Review on Tokina AT-X PRO DX 11-16mm Ultra-wide Angle Lens for Nikon - AT-X116PRDXN by Bethany Green

Great lens for DX, especially considering its price. I tried the Nikon 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5G. It worked well but was very slow and seemed very expensive for its price. This Tokina is much stronger than the plastic Nikon 10-24, is much faster with a fixed maximum aperture of f/2.8 and delivers excellent performance. Despite being designed for 2/3 to 1 1/3 faster stops, Tokina images appear a bit sharper around the edges and corners, delivering an image quality that seems slightly better overall than the Nikon, but at a lower price. Tokina has a lot of barrel distortion at 11mm (like Nikon) but doesn't really reduce it at 15mm. Also, the distortion looks like simple barrel distortion and, unlike 10-24, is relatively easy to fix in post-processing. The bad news is that if you don't have a camera with a built-in autofocus drive motor, this lens doesn't have autofocus. I first used it on the D40 which didn't have autofocus. It worked well, but manually focusing an ultra-wide lens on a DX with a lens that doesn't have a viable focus dial is a little tricky. The Nikon 10-24 doesn't have a focus wheel either, but on the D40 it will focus automatically. Later the D40 was replaced by the D7000 and autofocus was no longer an issue. In short: a great lens, better than the competing Nikon 10-24 but at a lower price. Today, of course, you can only use this lens, as it has been replaced by a newer design. I also used this lens on my Nikon full frame as the image circle covers my entire full frame. Sensor. It only works on 16mm but still works well.