![]() Canon Speedlite 430EX III-RT $299 Popular Photography At a nice price, this Tokina offers Canon and Nikon APS shooters a great option in an ultra-wide, fast zoom lens. And there was no vignetting at those two focal lengths, either. At 16 and 20mm we found only Imperceptible barrel distortion, a great result for such a wide lens. Now that the focal length has been expanded to 20mm, we like the new version even better. When the previous version of this APS-format lens-the 11–16mm f/2.8-was released in 2008, we gave it a POP Award. Tokina AT-X 11–20mm f/2.8 Pro DX $549 Popular Photography Meanwhile, its highly customizable touchscreen and hard-button controls make operation a joy. Furthermore, it holds on to top honors with an Extremely Low rating up to ISO 1600. The camera doesn’t reach an Unacceptable rating until its top sensitivity of ISO 25,600. ![]() Most impressive is its noise performance. The first Micro Four Thirds camera body to use a sensor greater than 16MP, the GX8’s 20.3 LiveMOS earns an Excellent rating in our lab test up to ISO 800. Panasonic Lumix GX8 $1,198, body only Popular Photography And the maximum subject magnification is 1:4.3 at a very tight focusing distance of 5.75 inches-the closest focusing ultra-wide lens we’ve tested. With a great hand feel and smooth manual focus ring, the lens also provides easy-to-read markings that include a depth-of-field scale for all apertures-almost unheard of these days. In 2015, Fujifilm continued to build out its APS-C lens lineup for its X-series cameras, and this represents the cream of that crop. Fujifilm Fujinon XF 16mm f/1.4 R WR $999 Popular Photography Like some f/1.4 ultra-wides, it foregoes filter threading Canon provides a rear gelatin-filter holder, a nice touch for this 4.25 inch-wide diameter. By 18mm distortion was in the Imperceptible range-our top designation. It produced Visible-range barrel distortion at 11mm, but considering the lens is nearly a fisheye, that’s acceptable. With six specialty glass elements and three coatings for flare and glare control, it edged out its closest rival, the Sigma 12–24mm, with Excellent-range SQF scores at all focal lengths. ![]() This is the widest-angle non-fisheye full-frame zoom in current production, and it aced every test we threw at it. ![]() Canon EF 11–24mm f/4L USM $2,999 Popular Photography
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