Need for wide-angle lens?

[Chewbecca]

Price!
$200 difference... that would do it!

Availability, too, right?
Isn't the Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 hard to get?


I have the Sigma 10-20mm f4 and it's plenty enough for me.

 

[dEARlEADER]

Availability, too, right?
Isn't the Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 hard to get?


I have the Sigma 10-20mm f4 and it's plenty enough for me.

the 10-20 is a f5.6 lens...

 

[icassell]

the 10-20 is a f5.6 lens...

Actually, it's a f4-5.6, but who's counting ...

 

[Chewbecca]

Actually, it's a f4-5.6, but who's counting ...

Sorry, yeah.
Whatever, it's enough for me and that's all I was saying.

 

[dEARlEADER]

Actually, it's a f4-5.6, but who's counting ...

not me..... I love my f3.5 18-200VR....

 

[icassell]

Sorry, yeah.
Whatever, it's enough for me and that's all I was saying.

Me too, and haven't been limited so far by the fact that it's not an f2.8

 

[johan.sie]

folks ..

glenn from tokina mentioned a lead time up to 6 months approximately .. while adorama mentions no ETA time, but would expect from 4-6 weeks, that's would be a great pre-order time i guess for such a rare lens

I am not sure since I have not tried any 2.8 before but 1-2mm difference, I would be able to still step back a few steps to take it i guess...

 

[johan.sie]

manaheim, ... quick qn here, how far (in miles) approximately are you from the buildings to take these shots?

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: on the Sigma 10-20. I have one and love it.

The 18mm is fine for many circumstances, but I have found that with the smaller sensors that you may be wanting for a wider lens in a number of circumstances... a friend of mine go out and shoot together quite a bit and he gets really annoyed at what he can't accomplish on city skylines and whatnot, where I have no troubles at all.

BTW, this lens is also AMAZING when taking pictures of interiors of rooms and whatnot (which is the primary reason I purchased it)

Here's an example of a couple shots I took with mine... (these were both actually zoomed in a bit)

 

[icassell]

I am not sure since I have not tried any 2.8 before but 1-2mm difference, I would be able to still step back a few steps to take it i guess...

That 1-2mm actually appears significant on a crop-sensor camera. Go try a 10-20 and, while looking through the viewfinder, move it from 10 to 12 and you'll see ...

 

[johan.sie]

since we're still on topic ...

all of you wide-shooters .. which is more ideal for most situations?

1. have a wide lens + a fisheye lens
2. have a wide lens OR a fisheye lens
3. have only either a wide lens OR a fisheye lens

I am considering both, I am definitely between option 1 and 2 ... 90% of my wide takes will probably just regular wide lens, and only 10% or less of the time i might go nuts doing fisheye .. should I be getting one if its going to be only used so minimally? how do you just this consideration?

thank you

 

[icassell]

since we're still on topic ...

all of you wide-shooters .. which is more ideal for most situations?

1. have a wide lens + a fisheye lens
2. have a wide lens OR a fisheye lens
3. have only either a wide lens OR a fisheye lens

I am considering both, I am definitely between option 1 and 2 ... 90% of my wide takes will probably just regular wide lens, and only 10% or less of the time i might go nuts doing fisheye .. should I be getting one if its going to be only used so minimally? how do you just this consideration?

thank you

I got the UW because true fisheye's are so damned expensive for such a specialized purpose. I'd love to own one also, but think I'll rent one if I ever really feel I need it. I think the ultrawide has much broader applications. I don't think either one REPLACES the other, however.

 

[icassell]

I also like my 10-20mm to do some unusual people-pictures (this is at 10mm)

 

[CRman]

Love my tokina 12-24mm f/4. Should also have their 11-16mm f/2.8 by now. Tack sharp and when I compared the nikon 12-24 to the tokina... it was tokina hands down and saved about $400...