Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X116 Pro DX II Digital Zoom Lens (AF-S Motor) (for Nikon)
September 7, 2019 - Comment
11-16mm f/2.8 AF Lens Designed for Cameras with APS-C Sensors Internal Silent Focusing AF Motor One Touch Focus Clutch Mechanism Two Aspheric Lens Elements Two Super-Low Dispersion Lens Elements Improved Multi-Coating 77mm Filter Thread Product Features USA Version. 3 Year Tokina Warranty included. Intended for sale within the USA. Aperture Range: f/2.8 to f/22 Designed
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Tack sharp and beats competition at similar price point! Bought this as after a prolonged research for the most appropriate choice of a ultra-telephoto f/2.8 lens in my kit bag. I had considered the widely respected Nikkor 35mm, 50mm options that have wide open apertures lower than f/2, the venerable Nikkor 10.5mm fish-eye and some ultra-tele zooms like Nikkor 10-24 because of its high recommendations on several photography forums. I did not consider the Sigma 8-16 because of the aperture limitation.It was delivered the same-day – thanks to my Prime membership (Yay!). I have never ever done Night Sky Photography before. This lens basically was the motivation to do that. I picked a dark sky spot (check cleardarksky.com for a location near you) and mounted this lens on the Nikon D7100 setup on a tripod. Settings: ISO 3200-6400, Exposure lengths: 15″-25″, WB: Auto-Daylight, Picture Setting: Vivid-Neutral, f/2.8, 11mm-12mm, Color temperature – Choose a cooler one, tending more towards the blues and blacks. First shot – see…
Great as best I can tell I’m only just learning photography, so take my review with a grain of salt, but this seems like a great lens to me. We’re selling our house, and I decided I’d like to try my hand at real estate photography; we also hired a pro, but in some cases I was able to get shots I liked better of some parts of the house. I didn’t wind up taking much advantage of the high aperture on the lens, because for this application it really made sense to use a huge depth of field and have everything in focus, but the way the lens has so little distortion even close to the edges of really wide shots was extremely helpful. This is one of the photos I took with this lens, using a Nikon D3300 and a Yongnuo YN-560II flash. The angle is quite wide–the lens is opened all the way up to 11mm–but there’s very little distortion even at the edges of the photo. (The version we actually used was cropped a little on the left and top, but this is the uncropped version so that you can see the edges of the sensor…