What superwides are good for Have you ever been to a car show and tried to take a shot of that really hot car but couldn't back up far enough to fit it all into the frame because of some obstruction or the crowd of people being in the way?

The 11-16mm f/2.8 looks and feels virtually identical to its 12-24mm f/4 cousin - consequently it shares all its qualities here like the excellent build quality. The outer shell is made of high-quality polycarbonate whereas the zoom mechanism is made of metal.

The Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X Pro DX Lens review is the first Tokina lens review I've had the pleasure of creating. And it has been a very positive experience. This is a well-built, ultra-wide angle lens that has very good overall image quality and, at review time, has the widest max aperture...

The industry's widest high-speed ultrawide zoom for DSLRs, this digital-only lens ($570, street) is one of Tokina's AT-X series of pro-quality optics. A 16.5-24mm equivalent, its design is based on Tokina's 12-24mm f/4.

Available for Canon, Nikon and Sony digital SLR cameras, this lens costs around £545 and offers a wide field of view equivalent to 16.5-24mm on a 35mm camera, whilst maintaining a fast maximum aperture of f/2.8 throughout the range.

Good sharpness; especially at 11mm; Low distortion for the type of lens; Low falloff; Excellent build quality; Keenly priced

Chromatic aberrations towards the edges of the frame; Dip in sharpness at maximum aperture at 13mm

Available for Canon, Nikon and Sony digital SLR cameras, this lens costs around £545 and offers a wide field of view equivalent to 16.5-24mm on a 35mm camera, whilst maintaining a fast maximum aperture of f/2.8 throughout the range.

I do a lot of outdoor landscape type photograhy and wanted something a little wider than my 17-50 Tamron f/2.8 to utilize as well. After doing some searching and reading reviews I decided on the Tokina 11-16. I wanted something "wide" but I did not want to go the fish-eye route.

Build Quality; Weight (I think it's a strength; Wide angle; Sharp and very quick; Great pictures

Lens Flare

The Tokina 11-16mm offers a rather limited focal range but it makes up for this in speed, offering a fixed aperture of f/2.8 throughout. It also has no focusing motor so can be fairly noisy during operation, which means it won't autofocus on Nikon entry-level D-SLRs.

In November 2007 the Tokina company launched an ultra wide-angle lens, the AT-X 116 PRO DX AF 11–16 mm f/2.8. At that time it was a unique instrument - no other producer was offering such a fast device of that type.

It feels very well made, and the focus/focal length rings are nice and solid with a feeling of security. I bought this for my Nikon D90. No particular reason for choosing this over the Mk II other than a saving of $50ish, and the possibility that my camera's focus motor might be quicker than the...