FAST & wide...

The fastest wide-angle for the AF100 is the Olympus 14-35mm 2.0

If you truly need wide, & shallow, use a 24/1.4 on a 5D2.

Regards,
Bern
 
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hscully said:
Can someone tell me, does the Tokina 11-16 have hard stops on the focus ring?
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J Davis said:
No to hard stops, there is infinite spin on nikon and canon mount.

But why would you want to pull focus on a wide shot?
As I mentioned in my earlier post, the point of a wide or establishing shot is to have everything in focus.
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Actually, the Tokina does have hard stops on the focus ring when it is in Manual Focus mode. It is interesting to say that you'll never need to pull focus on a super wide lens... they can be used for more than just static establishing shots :)
 
Werd! I stand corrected. Yes to hard stops when in manual. I'm shooting now only AF with my Tokina so I forgot to check.
Thanks Taylor

Re pulling focus. Yes I guess you can but i guess it would be a specialized rare kind of shot.
I never have racked focus under 20mm on aps-c or m43. Perspective distortion being the main reason.
 
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J Davis said:
But why would you want to pull focus on a wide shot?
As I mentioned in my earlier post, the point of a wide or establishing shot is to have everything in focus.
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It's rare. One example I had a character crossing towards then passed frame that I wanted to follow. I do use it sometimes in some cramped locations.
 
Taylor Rudd said:
Actually, the Tokina does have hard stops on the focus ring when it is in Manual Focus mode.)
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Thanks. I chose the Oly 11-22 because I was unhappy with setting the aperture on the adapter but I may have to revisit that and go with the Tokina.
 
J Davis said:
No to hard stops, there is infinite spin on nikon and canon mount.

But why would you want to pull focus on a wide shot?
As I mentioned in my earlier post, the point of a wide or establishing shot is to have everything in focus.
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That is wrong. I have my nikon mounted Tokina 11-16mm right here in my hand. If you pull the focus ring towards you so it is in MF mode, it has hard stops, and functions like a fully manual focus lens. It also turns the same way to focus as the rest of my nikon kit. Only when focus ring is physically pushed away from you into AF mode does the ring spin indefinitely.

(on edit: sorry for repeating what everyone else said, just now saw the rest of the corrections...)
 
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Hi, I have a GH1 and a Voigtlander Nikon Adapter and thinking about purchasing the Nikon version of the Tokina 11-16mm. Can anyone please tell me if I'll have any issues with manually setting the aperture ring, or any other issues? Thanks
 
pulsane said:
Hi, I have a GH1 and a Voigtlander Nikon Adapter and thinking about purchasing the Nikon version of the Tokina 11-16mm. Can anyone please tell me if I'll have any issues with manually setting the aperture ring, or any other issues? Thanks
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you will. youd need the novoflex or chinese nikon g to mft addapter
 
I love the Lumix 7-14mm. At 7mm it does distort like crazy. You will see it in the 3rd clip. The freaky morph actually looks pretty cool to me. Not for every day use by any means but as you zoom in the distortion is much less. Very sturdy and well put together lens. I'm used to using Zeiss ZF stills so this lens's build fits right in. Only which it was a tad faster. F4 sucks in low light. But when lighting is adequate this lens shines.

Here is my very 1st out the box and out the door test clip.

http://www.vimeo.com/23277364
 
I screwed a yard sale no-name Chinese 0.5x Wide Adapter (for 52mm) onto my 20/1.7, and the results surprisingly don't suck. Not as wide as the 7-14 can accomplish, but still puts me at an actual 20mm @ 1.7

And just because wide and bokeh "normally" don't go together, doesn't mean they shouldn't
 
mcbob said:
And just because wide and bokeh "normally" don't go together, doesn't mean they shouldn't
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it is not a stylistic argument, it is a matter of physics. A lens such as a 7mm or 11mm have such a wide useable DOF that EVERYTHING is in focus. If you found some mythical 7mm f/2 lens, and shot a subject wide open 4 feet from the image plane (not the lens, mind you), you useable DOF is about 16ft. If they move back two feet it becomes infinite. If you want to have a wide shot with shallow DOF, you have to move the camera back and use a longer lens. Those full body bokeh shots you see in movies are done with longer lenses at distances.
 
GRENCH said:
I love the Lumix 7-14mm. At 7mm it does distort like crazy. You will see it in the 3rd clip. ...

http://www.vimeo.com/23277364
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I think you are mis-representing the lens. It is true that if you do not maintain a parallel plane between the object and the image plane, you will see convergence/divergence of what should be parallel lines, but that is not the fault of the lens. The 7-14 is a remarkable lens.
 
Perspective distortion. You'd see the same thing on a 14mm on a FF as well. Has nothing to do with the lens itself, just the mathematics of compressing that wide an image into what you see.
 
A warning about perspective distortion, its addictive. Once you start finding interesting ways to use it you end up wanting more of it. You thought 11mm was all you needed, and it seemed awesome for a while. But then you got used to it, and found 11mm boring. You need more of it to get the same high. Eventually you will find yourself budgeting in a lot of money to get the widest rectingular lens available, even though the tokina was treating you fine.

Producers will eventually have to host an intervention to tell you 8mm is not an appropriate focal length to shoot an interview. Unless its with one of a clown, with a big ole red rubber nose.
 
MichaelTiemann said:
I think you are mis-representing the lens. It is true that if you do not maintain a parallel plane between the object and the image plane, you will see convergence/divergence of what should be parallel lines, but that is not the fault of the lens. The 7-14 is a remarkable lens.
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I see where you would get that impression. The distortion would indeed look the same at 7mm as it would at 14mm. That was misleading. But as far everything else I stand behind. It is a truly a wonderful lens.
 
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