8x Ultra wide-angle zoom lens comparison battle! APS-C lenses from Canon, Sigma, Tamron & Tokina
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2024
- Does what it says on the tin. Over the years I've tested all the main ultra wide-angle zoom lenses for Canon's APS-C cameras, including the third party ones. They've all been tested from slightly different positions, so here's a slightly more informal video of my findings.
It's pretty hard to choose and ultra wide-angle zoom lens, because most of them are good, but in different ways. All I can do is give you my favourite couple of lenses and leave the rest down to you!
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I am a Nikon guy, but I do thoroughly enjoy your reviews and other uploads. Thank you very much for your time and effort.
I have to comment and thank you for the review and work you put in to making your video's. I find then educational and informative which has been so helpful to a novelist like myself. Thank you👍
Hello. Thank you for making this. I like your review style very much. The way they are narrated, the content, the video and samples. Everything is top-notch.
Great selection of lenses. Your photos demonstrate that great photos depend more on the person's abilities than it does on the equipment. Kudos to you on the composition, lighting colors, and collecting and organizing all the information for the video.
Great review as always! I have the 10-18 STM and it's a real gem for the price.
Dude I love your videos
You both help me find my wide angle and standard lens for my T3i!
Thank you soo much! You are my favorite camera guy so far lol
Thanks for the perfect vid!! I love your analysis and voice
I have always followed your videos Christopher. And you have been of great help informing us of details you review on. When I first saw your Sigma 8-16mm review, it has been on my wish list since. Was lucky enough that I was able to get one for a second hand for just USD329.00, mint condition. Seemed like the first owner did not know how maximize its use and gave up photography. Presently saw all his gears are for sale from a used camera gear online website. Consistently, as you said, its sharp and I have validated all your tests! You tend to smile after you have taken a shot instead of a hovering question marks above your head :) Thank you for being there sharing your insights and reviews. With high regards.
Thanks Christopher, was looking forward to this video!
Thanks for an objective review of the lenses. The benefits of each lens really helped me out.
A very useful and well presented review Chris - Thanks
I always watch your reviews before i do a purchase.
Thanks a lot for the recommendations. Excelent points to decide which one I can buy.
I was just looking for a wide-angle lens :) very helpful, thanks!
Christopher, this is a very good comparison review!
Thanks a lot!
I purchased the Canon 10-18 recently.
I am very happy with it. Although at wide open apertures it causes hefty vignetting, at f/8 it is awesome. Moreover the 'IS' helps you with 4-stop stabilization! Simply incredible!
Even with f/8, you can catch up with shutter speeds of lenses with f/2.8 (that is exactly 4 stops!).
Excellent value and best price / performance!
Excellent review and comparison. Thank you very much!
This was excellent! Thank u so much for this review!
You are awesome, Chris! Thank you for your knowledge and time!
Thanks, you're welcome!
Amazing comparison for the lowish budget ultra wide market. Thank you!
thank you very much! impressed by your thoroughness! twas quite helpful!
I understand that some opinions are personal views of the reviewer and I'm okay with that. This review is fantastic! I just love the way it is made, smooth and to the point. Thank you. Great job!
Very good video. Extremely helpful. Thank you
I fully agree with Chris's assessment of these lens. Have to say Chris, I was shocked you didn't include any Samyang/Rokinon Lenses. I just got my Rok 14mm f/2.8 UMC lens in yesterday. Will be testing it out and doing a review in a month or so.
Thank You! The best video about ultra wide angle.
I don't want to weight myself down or spend too much so think the STM is the best. Thanks for the review.
Have had my sigma f3.5 for years and really enjoy it. Comparing it to the canon 10-18, The autofocus, build quality and low light ability is superior. And the sharpness at higher focal length is definitely as good as the canon. It just gets a little soft at the edges when you drop it to f3.5. But the main thing is the build quality, it’s a solid piece of kit.
Thanks very much, amazing review that helps me a lot, thank u again
I wonder how these would do on high megapixel APS-C like the 90D or the R7?
Thanks Christopher, must of taken you a long time to put this together
Hello, very helpfull video that helped me choosing my wide angle canon lense for 77d DSLR. Thank you. I appreciate your job.
And which one did you choose?
very useful and great video. very well explained hence subscribed. this video really helped. God bless you.
Excellent video, I have the Canon 10 18 which I bought after watching your review, I'm glad it came out as one of the top ones
Can you recommend this lens?
Would love to see an updated version of this video :) However great info :)
Very good video article like allways ! Thank you !
Hi Christopher - your one of the best lens reviewers on the internet. One thing I'd like to see because it's hard to sometimes see the quality on UA-cam would be to have your famous brick wall pictures in full quality somewhere and linked on the video description?
Great video, Chris! I love UWA-photography.
What slightly bothered me is the blurred white background of the charts on the right side. Just a little distracting as it covered part of the test shots:)
Excellent review 👌
Great work!!!
Great work on this.
Thanks for the summary!
Wow! I can't thank you enough for your really, really helpful and useful comparison.
now I know what to buy, i definitely will recommend this video when my friends ask about what ultra wide lens to buy.
thank you!
what about Nikon DX users? which Nikon ultra wide angle lens is better apart from third part?
I bought the Tokina 11-16 and I really like it. It's probably the best lens I've ever had, as far as optical and build quality. The only thing I don't like is the AF, which isn't enough accurate to be trusted each and every time, as I do with all my Canon lenses. Years ago I tried the Sigma 10-20 f/4-5.6 and it was awful, it was ok in the center, but boy the conrners were unusable, and I tried on a less demanding 450D APS-C sensor; I can't imagine how bad can it be on a 24MP sensor...
Thank you for this! I found the right lens for me!
this one and the other "general purpose lens battle" helped me choose my first two lenses! :D
can you do one with "tele photo" lenses (like 70-300) for apc-s?
Among those lenses, which lenses can be used for full frame & also APS-C camera? Thx
Honest review. However from all these mentioned the Tokinas are best all around performer. For night photography specifically.
tokina has problems with cable - aperture (error 01) troubles with after 1 year using !
@@sergejkap.8045 even the 11-20?
@@Crisin666 it happened once - but rarely. I have another one it works fine.
Among your videos I did not see a review of the Tokina 12-24mm f/4 AT-X 124 AF Pro DX, I've been using one of those and while it's OK it's not especially great. For a filmmaker it's probably excellent, but that sliding ring for focus is a little frustrating on a DSLR, I end up finding my focus shifts when trying to switch between modes.
There's a supposedly used low-use Canon 10-22mm locally available for $300, no hood. Given that it's been a few years since this comparison video was made, would you still look at the Canon 10-22mm as an excellent choice for DSLR and mirrorless, or does some newer lens for ultra wide angle appeal more now? If It matters I'm using a 24MP 77D and am considering getting an M50 for my wife. My principal use is indoors during the day. While f/3.5 isn't wonderful it's better than the 10-18mm and where I'd be using it, having as much zoom as possible would be handy for taking semi-candid family photos while still being able to zoom-out as my subjects get really close to me.
Great review: Chris can you please review the samyang 14mm full frame ultrawide, I would love to see it in an ultrawide full frame battle. Thanks again, your reviews are great.
Hi Christ,
I want to know your opinion about the Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero D between the lenses you choose in this test.
Thanks
My 4 go-to lenses, all in one bag, thanks to Chris' videos:
Ultra Wide-angle: Tokina AT-X 11-16mm f/2.8 PRO DX MARK II.
Fast Standard Zoom: Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM.
Prime: Canon EF 50 f/1.8 STM II.
Telephoto: Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM.
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Got all of them for $630/£489/€572 (all second-hand). I can cover from 11 to 250mm on my little Canon 750D (Rebel T6i).
Having trouble choosing UWA lens for Sony A mount, its sad that Sony doesn't have good UWA lenses for their APS-C cams. I didn't find any third party lenses appealing. However I am shortlisting Tokina 11-16mm and Sigma 10-20 f3.5. Any suggestions are welcome.
Thanks very much Christopher your reviews are professional and well put together, very helpful always...Sky
please update and include latest lens, if any, and post new video on wide lenes for aps-c. thanks.
Maybe you can help. I wanna get the 16mm Sigma Wide lens for the c100 mark ii, but the lens has a EF-M mount. And so far, everywhere I look, I can't figure out if the lens is compatible with the c100 or not. If it isn't, is there another comparable wide PRIME lens that the c100 mark ii can use. I need a good wide prime lens for my arsenal. Thanks.
Chris, I just wanted to say thank you so much for all your videos. And all reviews they have been extremely helpful, to help me navigate and purchase the right lenses for my 70D. You help me, keep learning more about photography which I love so much. I Purchased the Canon 10-18 EFS STM Lens, for my huge trip to Europe, it took fantastic pictures and was exactly everything I wanted it to be. Thanks to you I got all the shots that I needed and wanted, in Paris London and Iceland. Thank you again so much for your reviews, for your very helpful advice, and for your comparison videos which are huge! Look forward to seeing more of your videos thank you again
+Erick Barron Glad you're finding the videos useful!
Hi Christopher,
can I use this lens for astrophotography? because it doesn't have infinity setting I wounder how it can be set for focusing, sharpness. thank you The Canon 10-18 mm
Know any prime auto focus lens that go to at least f/2.8?
wooow waht a review sir now i subscribed your channel
I warn you about Tokina 11-20mm. Autofocus may not work accurately when focusing distances like 3-9 ft. Tested with Nikon D5300 & D90.
Hiya. How would the Sigma 8-16mm compare with the current ultra-wide RF lenses, as far as image quality? Waving from The Bahamas. :)
I found a couple filter systems for the Sigma 8-16mm - FotodioX and LucrOit - gonna give them a try!
Greatest video many thanks
Thanks, you are the best. What is your opinion about Sigma 10mm F2.8 EX DC HSM? I know its old lens, but its 2.8
Is this tokina at-x 11-20mm or newer atx-i 11-20mm weather sealed ? Specially for nikon one ?
Hi, Christopher. First of all, thank you very much for the so incredible and systematic work you do in this videos. You are my first reference when I update my equipment little by little and nowadays I'm thinking on buying the Canon EF-S 10-18. Let me ask you a question that worries me: a second information I use is the well-known dxomark tests and, in the case of the Canon EF-S 10-18, it gets a very poor performance in terms of sharpness. What are these people doing? Your images on the corners demonstrate the opposite. Have you any explanation? Thanks a lot!!!
I pay absolutely zero attention to DXOMark. I have no idea how their testing procedure works but they come up with some baffling stuff. They have some real fanboys out there, though
I ended up with the Sigma 10-20mm F4 lens. Maybe not the greatest lens, but I still have a lot of fun with it on my Nikon APS-C camera. It was a tough call, but I almost went with the Sigma 8-16mm lens. Now that was a fun lens, but the practical side of me decided to go for the 10-20mm.
Hi @Christopher Frost , Can make this test with the Canon R7
Greetings, I really like your reviews, especially that you divide your videos in 3 parts. Basic 1st impression, then contrast & color aberration, then distortion & vignetting.
I am looking for a ultra wide for my D7200. The Tokina 14-20 F/2 seems quite good. Would you do a review for that?
I don't have any plans to at the moment. I will look out for one, though
thanks for good information .
what do you recommend lens little distortion and af feature for apsc
hi chris, great review as always. would you also review the Canon EF-M 11-22mm? Thanks!
A review of that lens is coming
Hi Chris, thanks very much for your videos! Very informative!
Just like to know what would be your recommendation for real estate photography, mainly in small indoor rooms ?
+Brandon Lau An ultra wide-angle lens :-) check out my comparison video
Will be getting the 10-18!
Hi Chris... Thank you for reviewing the ultra wide lenses. Very helpful indeed. Quick question: between Canon 10-18 mm and Sigma 8-16 mm, which one is your personal favorite and why?
+imut255 They're different. If money were no object I'd probably go for the Sigma for that cool 8mm focal length
hmm.. do filters exist that are like, 82mm diameter but not made entirely of glass? like.. plastic with a glass bit that's only like, 50mm or so?
Hi Chris!
I'm considering to buy my first ultra wide lens and after watching the video 10-18mm is looking like a good deal! I'm also very interested in Samyang's ultra wide-angle lenses so which one from Samyang would you recommend to compare with the canon. I'm using Canon 70D and image sharpness and quality are the most important aspects for me.
Thanks Chris for your advice!
+TupsuRS Samyang have a 10mm f/2.8 which I haven't tested yet. They also do a very good 8mm f/3.5 fisheye lens :-)
+Christopher Frost Photography Thanks for your reply! I'm looking forward seeing your review of that Samyang 10mm
+TupsuRS If you are going to do a review about the Samyang 10mm it would be great if you could rate it the same way you did in this video so it would be easier to compare it with other lenses! I would also like to know how many stars the Samyang 14mm f/2.8 would get :)
Thanks!
Asides from the lens here are there any particular wide angles you would suggest? Are there any cheaper lens that arent that bad?
You want more?! This is it I'm afraid (except the Samyang 10mm f/2.8)
As a high school student my budget is way down there. Great video tho
Thank you for the reviews. They are very helpful. I wanted to ask you for your opinion about a wide angle lens for landscapes. I'm planning a trip to Iceland and want to make sure I have a good lens when I go. I'm torn between the sigma models and the tokina. I'd love to hear your thoughts about which you would grab for landscapes. Thanks again.
+Justin Hora Check out this video, and see what will be best for you :-)
Good review. Very helpful. Just had my 10-22mm lens. What filter can you recommend? Thanks
+Janzen Bersalona A 77mm slim polarizing filter
I know this video is getting on a bit but it's still very relevant! Chris, I currently have the Canon 10-18 although I have been offered a 2nd hand Tokina 11-16mm (DXii) for £240 so is it worth the change at this price or should I just stick with my canon?
Personally I'd stick with the Canon lens unless you desperately need f/2.8
Thanks Chris! I actually got a chance to sample the Tokina for a morning and in comparison tests with my 10-18 I actually think the 10-18 performs better. As you say the Tokina's main selling point is the 2.8 but I have the Sigma 17-70 f2.8 (again thanks to you) so I don't think I need a super wide angle fast lens as well. The CA on the Tokina is horrendous granted 99% of this can be removed in photoshop.
Hi Chris!! Would you recommend any of the Tokina lenses for astrophotography? Thanks!
Never really tried them for astrophotography but they should be okay
Hi christ, im in a dilemma, I can't choose between the sigma 10-20 3.5 and 4-5.6. i got quite a good deal for a 2nd hand 4-5.6 for about 190 USD, or i could get a new 3.5 for 460 USD. Does the improvements in the lens justify the difference in price?
Definitely not- i have had both and they are very similar in performance. Not bad lenses, but As Chris says- soft in corners. Seeing this review i am tempted to swap Sigma 3.5 for Canon 10-18, get sharper lens and have some cash left over.
hey chris so would you recommend the tokina 11-16 rather than the 11-20 for landscape / night photography? it seems that the 11-20 has many cons and the 11-16 gets the job done
+lenz_rawrs Take a look at the reviews for more details, but if there's a big difference in price then you might as well get the 11-16
Good morning Christopher,
Fisrt of all I would like to thank you for this video and all the other videos that your making, very helpful and getting a clearer idea on what I'm looking for.
Would you please if you have some time make other videos for all best lenses types for aps-c canon cameras??
Here you have covered the wide and ultra-wide angle, I saw the fast standard lens as well, but didn't find one for telephoto, super telephoto lenses comparison.
Thank you for your efforts.
May God bless you.
Cheers.
I don't currently have time for too many comparison videos I'm afraid but maybe sometime in the future :-)
@@christopherfrost thank you for your efforts.
I'm still searching for a ultra wide angle lens for video. So i need one with image stabilization like the Canon 10-18mm. But an aperture of only 4.6 is a big down point.
Anyone has any recommendation for me?
Tamron have a new 10-24mm lens coming out with image stabilization
Chris, always love your vids! If the Sigma 10-20 f4-5.6 can be had for around the same price of the Canon 10-18, you'd still get the Canon wouldn't you?
+CVonC Yup! The Canon is a far better lens (although the Sigma has slightly nicer build quality)
As a Nikon user, I find your videos very useful.
+Aaron Yang Same with me, although only reviews of lenses from 3rd party producents are really interesting to me :)
I really want a review about the new version of Tokina
tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 at-x pro dx ii
Hi I'm using Canon 77D. I'm looking for a wide angle len with small budget. By the way, i'm really interested Canon 10-22 f3.5 and Sigma 10-20 f3.5. Could you recommend one of these? Thanks.
Why not watch the video? That's what it's there for.
Hello, Chris!
Do you mind making a review for Tokina 12-28mm versus the Tokina 12-24mm? I sold my Canon 10-18mm as I tend to swap it out to another lens when I feel limited to its 18mm range.
+soundofenigma I'm tempted to test the 12-28, but it'll be a little while as I have a lot of other lenses to cover first
Would you choose sigma 10-20 f3.5 or tokina 11-20 2.8 for video work? The tokina is more expensive, but is it also that much better?
If you're shooting manual focus, the Tokina with its brighter aperture. If you need autofocus the Sigma's AF motor will be a bit quieter
Hi Christopher! Thank you for the great video.
I am looking to buy a new gear next month and I've been very confused about what to buy. My old setup was a Canon Xti with Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye that I use for skydiving. I am going to buy the Canon EOS Rebel T6i and for lens I am between: Tokina 10-17mm F/3.5-4.5 DX Autofocus Fisheye, Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM or the Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye USM, but this would be my last option since the price is double of the other, also double of the weight and is only f/4. What would be the best option? Should I just keep the Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye? Which I don't see much wider when using with my xti.
Thank so much.
Peace
+BrazilianShark I'd go for the Samyang 8mm f/3.5. It's manual focus but works perfectly
+Christopher Frost Photography I need something with autofocus :/
Thanks brother
+BrazilianShark AF isn't that important on a fisheye lens, really. I think there is a Sigma 10mm f/2.8 fisheye lenses available with AF though
Hey! Just a quick question - is the Tokina 11-16 in this review the mark II version? Big fan of the review style, by the way.
+OhLookTopComment I think it was the Mark i...I can't remember to be honest! They're both virtually the same, apparently
+Christopher Frost Photography The reason I ask is that the specific difference seems to be an improved nano coating that greatly reduces lens flare, which was the major complaint mentioned in the optics portion. Since the zoom range won't affect me very much for what this lens would be doing, and with the sharpness and otherwise strong optics for currently ~ $400 on amazon, it seems like quite an attractive option since I intend on also buying a high end polarizing filter. I'm just a tad worried if the flare on the mark II isn't quite as improved as I had maybe thought.
Is metal better than plastic? In low temperatures I prefer plastic. There is plastic and plastic and high grade superplastic.
For the Sigma 8-16mm's price, you can get the Canon 10-18 and a Samyang 8mm fisheye. Now that's a nice combo for going ultra-wide. I have the Canon 10-18 and it's a great lens. I'm planning to buy the Samyang 8mm fisheye.
Very nice video comparison.
Cristian Stancu That's a good point! Although remember, the fisheye lens obviously gives a lot of distortion, which is intentional. With the Sigma 8-16 lens, straight lines remain straight.
Christopher Frost Photography Yes, that's true. I guess it is great to have a 8mm rectilinear lens. Although you could straighten the 8mm fisheye image, with a bit of processing, if needed.
I would definitely like to have both lenses in my bag.
Cristian Stancu You could stretch the images, but of course there would be lower image quality. But yeah, I agree, I'd much rather have the 10-18 and Samyang 8mm myself :-)
Looking to get the Sigma 8-16mm due to it's the widest rectilinear apsc lens, and I value sharpness over all other specs.
I wonder how this would be on the Canon R7 :)
@@EricRoseBahamas I went with the Canon 10 to 18 mm ef-s lens. So glad I did! It was a lot cheaper takes really good pictures and has image stabilization for video which I use a lot!
Everything is a compromise my photography brothers and sisters. I want good performance for landscapes, milky way stars and aurora, so got the tokina 11-16 2.8
Hi! your videos are extremely helpful! I am currently in Korea and I am thinking of buying my first wide lens. I have a budget of around $400 so I am trying to decide between either a new canon 10-18($300) or a 2nd hand 10-22($380) could you give any advice?
+Terry Kim Watch this video, and you'll see! Personally, I'd recommend the 10-18
Christopher i am looking for a lens purely for real estate but after i am based in asia we have a lot of sunlight and most photos will be made when the sun shine i been looking at the Tokina 11-16mm and now the Tokina 11-20mm what are your opinion about my choice and would any filter help me at all ?
Flashdaddy1 A polarising filter might be helpful. These Tokina lenses are good - but another nice option would be the Canon 10-18mm STM. Watch my ultra wide-angle lens comparison video for more ideas!