lenses...starting from scratch.

the reviews of the tokina 12-24mm are much better even though it is f4- I'd have to recommend also the 17-40mm canon - it's about the cheapest L lens even though it too is f4 - then for the money the f1.8 50mm can be purchased for a song - always remember to multiply by 1.6 to know the effective 35mm focal length - the kit lens will probably be nice to put on an old elan 7 shooting film - still the greatest and cheapest full frame canon , but for video work , well who knows ! the truth is at 2mps , any canon lens will be ok , including third party lenses
 
looking between the canon 17-55mm 2.8 ISm Tamron 17-50mm 2.8 VC or the Tokina 11-16mm 2.8 as far as all around lens for video. would the tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 seem to be the best combination of a fixed 2.8 aperture and 11mm max wide for a 1.6x crop factor? also the canon and tamron offer image stabilization(or Vibration Compensation for the Tamron) so that would benefit in doing handheld work as well as a longer reach but would be sacrificing on the wide end. also there's the sigma 10-20mm fixed 3.5... your thoughts? thanks.

tokina 11-16mm f2.8
sigma 10-20mm f3.5
canon 17-55mm f2.8
tamron 17-50mm 2.8
 
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If you cam find a Tokina 11-16/2.8 for canon don't think twice or you'll destroy yourself later. I rock the 11-16 on nikon mount on several different cameras including the RED and it's a damned steal. IMO it's a must have.

I'm considering shelling for a canon mount as well for ease of use with the aperture. The lens features no aperture ring I'm either flavor.
 
thanks kholi! think i'm sold on the tokina 11-16mm f2.8...will look to pick up possibly one of the other zooms some time later.
 
Kholi said:
If you cam find a Tokina 11-16/2.8 for canon don't think twice or you'll destroy yourself later. I rock the 11-16 on nikon mount on several different cameras including the RED and it's a damned steal. IMO it's a must have.quote]


Thanks for the tip...did some looking and research..spent my pennies on the tokina 11-16mm.

I only have my old 300d to check it on at the mo, but it is lovely.



regarding a decent low light setup............

I also bought one of those nikon to eos auto confirm adapters for my 50mm 1.4

I reckon i need a fast 20,24 or 28mm ..i was looking at a sigma 1.8(is this a fair compromise on price cos i cant afford the crazy price of a 24mm 1.4)

thoughts anyone?
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