i need help with a question about lenses and adapters

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ok I'm trying to buy a tokina 11mm-16mm lens but its for a nikon, i own a fotodiox pro adapter which lets me connect nikon lenses to my canon i just want to make sure if it will work for my t3i before i buy it i don't care about AF i just want it to work. i know theres always small quality lost when using adapters but if theres something bigger that you guys know of let me know plz
 
There's no quality loss what-so-ever, you just won't have aperture control. You'll be stuck wide open at f2.8 only. The pro adaptors only give infinity focus confirmation and have a tiny bit better build quality.

I'd pass and go with the Canon mount Tokina. It's a spectacular lens on the T3i and with the crop function you can get perfect moire and alias free images at an equivalent focal length of 53mm should it ever come up unexpectedly.

I think there was a mint used canon mount 11-16 on the www.fredmiranda.com classifieds this morning for $550. Might be worth a look.

Cheers,
Pete
 
ohh i thought the tokina was f/2.8 always no matter what i didn't know it could go higher than that
 
but then again i guess i should get it for 500 since i assumed it was f2.8 only i just thought it wouldn't work since its a 3rd party lens with a nikon mount
 
Michael Carter said:
If it's a Nikon-mount with an aperture ring, you'll have the full range of apertures available.
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The Tokina 11-16 does not have a manual aperture ring.

Honestly, I wouldn't waste the money in this case. Having a lens that can be used only wide open is going to be a pain, and not worth the trouble. While at such a wide focal length there's really no such thing as shallow DOF, it's still going to make a difference.
 
for manual lenses (manual focus, manual aperture ring), it's almost always best to go nikon+adapter
but the nikon version of the tokina doesn't have an aperture ring, just look at the photo: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0014Z5XMK (one ring for focus, one ring for zoom, and that's it: the camera has to control aperture, and a dumb adapter won't allow that)
so I'd rather go for the canon version: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0014Z3XMC
 
Alex and Samuel, you guys are missing it too. There is a newer adaptor that allows you to adjust aperture on Nikon mount auto focus lenses that don't have an external aperture ring. I had seen those for Nikon AF lenses to m4/3rds camera's but this is the first time I'd seen them for Nikon AF lenses to EOS cameras. Pretty clever idea!

Cheers,
Pete
 
yes, I didn't know about it, but I saw your link
very interesting, but at $170 I think I'd still go for the Canon version of this lens (among other reasons, because resale value on this one is pretty good)
 
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