Is the Canon 10-22 really that bad for video?

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Mavoz

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Hi,
Have been searching all manner of forums/reviews lately with many commenting that the Tokina 11-16 is a better choice for video.

However I'd really prefer the extra range of the 10-22...

Is the lack of 2.8 and fixed aperture really that big of an issue?

Can't the ISO capabilities of the 60D compensate when indoors? (provides extra depth of field too)


(I have a Tamrom 28-75 2.8 and can potentially avoid buying the EFS 17-55 lens and wait for a more future proof rumoured 24-70 2.8 L II)

http://www.canonrumors.com/page/3/
 
At the moment I own both the tokina and the 10-22 canon

Is the Canon 10-22 really that bad for video?
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no it's fine. More often than not when shooting video you are at f4 anyway or your talent will drift out of focus when doing close ups
so switching to wide at the same f-stop can be covered by the canon 10-22. Also the canon 10-22 can shoot 10mm - 17mm at f4 and 10-13mm at f3.5

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I also have been testing the perspective distortion between the two lenses and can see no large difference that would favor one lens over the other
tests is here
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?229500
 
Thanks for the quick reply...I think the benefits of the extra range out weighs the aperture benefits for me...

by the sounds of it quality wise they are pretty similar
 
I forgot to post this on my other thread but it is something I was checking out the other day and way better than the CA test I did at the end of my thread
LINK
 
I remember that someone actually said the Canon 10-22mm has less aliasing than the Tokina.

I have the Tokina and it's a good lens, but when shot at 11mm and with any type of deeper focus, it aliases really badly. 1080 is OK, but 720 is completely un-useable. So that is something to think about. Hopefully, the next gen Canon will solve that problem.
 
One reason you need 2.8 is because lenses look crappier when they're wide open. So a 2.8 lens STOPPED DOWN to f4 will look better than that same lens wide open with a maximum aperture at f4.
 
Thomas Lew said:
One reason you need 2.8 is because lenses look crappier when they're wide open. So a 2.8 lens STOPPED DOWN to f4 will look better than that same lens wide open with a maximum aperture at f4.
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In many cases this is true but if you look at my link in post 4 of this thread it shows (my opinion anyway) that this is not necessarily the case with the 10-22 vs 11-16,
as the canon seems to hold its own and in terms of CA it often beats the tokina. (eg 12mm f4). However there is a vignette trade off.
 
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