Canon 7D Lenses

[shoturtle]

The tokina are some of the best wide angle zooms out there, and the tokina 11-16mm f2.8 is the brightest lens in this category. If you do topside low light, this lens will give you a big advantage, as it will let you had hold allot more low light shot when you bump up the iso to use a faster shutter speed.

JMTC.

 

[photodiver88]

I like to photograph fish, coral, small creatures, and macro shots.

I put the 10-22 first because it has a wider zoom range followed by the 10-20.
Figured it's useful for land photos as well.

 

[photodiver88]

Had the chance to compare the Tokina 11-16 with the Canon 10-22,
the Tokina showed the typical fish eye distortion, the Canon did not.

 

[shoturtle]

Canon distortion control is better, the tokina is sharper. It is a give and take with these two lenses. They would be my top two choices. Sharper or less fish eye effect, 2.8 constant vs 3.5-4.5

 

[shoturtle]

Also if you want to do close up, the canon ef 100mm 2.8 is a great lens. To bad canon discontinued it. But there is still a supple of new in the stores. Or you can move up to the EF 100m 2.8L macro. It is suppose to be a fantastic macro lens.

 

[photodiver88]

Sharpness has always been a priority for me.
If I zoom out the Tokina to 16mm will the fish eye distortion still be there in the photo?

 

[shoturtle]

Here are 2 reviews of the tokina. It does get better zooming out.

Tokina 11-16mm

Tokina AF 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X Pro DX (Canon) - Review / Lens Test Report

 

[M_Bipartitus]

Note that there are also ways to remove the fisheye distortion in post-processing, however, if you find the fisheye effect really objectionable, then I would choose the lens with less. That way you don't have to correct every photo.

 

[Codiak]

That way you don't have to correct every photo.

You can always batch process if each photo requires the same adjustments.


I got the 17-40 for pretty much the same reasons that the OP mentions so far.

Lots of detail, no fisheye and still usable on land.

Of course, while the lense is important getting enough light on target is I think a bigger issue. Especially with marco shots where the dome is millimeters from the target.

10k of camera gear foiled by low light or backscatter!