Tokina 11-16 & Canon 24-105L: Good combo on crop body?

[lolage]

Hi, at the minute I have the Tokina which I love and the Sigma 17-50 2.8. While optically the Sigma is great, and great for photos I just don't get on with the lens for video. The manual focus ring is far too short making it hard to focus.

The guys at Digital Rev shoot all their vids using the 24-105L but they use a full frame - I'll be using a 600D.

I'll be mostly shooting extreme sports atm (power kiting, mountain biking etc) so am just wondering if I would struggle not having a lens in the 17-23 range? Makes me kind of wish I had the canon wide angle, but don't really want to get rid of the Tokina.

Your thoughts please?

 

[specialman]

On crop I'd imagine the tokina combined with the 24-105 would be a very, very useful set-up, especially at that wide end for getting right in the action when shooting sport. Whethjer the handling of the Tokina works for video, I don't own one so can't comment on it other than to say it it's very similar to the 12-24 in dimensions so handles great. The clutch mechanism to switch between Af and MF is excellent.

Personally I think you'll find that those few millimetres focal range loss between lenses won't be anything you won't be able to do with a few footsteps. If the set-up feels right that would be a trade-off I would happily accept.

I shoot with a 14mm Sigma and then the 17-55mm and 70-200mm on DX, so there are plenty of gaps in the focal length range. I've forgotten they exist TBH and just get on with framing up with the kit I have and not the kit that doesn't yet exist....

 

[lolage]

On crop I'd imagine the tokina combined with the 24-105 would be a very, very useful set-up, especially at that wide end for getting right in the action when shooting sport. Whethjer the handling of the Tokina works for video, I don't own one so can't comment on it other than to say it it's very similar to the 12-24 in dimensions so handles great. The clutch mechanism to switch between Af and MF is excellent.

Personally I think you'll find that those few millimetres focal range loss between lenses won't be anything you won't be able to do with a few footsteps. If the set-up feels right that would be a trade-off I would happily accept.

I shoot with a 14mm Sigma and then the 17-55mm and 70-200mm on DX, so there are plenty of gaps in the focal length range. I've forgotten they exist TBH and just get on with framing up with the kit I have and not the kit that doesn't yet exist....

Cool, and regarding the Tokina I know it performs well with video so was just concerned with 24-105 really, thanks for clearing that up though!