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Hello,

Views welcomed please !

I'm doing an amount of pic's where a wide angle would be good.

I have a canon 50D, I have looked at the reviews and thought about the Tokina 11-18mm pro lens>

I went to the local Camera shop and he refussed to even buy one in for me? despite the reviews he says thay are no good?

Any comments and your thoughts are welcome?

Cheers

Robinhood

Got to say I haven't used mine as often as I should, but think it's a really good lens.
A few examples in the gallery; viewtopic.php?f=38&t=10017&start=15

Try another store.

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Nikon D700 & D7100 bodies + Nikkor 300mm F2.8 VR11, 1.7TC, 50mm F1.4G, 16-35mm f/4G VR, 105 F2.8 VR macro, 70-300mm lenses. A couple of filters, Giotto tripod & ballhead. Lowepro Slingshot 302 AW

http://www.flickr.com/photos/oldcarlos/

Hi,

Thanks for reply, greast set of pic's.

I like the Photo shop one, that's the sort of thing I'm looking at / want to achieve.

Thanks, I will look at other shops

Cheers

Mark

I know it's an old thread... But anyways, here's a very good comparison between the tokina 12-24mm, tokina 11-16mm, nikon 10-24mm, tamron 10-24mm and sigma 10-20mm lenses.
I know you're a Canon user, so just skip the Nikon 10-24

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Victor
Nikon D300 - Nikkor 16-85 VR - Nikkor 70-200 2.8 VR I
www.victorhoffmann.com

While I do not yet have a large, calibrated monitor for viewing and evaluating, I am happy thus far with images I have shot with Nikon-fit Tokina 17mm 3.5 lenses. (One AF and one MF, now discontinued.) The current Tokina ultra-wide zooms have been well-reviewed at several sites. I elected to purchase the Canon 10-22mm EF-S, for my Canon DSLRs, but seriously considered the Tokina 11-16mm, and as I enjoy this type of lens so much, may well try the Tokina eventually.

While it is not ultra-wide, our Tokina 100mm 2.8 macro lens is very sharp and clear, with less apparent distortion than my Canon 100mm 2.8L Macro! The out-of-focus areas are beautifully rendered. Tokina does make some really good lenses; one must, of course, look for reviews to see which are the good ones.

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Canon 7D/5D/40D/1D2N; Nikon F6, FM3A, & Coolpix A; Canon 40mm Pancake, 135L, 50L, 35L, pre-II 50mm 1.8, 100mm 2.8L Macro, 10-22mm EF-S, 28-135 EF, 400mm 5.6L; Nikkor 50mm 1.2 AI-S, 50mm 1.4G, 50mm 1.8D, 16mm 2.8D Fisheye, 180mm 2.8D, 100-300mm 5.6 AI-S; Tokina 17mm & 100mm 2.8 Macro