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Anyone using Tokina ATX AF 16-28mm f/2.8 Pro FX
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<blockquote data-quote="rocketman122" data-source="post: 311169" data-attributes="member: 14443"><p>OK, after seeing this review</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2_H3UwXAGk" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2_H3UwXAGk</a></p><p></p><p>Im on the wall with this lens. from what I see, it was designed to be its sharpest at 16mm (even shot open) and performance drops the closer you get to 28mm. and its quite unusable at 28mm if not stopped down heavily. its a good lens but the way I work its the opposite of what I need.</p><p></p><p>when I shoot my tamron 17-35 I always try to not shoot past 20mm on the dance floor whenever I can and only when its tight will I go very wide. so I do use the lens mostly from 20-35mm and the tokina is aimed to those that want the best widest performance and less so when going more tele. </p><p></p><p>now there is an issue with QC with this lens and its possible his copy was off a bit, but reading another review confimred the lens was made to perform its best at 16mm and isnt at its best when going to 28mm.</p><p></p><p>now im back to rethinking my upgrade options.</p><p></p><p>-17-35 AFS used. meh. my friend has it and performance isnt so great. I dont think the price jump will give me much better (if that) IQ. I still want to do a test with my friends 17-35 vs my tamron 2.8-4</p><p></p><p>-16-35 VR f/4 leaning towards this. but VR isnt useful to me and never felt I needed it once when shooting my tamron 17-35</p><p></p><p>-20-35 f2.8 AFD old school lens. not so sharp though. 17-35 was an improvement but even the 17-35 isnt extremely sharp.</p><p></p><p>-14-24 2.8 too heavy for my pocket and since I really hate WA lenses as they distort people in the corners. not aesthetically pleasing. 24mm is limiting.</p><p></p><p>-18-35 AFD/AFS not sure about these 2. definitely not the old school one but the aperture is limiting. and I always like shooting one stop down on any lens for better contrast/sharpness. </p><p></p><p>-sigma 17-35 HSM 2nd version. saw this lens a friend had just bought. and I had the first non HSM and remember very well how crap it was at the edges no matter how much you tried to stop it down. I may take it to do a shootout between the three. tamron 17-35/nikon 17-35/sigma 17-35</p><p></p><p>basically, I want something a bit better than what I have, dont want to spend so much. $850 the most. and want a lens with a pretty open aperture. no smaller than f/4. I guess at the moment, the tamorn is my only choice. its bothering me. im itching to buy something and I think its a psycholgical issue that I feel the tamron isnt good enough, even though a (very) quick test showed its as sharp as a 17-35 AFS. as far as distortion on ultra wides, its of no concern. the lens being so wide pulls people who are towards the corners and warps them so much that barrel distortion is the least of my problems. </p><p></p><p>suggestions? thank you</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rocketman122, post: 311169, member: 14443"] OK, after seeing this review [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2_H3UwXAGk[/url] Im on the wall with this lens. from what I see, it was designed to be its sharpest at 16mm (even shot open) and performance drops the closer you get to 28mm. and its quite unusable at 28mm if not stopped down heavily. its a good lens but the way I work its the opposite of what I need. when I shoot my tamron 17-35 I always try to not shoot past 20mm on the dance floor whenever I can and only when its tight will I go very wide. so I do use the lens mostly from 20-35mm and the tokina is aimed to those that want the best widest performance and less so when going more tele. now there is an issue with QC with this lens and its possible his copy was off a bit, but reading another review confimred the lens was made to perform its best at 16mm and isnt at its best when going to 28mm. now im back to rethinking my upgrade options. -17-35 AFS used. meh. my friend has it and performance isnt so great. I dont think the price jump will give me much better (if that) IQ. I still want to do a test with my friends 17-35 vs my tamron 2.8-4 -16-35 VR f/4 leaning towards this. but VR isnt useful to me and never felt I needed it once when shooting my tamron 17-35 -20-35 f2.8 AFD old school lens. not so sharp though. 17-35 was an improvement but even the 17-35 isnt extremely sharp. -14-24 2.8 too heavy for my pocket and since I really hate WA lenses as they distort people in the corners. not aesthetically pleasing. 24mm is limiting. -18-35 AFD/AFS not sure about these 2. definitely not the old school one but the aperture is limiting. and I always like shooting one stop down on any lens for better contrast/sharpness. -sigma 17-35 HSM 2nd version. saw this lens a friend had just bought. and I had the first non HSM and remember very well how crap it was at the edges no matter how much you tried to stop it down. I may take it to do a shootout between the three. tamron 17-35/nikon 17-35/sigma 17-35 basically, I want something a bit better than what I have, dont want to spend so much. $850 the most. and want a lens with a pretty open aperture. no smaller than f/4. I guess at the moment, the tamorn is my only choice. its bothering me. im itching to buy something and I think its a psycholgical issue that I feel the tamron isnt good enough, even though a (very) quick test showed its as sharp as a 17-35 AFS. as far as distortion on ultra wides, its of no concern. the lens being so wide pulls people who are towards the corners and warps them so much that barrel distortion is the least of my problems. suggestions? thank you [/QUOTE]
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