keeping tokina 11-16 w/ ff?

[slow231]

i loved this lens on my d7000, but finally made the leap to ff. I know the tokina fx 16-28 is a good performer that is pretty reasonably priced (especially if offset by selling the 11-16), but it's huge, and space in my camera bag is already tight with a medium sized UWA (plus the 24-70, 70-200 vrii, 100 macro, fast 50, flash, ...). I don't always shoot wide, but when i do it's usually pushed up against the wide limit of the lens, so the 16-28 would probably be most used at 16 anyways. I'm thinking about keeping the 11-16 and using it as a ~16mm prime (it will project a large enough image circle at ~15-16mm to fill the ff sensor). I know some people have mentioned soft corners on ff, but it's not an issue I have run into yet using it on my d600. there's also not much to be gained by selling the d7000 at this point, and it might be more worthwhile if i kept it around as a backup body in case i get back into shooting events. keeping the 11-16 would give me the added benefit of having a wide angle zoom with an equivalent range (on the crop) that butts up against the 24-70. thoughts on this?

couple of shots messing around with the 11-16 on the d600. there's so much perspective distortion at this wide of an angle that i'm really not too concerned with corner sharpness in any of these situations. I don't reacall how much these are cropped though...

(keep in mind this is @1/30 so there's some motion blur in the trees in the background)

 

[Mike_E]

Tokina 17-35mm. F4 $599

Tokina 17-35mm f/4 Pro FX Lens for Nikon Cameras ATX175PROFXN

Pick something to leave at home, you'll be happier and your back will thank you for it.





Edit: That's a good looking kid! Enjoy these days, they will too soon be over.

 

[slow231]

thanks! time is flying.

I considered the slower options, but i regularly use f2.8. i'm either shooting people, or urban x (dark + hand held) with the UWA. i really can't take the hit on speed.

i know i'm being a bit picky about the bag, but whether it's a gig, event, trip, project, whatever, it's nice to be able to have all my tools in one place.

 

[Mike_E]

Well, there's either this Tokina AT-X 16-28mm f/2.8 Pro FX Lens for Nikon ATX168PROFXN B&H

or this Nikon AF-S Zoom Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF Lens 2163 B&H Photo

or if you like the 17-35mm range there is this Nikon AF-S Zoom Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D ED-IF AF Lens 1960 B&H

The point is that unless you are going specifically for macro then that lens is redundant. If you still want to carry it along with everything else then you might consider an extra belt bag think tank belt| B&H Photo Video

 

[cupic]

I have kept my 116 lens that I still use on my D300s and now on my D700 @ 15/16 FF its the same as a prime and at f/2.8 whats not to love


cheers

 

[slow231]

I have kept my 116 lens that I still use on my D300s and now on my D700 @ 15/16 FF its the same as a prime and at f/2.8 whats not to love


cheers

thanks. you're basically in the same boat, and i'm going to do the same. keeping the crop as a 2nd body, the 11-16 pairs up well with my other lenses on ff.