Battle of the WIDES! Canon 10-18 vs Tokina 11-16 vs Canon 10-22

Canon 10-18 f/4.5-5.6 IS STM

Pros of the 10-18

• small, lightweight(weighs less than the kit lens) and cheap, $299!
• Great quality- seriously impressed with how well it handles chromatic aberration (better than the others) and is sharp (though the differences between all is very slight)
• Image stabilization for handholding seriously low shutter speeds
• STM - absolutely smooth and silent video and full time manual focus* - half press of shutter required for manually turning the ring to have any effect.  If live view is on focus ring is always active.
• Close focus abilities - almost macro like!

Cons of the 10-18

• Slow (small maximum aperture) f/4.5 at 10mm and as soon as you zoom you hit f/5 and then f/5.6 shortly before 18mm
• No distance indicator - very hard to manually focus in low light (bad for starry sky photos)

Tokia 11-16 f/2.8 DX II

Pros of the Tokina 11-16 f/2.8 DX II

• Constant f/2.8
• Built like a tank and includes a lens hood
• Distance indicator
• Will mount on a full frame camera!

Cons of the Tokina 11-16 f/2.8 DX II

• Chromatic aberration very noticeable at wide apertures.
• Vingetting also present at wide apertures - also present in other lenses but not quite to the same degree gone by f/5.6
• I am not a fan of the big ring pull switch for AF/MF.
• 77mm filter size - getting expensive

Canon 10-22 USM f/3.5-4.5

Pros of the Canon 10-22 USM

• Big range for wide angle lens.
• USM with full time manual focus
• Distance indicator
• Good build quality

Cons of the Canon 10-22 USM

• What does it offer that the Canon and Tokina doesn’t?

Sigma 8-16 f/4.5-5.6 HSM (not reviewed in this video)

Pros

• Extremely wide with 8mm
• HSM for smooth and fast focus

Cons

• Expensive
• No filters - lens bulges like fisheye