Super Wide lenses for video

[Garrett Gibbons]

My 2 cents:

There is a beautiful and unique quality to 11mm on a APS-C sensor (or ~18 on a full-frame). While not advisable for close-ups and glamor shots, it gives you a very dramatic look that is excellent for particular applications. Vanishing points, field of view, and of course depth of field are all enormously different on the Tokina 11-16 at 11mm than you would find on the wide end of the Canon 17-40 or 18-55.

See some examples of the 11mm at a wedding here.

Here’s a music video I shot that heavily uses the Tokina 12-24mm at 12mm.

As always, if you’re thinking about lenses, just pay $50 for a rental on borrowlenses.com or lensrentals.com. Definitely worth it!

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