Review on Tokina 11 16Mm AT X116 Digital Motor by Leon Johnsson

I use this lens with Nikon D3200. I mainly photograph landscapes. First, if you have a DX camera (D3200, D3100, D5000, D5100, D7100, etc.) then you need this lens for wide angle. Believe me. I did a lot of research on Sigma, Tamron and others. I believe this is the best option for the money and the fastest. It is also partially compatible with full-frame SLR cameras. I needed a lens to replace the amazing 18-55mm kit and it passed the test! Sharpness: This lens is very sharp! I don't know how anyone can complain about the sharpness. Even at f2.8 sharpness! I mostly photograph landscapes with F/8 - F/18. This lens is incredibly sharp at all apertures. Viewing angle: To be honest, at first I thought the viewing angle was even larger than 11mm. But I think I was just being irrational. 11mm wide angle for this lens. Almost everything you need for landscapes. The distortion isn't bad and can be fixed in Lightroom. Bokeh: Bokeh is not that perfect with this lens. I speak f2.8. Apparently everywhere. But it's not distracting or anything like that. Chromatic aberration. One of the problems with photographing landscapes with my whale lens was that my shots often had trees against white skies, which resulted in chromatic aberration due to the contrast of dark trees to bright skies. This lens doesn't seem to have anything of the sort at narrower apertures. My photos look a lot more professional without the purple tint around the trees. PS Chromatic aberrations are not always fully corrected in post. Focus ring: Do not grip the focus ring too tightly. When I'm shooting landscapes, I automatically focus on my focus point and then set the lens to manual focus to shoot. Well, when I pull the focus ring back to switch to manual mode, I feel like it would be easy to accidentally pull the camera out of focus. Focus Motor: The DXII (this model) has an internal focus motor. Watch out if you don't have a D7000+. The focus motor is slow, which is to be expected from a third-party lens. The sound when focusing is bad. It's not incredibly loud, but the sound is there. cheesy. Focus: Good. Aside from the weight, this is perhaps the lens' biggest downside. I often photograph sunny landscapes in low light. This lens has a hard time finding focus in low light. Much stiffer than other lenses I have. And it will surely annoy you. It's not a problem, but I think it's one of the biggest problems with a lens. Lens Cap: I've had this camera for 2 days now and I want to burn the lens cap in a fire. Although it doesn't fit. It fits well. Much better than my Sigma 70-300 lens cap. The problem is that the cap has little to no depth for your fingers on the compression knobs, so the cap happily rockets out of your hand when you put it on the lens. Weight: This is probably the worst quality of this lens. That is hard! This is comparable to my Sigma 70-300mm telephoto lens. I'm not sure why the wide angle has to be so heavy, but it is. I can live with it! Filters: So far I have fitted this lens with 2 Altura 77mm ND filters and have had absolutely no winging. I think it's better to try 3 filters ;) Overall, I'm very happy with my purchase. Understandably, Tokina skimped on the mechanics to make up for the excellent visuals. That's to be expected from this lens brand. TO BUY.