Tokina dilemma

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I have at present a Tokina 12-24 on a Nikon D90 with which I mostly shoot landscapes here stevedraper.zenfolio.com However I also use this in my business to shoot indoor photos of furniture here stevedraper.biz
I am thinking of buying the Tokina 11-16 f2.8 and selling the 12-24 f4. Main reason being its faster so will give me better indoor shots?
This may cost me a couple of hundred if I upgrade so would it be worth it?
 
most interiors, aren't you on a tripod and at higher apertures anyway?......
 
Hi Dave,
So I should stick with what I have you think.I have been shooting handheld on my interior shots so far, I probably need an interior shot tutorial!
It can be hard in a confined space to use a tripod sometimes.
 
speedygonzales said:
I have at present a Tokina 12-24 on a Nikon D90 with which I mostly shoot landscapes here stevedraper.zenfolio.com However I also use this in my business to shoot indoor photos of furniture here stevedraper.biz
I am thinking of buying the Tokina 11-16 f2.8 and selling the 12-24 f4. Main reason being its faster so will give me better indoor shots?
This may cost me a couple of hundred if I upgrade so would it be worth it?
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In my opinion, a wide angle end don't really need that really fast aperture. Although if some one is kind enough to give me their 14-24 f2.8, I would happily accept it. I personally own a 18-35 f3.5-4.5 and a full frame camera. And I think its good enough for indoors. If u want to upgrade, u should really upgrade. Take it up a notch. Go for the sigma 8-16mm :D
 
Unless 12mm is not wide enough, f/2.8 will only bring too shallow DOF to the party. I'd think f/8 - ish would be preferable for these shots. You can choose between using tripod or speedlites, or better both.
 
You would probably be better with a Nikon 10-24mm, not as good optically as the Tokina but will give you 109 degree FOV compared to the 99 degree FOV of the Tokina 12-24.

This is quite a bit off difference and would probably give you enough room to use a tripod.

Using a tripod and shooting at f8 will give you much much better results than shooting at wide aperture hand held.
 
Why do people keep saying that you need a narrow aperture on an UWA? If you're shooting at 11mm with an aperture of f/2.8 then you can set the focus to 2m and your DoF will be from 1m to 17m - which should be enough for most interiors, I'd have thought.
 
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