus is beautiful. It is very useful for astrophotography (you just have to set the focus to infinity, which is really easy because it has its very own setting on the lens) as well as architectural interiors, closeup photos and I have been using it a lot lately for landscape photography. As with any wide-angle lens, you must know that there can be quite a bit of lens distortion in the images, but you can learn to use this to your advantage. It is a very excellent, versatile lens.

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Delivers exactly what its supposed to--super wide angle on a crop sensor, with wide aperture, with really clear and sharp optics, very well constructed, with a lens hood, for $500ish price range. I picked it up after going over tons of "wide angle" lenses for my aps-c sensor camera. The three big ones are the Canon EF-S 10-22mm, the Rokinon 14mm and this Tokina 11-16mm. End of the day, the Tokina is the faster glass, at 2.8 at a wide angle of 11mm. Set her to infinity, point at the sky or landscape (or hyperfocal focus) and youre ready to shoot without even worrying. Why get this lens? For sky shots and landscapes. It also works really well in doors, if you want to take photos of the entire room and everyone in it, at close quarters. Its f2.8 lets you really do well in low light without a flash if you wish. Otherwise, it really excels for nighttime sky photography. This is why I chose it over the Canon and Rokinon. The f2.8 gives you more light gathering ability when doing exposures of stars and clusters (like Milky Way). More light for the given time, means more image. It was a simple choice when I compared the stop ranges. Everything else is either twice the price, or has an aperture of 3.5 or higher. Just not wide enough for my taste when shooting the night sky.

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Its nice, for the price, crazy chromatic abberation and lens flares though. Bought as a spare to use on a bcam for some hotel commercials l was shooting. I really couldnt use to much of the footage with the amount of lens flares I got but thats for paid gigs. I had to work around alot with this lens but if you want something wide, cheap and dont care about the image issues this isnt a bad option. Great for people just starting out or looking for a cheap but decent wide angle

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I have a first generation Tokina 11-16 and have done hundreds of shoots with it. The original does have quite an ugly flare sometimes in certain light but you learn how to shoot around it. I ordered a second one because I do A LOT of jobs with it, didnt want to take the chance on something happening to it and be screwed so I grabbed another. I also heard the new one (this version) has a coating to reduce the flare. I must admit, while still there, it is slightly better. This lens does feel "just a bit" cheaper than the original but still a great lens. I also use it for video constantly and having the F2.8 is a must indoors. This lens will always be in my arsenal.

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I am very new to photography, especially using DSLR cameras. I use a Canon Rebel t7i, which is a crop sensor camera and my first DSLR. I saw reviews for this lens and I thought I would give it a "shot". Now first things first: I am certainly impressed with this lens! Especially as a beginning amateur astrophotographer. Admittedly I have only had this lens a few days now, but based on my experience thus far the build quality is nice, it feels like a sturdy, heavy lens, and it has a nice sharp and clear picture (aside from the chromatic aberration and slightly barrel distortion, but Ill get into that later). Now I took this lens out to take a test photo just to see how the lens handled in low light situations (pictured above, the bright one). The photo was taken with the aperture set at f/2.8 for 30 seconds on a tripod. When I looked on the preview on the LCD I was devastated. The picture looked as though it was one of those 3D pictures where you have to wear those red and blue glasses. The red and blue light was way out of place! I expected SOME chromatic aberration due to the refracting nature of glass, but not this extreme. I considered sending it back and looking into getting a different lens with a bit more care to correcting such extreme aberration. However, I overreacted. After uploading the photos onto my computer, they were not nearly as bad as on the LCD screen of the camera, some magenta fringing and coma at worst. Enter photo processing software (like Lightroom or darktable). Make some adjustments to exposure, tone and temperature, chromatic aberration correction, and defringing and I ended up with a decently nice, true to life photo (the darker photo ((ALWAYS SHOOT IN RAW FORMAT FOLKS)). Considering that the included photos were only a test shot, I have to say that this lens is capable of a lot! Especially for beginners who do not have thousands to throw around on lenses. It DOES suffer from chromatic aberration, but this is easily fixed, and some distortion however it is so slight it is barely noticeable! The depth of field is not great either, it goes from 11-16mm which is not a huge amount. The switch from auto focus and manual focus requires you pulling the ring down instead of flipping a switch which is not immediately intuitive, but it is not inconvenient by any means either... The autofocus IS a bit loud, however this is only a problem if you are taking video using the lens. Here is a list of pros and cons about the lens: PROS: Cheap but decently good quality for the price you pay, sturdy and heavy, Manual and auto focus capability, Sharp and clear, Great in low light settings thanks to the f/2.8 aperture, Nice wide view (again for the price you pay) CONS: A bit on the heavy side (not necessarily bad, but you may want a camera bag to carry it in), Suffers from chromatic aberration (but all lenses with heavy glass do, easily fixed in photo processing software), Slight distortion (emphasis on slight), Relatively noisy autofocus, Non-intuitive switch from auto to manual focus (minor, but still annoyed me when I first got it), Weak depth of field (just makes it less versatile). If you are just beginning or just need a decent wide angle lens, I would definitely recommend it. Do not trust your cameras preview screen to be accurate, put your photos on your computer first. I tried to be as unbiased as possible in my review, and I was skeptical at first, but this lens really is nice for price.

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I have owned this lens for about a month now and have taken it on two backpacking trips. I have really enjoyed shooting with this lens - buy it when it goes on sale! (Ive been using it on my t3i) Pros: Love the ultrawide Very sharp (even wide open) Cons: Autofocus isnt very fast (I use infinity focus a lot, so this doesnt matter to me) Chromatic aberration (fix with PS) I would definitely recommend this lens. It is very fun to shoot with.

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This UWA lens is a MUST for serious astrophotographers that use crop cameras. Its tack sharp, infinity focus is just that, no guessing, wide aperture. You will love the images it captures. I use it with my Canon 70D, a perfect combo. Nothing bad to say, all good things to say. Ive attached a sample of what it can do.

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I got this lens after my online photography group suggested it for shooting the Northern Lights. Its awesome! It has an infinity setting so I dont have to worry about focus issues in the dark. The quality is amazing. I recommend getting the polarizer as well...I like to shoot wide-angle landscape pics, and the polarizer comes in handy on a blue sky day. Its my favorite lens.

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