tokina or tamron...or canon?

[dannyg1255]

Hey everyone.

So I've been looking at the canon 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 lens at work for $750 and was thinking of purchasing it. BUT then i happen to stumble upon the tamron 10-24mm f/3.5-4.6 lens for $400 but i don't know much about tamron.
I also found a Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 for $599 and i know tokina makes good lens.
I have a canon 7d.
Anyone have any recommendations?

 

[dippenz]

i have the 10-24 tamron which i bought to save money instead of buying the 10-22 canon lens. i do love the tamron lens, but the canon lens is far better. i can never get a sharp focus on my tamron. haven't tried the tokina, but i've read that many like tokina in general. if you have the money, go with the 10-22 canon

 

[Chris Watson]

I got to play with the Tokina quite a bit last week and really love it. Here's a rough cut of a hotel spot I did with the Tokina as the primary lens.....

http://vimeo.com/16563346

 

[kwoff]

I got to play with the Tokina quite a bit last week and really love it. Here's a rough cut of a hotel spot I did with the Tokina as the primary lens.....

http://vimeo.com/16563346

Philip Bloom highly recommends the tokina 10-16 in his article "Which Lenses To Buy" on his blog. I have this lens and am very satisfied with it on my T2i.
Kevin