![]() Finally, if you’d like the smallest shooting combo, consider the Sony E 20mm f2.8 or Sony E 16mm f2.8. There’s also the Sigma 100-400mm DG DN to consider. Telephoto shooters on a higher budget should weigh-up the Sony E 70-350mm and Sony FE 70-300mm, with the former giving more reach but the latter working with full-frame if you upgrade in the future see my Sony E 70-350mm review for more details. If you’re into vlogging or ultra-wide angle photography, the Sony E 10-18mm is a great choice, or perhaps the Sigma 16mm f1.4 DC DN if you’re fond of 24mm equivalent coverage with a bright aperture, and if you want to get close to distant subjects without breaking the bank, then the Sony E 55-210mm is a good option. ![]() If you favour a 50mm equivalent, then also consider the Sigma 30mm f1.4 DC DN or Sony E 35mm f1.8 OSS. If you prefer general-purpose shooting at 35mm equivalent, I’m very fond of the Sony E 24mm f1.8 ZA which boasts a bright aperture and close-focusing. If you’d like to shoot portraits with a blurred background, go for the Sony E 50mm f1.8 OSS which also sports optical stabilisation or the Sigma 56mm f1.4 DC DN which may lack stabilisation but delivered better results in my tests. See my Sony E 18-135mm review, Sony E 16-55mm f.8 review and Sigma 18-50mm f2.8 DC DN review for more details. If you’re willing to trade range for brightness, then there’s three main options with constant f2.8 apertures: the Sony E 16-55mm f2.8 is a great option for those on a bigger budget, but at a lower cost there’s also the Sigma 18-50mm f2.8 DC DN and the Tamron 17-70mm f2.8, the latter the largest of the three but including optical stabilisation. If you own a cropped / APSC sensor body like the A6000 series, the best general-purpose lens is the Sony E 18-135mm, which represents a decent step-up in quality and range over the basic E 16-50mm kit zoom. Recommended Sony lenses for cropped APSC bodies Phew, enough of the specs and now on to my recommendations the text links in the next section take you to B&H to check prices, while links to my full reviews and sample galleries are lower on the page. Meanwhile, lenses labeled PZ have a Power Zoom for smooth motorized zooming while filming, while those with OSS refer to Optical SteadyShot stabilisation. Models involving a partnership with Zeiss are labeled ZA, and are generally pitched between Sony’s own G and GM lenses in quality. ![]() Within each series, Sony indicates its superior models by the letter G and names its flagship mirrorless lenses G Master or GM for short. Sony’s A-mount lenses have SAL in their product codes, but models additionally labeled with DT are designed for bodies with cropped / APSC sensors.Īs a general rule, if you have a full-frame Sony mirrorless camera, you should buy FE lenses, and if you have a cropped-frame Sony mirrorless camera, you can use either FE or E lenses choosing FE will give you the option to use them on full-frame bodies if you upgrade in the future, but E models will be smaller, lighter and cheaper. Sony’s mirrorless lenses corrected for use on full-frame bodies like the A7 and A9 series, are labeled FE and have no reduction in their field-of-view when shooting in full-frame modes these also work on cropped bodies or in cropped modes, albeit again with a 1.5x field-reduction. Note older NEX bodies also employ cropped APSC sensors, but may not have the firmware to correct distortion on some of the latest lenses they’ll still work, but you may see more distortion that you would on an A6000 series body. While Sony’s mirrorless lens mount is generically-known as the E-mount, the single letter E on a model name specifically refers to lenses that are only corrected for cameras with cropped APSC sensors, like the A6000 series, or full-frame bodies running in cropped / Super-35 modes in either case, the crop reduces the field-of-view by 1.5 times, so a 50mm becomes equivalent to 75mm. Older A-mount lenses can also work on E-mount mirrorless cameras using a Sony adapter, but for the best performance and greatest compatibility on mirrorless bodies, I’d recommend using native E-mount lenses when possible. Sony has two lens systems, one designed for its E-mount mirrorless cameras and the other for its older A-mount DSLR and SLT cameras. So if you’re looking for a Sony lens, you’ve come to the right place! Welcome to my Buyer’s Guide for Sony lenses! I’ll start with a quick guide to their ranges and what to look out for, followed by my personal suggestions for building a system, and finally a list of all the models I’ve reviewed or tested and can recommend.
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