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Sony FE lenses: A comprehensive and independent guide

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Choose the right lens for your Alpha with the help of our independent knowledge based on in-depth reviews.

We are a team of four photographers who all use the FE system and this blog is focused on lens reviews. So we have an in-depth knowledge of these lenses because we use them but also because we have reviewed most of them in detail. We are also independent from any lens manufacturer and when you check our reviews you will see that we do not hesitate to name any shortcomings of a lens.

In this article we only list lenses which have electronic contacts to communicate aperture and focal length to the camera. There are also quite a few lenses which have an E-mount but no electronic contacts. Most of these are SLR-lenses with a modified mount and  we decided against covering these because we think that most of them are not very attractive lenses. We do however cover the Laowa 2/15 and Mitakon 0.95/50 because those are attractive lenses for some photographers.

All native full frame lenses for the Sony FE mount (as of August 2017)

  • Voigtländer Heliar Hyper Wide 10mm f/5.6 (manual focus)
  • Sony G 12-24mm F4
  • Voigtländer Heliar Ultra Wide 12mm f/5.6 (manual focus)
  • Samyang AF 14mm F2.8
  • Voigtländer Heliar Super Wide 15mm f/4.5 (manual focus)
  • Sony FE 16-35mm F2.8 GM
  • Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 16-35 mm F4 ZA OSS
  • Zeiss Bastis 18mm F2.8
  • Tokina Firin 20mm f/2 (manual focus)
  • Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2.8 (manual focus)
  • Sony FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM
  • Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70 mm F4 ZA OSS
  • Sony FE 24-240 mm F3.5-6.3 OSS
  • Zeiss Batis Distagon T* 25 mm F2
  • Sony FE 28 mm F2
  • Sony FE 28-70 mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
  • Sony FE 28-135 F4 G OSS
  • Sony Distagon T* FE 35 mm F1.4 ZA
  • Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 (manual focus)
  • Sony Sonnar T* FE 35 mm F2.8 ZA
  • Samyang/Rokinon FE 35mm F2.8
  • Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA
  • Samyang/Rokinon FE 50/1.4
  • Sony FE 50mm f/1.8
  • Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2 (manual focus)
  • Sony FE 50mm f/2.8 Macro
  • Sony Sonnar T* FE 55 mm F1.8 ZA
  • Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS
  • Sony FE 70-200mm F4 G OSS
  • Sony FE 70-300mm F4.5-5.6 G OSS
  • Sony FE 85mm F1.4 GM
  • Sony FE 85mm F1.8
  • Zeiss Batis Sonnar T* 85 mm F1.8 OSS
  • Zeiss Loxia 85mm f/2.4 (manual focus)
  • Sony FE Macro 90 mm F2.8 G OSS
  • Sony FE 100mm F2.8 STF GM OSS
  • Zeiss Batis Sonnar T* 135 mm F2.8 OSS
  • Sony FE 100-400mm f/4-5-5.6 GM OSS

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Adapters for Manual Lenses on the Sony a7 series: The Guide

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There are many good reasons to adapt manual lenses to the Sony A7 series cameras. To do so you need an adapter and this article will help you to choose the right one.

We are three guys from Germany who have adapted manual lenses for many years now. By using several dozen adapters over the years we have learned the hard way, that not all adapters are created equal. We hope that the money we spent on bad adapters will help you to avoid annoying miss-buys we experienced.

In the following two parts we tell you why you need an adapter in the first place, and which issues can arise with adapters. If all you need is the right adapter for your lens you can simply jump to Adapter Manufacturers].

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