alternative to tokina 11-16 f2.8

[gethin]

I'm just finding this lens a bit soft on my d5300.  Its also got quite a lot of barrel distortion at the wide end.  

[Cinegain]

Here are some alternatives: http://lenshero.com/lenses/nikon-d5300-zoom-wide-12mm-lens-less-than-950 . Find reviews on the web and examples on Flickr, Vimeo and YouTube.

Personally actually think the Tokina does a pretty decent job (recently they've added a new 11-20mm f/2.8 http://photorumors.com/2014/12/24/tokina-at-x-11-20mm-f2-8-pro-dx-lens-officially-announced/ and a 11-16mm VDSLR lens: http://photorumors.com/2015/02/03/tokina-also-introduced-a-at-x-116-pro-dx-v-lens-with-an-interlocking-follow-focus/ , not sure how they hold up though, but according that last link: 'razor sharp images are achieved through the inclusion of a new aspherical lens and super-low dispersion glass') and I'm not sure if any of these other lenses will have less distortion. It's hard not to at these kind of focal lengths you know.

[gethin]

thanks

yup I know.  I used the canon 10-22 for years, that was a pretty distortion-free bit of glass.  Not sure how sharp it would be now though for video use (and I'd need to get a a7s or gh4)

I've looked at all of those, the best in terms of distortion are also the slowest.  Ho Hum.  Will wait for some of the new tokina reviews to happen