When comparing lenses for a digital body I strongly reccomend going to a store that has all the lenses in question and shoot a frame with each wide open. Then examine the corners and edges of the frames closely to see which one has the sharpness you are willing to accept at a price you are willing to accept.
Additionaly, feel the lens and how it focuses and zooms.
I actually played with the 10-20mm today. Very slick, though the zoom and focus rings are a bit stiff. They don't carry the Tokina (and Tamron is a special order) here, so my choice is a no-brainer.
I've read (specifically on dpreview.com) that the sigma lens outperforms the tokina.
I'm debating on picking the lens up before my trip tomorrow (its currently on hold, and seems to be the only one available in the city). I won't be able to get my opinions up until September though
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That's what I really wanted! To touch and feel the lens myself... but sadly I live in a place where there aren't many stores who actually have the lens... About the sharpness of both lenses I've read good and bad reviews of the two, so. One question I have though is if the diference between 12 and 10mm is really important...
The Nikon lens is absolutely out of question. I'ts my father's money so... tight budget.
I do not believe that the diffrence between 10 and 12mm is that signficant when it comes to composition. It is a few degrees - I don't have the exact numbers but you're looking at about 4-8 degrees on a frame that is already about 100 degrees.
Aside from that, not too much I can say when comparing the Tokina and Sigma lenses.
The diffrence between the wide end of the Tokina 12-24 and the Sigma 10-20 is a few degrees on about a 100 degree field of view. That is not signficant.
and where exactly do you see a 150 bucks ultra-wideangle zoom?
the cheapest one in the link above is 500
and getting a lifetime lens from the start is cheaper than getting one that you will grow out after some years or even months and then having to get a better lens
(i speak from experience (canon 28-135mm))
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Has anyone used either one? Could you share your experience with it?
Thanks...