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<blockquote data-quote="lokatz" data-source="post: 634184" data-attributes="member: 43924">Felisek made the call and is hopefully happy with it.&nbsp; Enjoy shooting!Please allow me to add my two cents, though:&nbsp; I was the proud owner of a Tokina 11-16 for many years and took a lot of great shots with it.&nbsp; A few months ago, I switched to Tokina's 12-28 and am even happier, both for the wider range and the better sharpness.&nbsp; ColorFoto, a German magazine that in my view does the best job of any German or English speaking photo mag I am aware of, because of its thorough and repetitive test process, gave the 11-16 (versions I or II scored the same) an IQ score of 50.5 points.&nbsp; Nikon's 10-24 received 54.5.&nbsp; Tokina's 12-28 got 61.&nbsp; (All of these tested on D7100. ) The only wide angle lens to beat this was the Nikon 14-24, with an impressive 68.5 points (but a weight and price point that take it out for me).My experience is exactly the same: the Tokina 12-28 beats the 11-16 very clearly in image quality (and convenience - it stays on the camera a lot longer), so I assume it also beats the Nikon 10-24 by a significant margin.&nbsp; As far as that &quot;10mm beats 12mm&quot; argument goes, even at 11mm I went for panoramas every so often, using Microsoft's fantastic (and free) ICE software to stitch them together, because the lens wasn't nearly wide enough.&nbsp; In situations where a 12mm focal length is not enough, just overlap multiple shots and you won't ever find yourself limited by width.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lokatz, post: 634184, member: 43924"] Felisek made the call and is hopefully happy with it. Enjoy shooting! Please allow me to add my two cents, though: I was the proud owner of a Tokina 11-16 for many years and took a lot of great shots with it. A few months ago, I switched to Tokina's 12-28 and am even happier, both for the wider range and the better sharpness. ColorFoto, a German magazine that in my view does the best job of any German or English speaking photo mag I am aware of, because of its thorough and repetitive test process, gave the 11-16 (versions I or II scored the same) an IQ score of 50.5 points. Nikon's 10-24 received 54.5. Tokina's 12-28 got 61. (All of these tested on D7100. ) The only wide angle lens to beat this was the Nikon 14-24, with an impressive 68.5 points (but a weight and price point that take it out for me). My experience is exactly the same: the Tokina 12-28 beats the 11-16 very clearly in image quality (and convenience - it stays on the camera a lot longer), so I assume it also beats the Nikon 10-24 by a significant margin. As far as that "10mm beats 12mm" argument goes, even at 11mm I went for panoramas every so often, using Microsoft's fantastic (and free) ICE software to stitch them together, because the lens wasn't nearly wide enough. In situations where a 12mm focal length is not enough, just overlap multiple shots and you won't ever find yourself limited by width. [/QUOTE]

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