Sony E-Mount Lenses (APS-C) – A Complete List

This is a complete list of all the APS-C lenses for Sony. So if you’re shooting on any of the A6000 series cameras, these are the lenses you want.

List Of Sony E-Mount APS-C Lenses

35mm Equiv represents the perspective of the actual lens related to the traditional 35mm film standard. So when you hear someone refer to a 50mm lens with APS-C, that’s about 35mm because you have to include the 1.5X crop factor of APS-C. 35mm x 1.5 = 52.5mm.

Official Sony APS-C Lenses

This list includes all the lenses available for the Sony E mount that work on the APS-C sensor. Since Full-frame lenses also work on APS-C cameras, I’ve included them in the list, but you can only sort the list to show only APS-C designs.

Sony Lens Codes:  OSS – Optical Steady Shot  /  T* – Zeiss’ unmatched multi-layer lens coating  /  ZA – Lenses by Zeiss for the Alpha cameras  /  G – Sony’s distinguished top quality lens  /  FE – Full Frame E mount

Japanese Third-Party Lenses

Fujifilm Cinema Lenses For Sony

Fujifilm is making Cine lenses for the E-Mount but also for the Fujifilm X-Mount. Fujifilm has been known for its legendary lenses. It’s nice to see them taking a consumer approach to the cine lenses.

These lenses also only cover super 35mm. So you must crop down your full-frame cameras to super 35mm.

Gizmon Lenses

Gizmon, a small company out of southern Japan, has a few interesting pancake lenses.

Sigma APS-C Lenses

One of the best reasons to go with Sony APS-C over any other brand is the access to the Sigma lens brand. These lenses are very inexpensive for the quality you get. Sigma is one of the most popular 3rd party brands with a stellar reputation. You can’t go wrong with a Sigma APS-C lens.

Tamron Sony APS-C Lenses

Tamron is now making lenses for the Sony APS-C system.

Tokina Sony APS-C Lenses

Tokina has been rolling out some nice lenses lately, and it seems they are focusing on APS-C-specific lenses. Here are the lenses by Tokina for APS-C that are coming soon. Keep in mind they already have several full-frame lenses for the E-Mount.

Many great Tokina Full Frame E-Mount lenses will also work for your Super 35mm sensor camera. I’ve posted those on the Full Frame E-Mount list.

Zeiss APS-C Lenses

These are the Zeiss prime lenses for the Sony E-Mount. They are solid and very good, but they are also very expensive.

Korean Third-Party Lenses

Rokinon / Samyang APS-C Lenses

Rokinon also has more lenses available for Sony full-frame, including the new AF lenses. Listed here are the specific APS-C lenses. Check out the full-frame list as well because some of those lenses are of great value and work very well for APS-C.

The Rokinon APS-C lenses are actually very good. They are all manual focus right now, but if you want really high-quality glass at a pretty affordable price and you like manual focus, these will give you the best results.

Chinese Lens Companies

For example, on the FE lens page, I’ve grouped all the Chinese lenses into their group. Some of these lenses are not bad, but people consider them cheap, both in quality and in price.

They’re great if you want a cheap lens to beat up on or want a bit more character.

7Artisans Sony APS-C Lenses

7Artisans makes the cheap APS-C all manual lenses better. There is very little quality control, and build quality can be questionable, but optically, these lenses do perform very well for compact prime lenses.

The 35mm f2 can also work for full-frame cameras.

Brightin Star Sony Lenses

Brightin is a fairly new brand that is coming out of China. I’ve reviewed their 50mm f1.4, and so far, so good. Some of their lenses are designed for full-frame, but since they are such good deals, I’ll list them here because they are also fantastic for APS-C bodies.

Hengyijia / Zonlia E-Mount Lenses

These lenses look pretty similar to 7Artisans. I had them listed with Zonlai before, but since there are a few options under Hengyijia now, I’ll decide to make a new section.

Kamlan Lenses For Sony

Kamlan has made a few nice lenses now, and they continue to improve their designs. The Kamlan 50mm f1.1 II is a very good lens now for the price.

Kipon Primes E-Mount Lenses

These lenses are full-frame lenses, but they work great on Sony APS-C bodies because of their compact size.

They are made with high-quality anodized aluminum, brass, and stainless steel. I think they are great and highly recommend them. 

The Kipon 40mm f0.85 II is known to be the fastest lens in the world that is currently available.

Meike APS-C Lenses For Sony

Meike lenses are even more compact than the 7Artisans lenses. Typically, when you create smaller lenses, you have to compromise some image quality. I would choose 7Artisans lenses over Meike lenses unless you really want small lenses (except the 50mm f0.95). I’ll be getting into the Meiki lens reviews soon.

Mitakon Lenses

Mitakon is one of the more popular Chinese brands because it is known for its speedmasters. The Mitakon 35mm f0.95 Mk II is actually a really good lens. Even though it is made in China, it is made the Japanese way—so they say.

McoPlus Lenses

Neewer Lenses For Sony

Neewer Lenses are extremely popular low-budget prime lenses. I love their light stands and reflectors.

Opteka Lenses For Sony

Opteka is owned by Samyang, but many of its lenses are also made in China. Meike and Opteka lenses seem to share the same build.

Pergear Sony E Lens

Pergear has several lenses and has even started rolling out some full-frame designs. I like their lenses, but many have a classic rendering with very low-element designs and can flare a lot. As far as a classic look from a modern brand, Pergear has some of the best options while also delivering sharpness.

Sirui Anamorphic Lenses

Sirui is a Chinese camera accessories company that has started producing some interesting anamorphic lenses for the APS-C mount.

Anamorphic lenses are wider, so I think the 50mm produces a 56.25mm field of view on APS-C cameras. Since 50mm with the 1.33x turns into 37.5mm, you can hit that with an APS-C crop.

SLR Magic

SLR Magic makes some interesting Cinema lenses for ILC cameras. Optically, these lenses can render very nice; for example, the full-frame 35mm f1.2 SLR Magic lens renders beautifully. Usually, these lenses suffer from corner performance, but if you’re cropping to 16:9, it’s not an issue, and I think they knew that designing them.

I’ve gone through several SLR Magic lenses now and I would say the biggest flaw is the build quality. Sticking focus, decentric issues, stiff focus etc. If you can get a good copy, they are cool lenses. They also pair well with the Anamorphot adapters.

TTArtisan Lenses For Sony

Viltrox Sony Lenses

This lens includes internal focus and a 360-degree focus ring. Autofocus uses a silent stepping motor.

Venus Optics Laowa Lenses For Sony

Venus Laowa has started making some APS-C lenses, and they finally have a few available for Sony APS-C cameras. 

Yongnuo Sony APS-C Lenses

Yongnuo has a new autofocus APS-C lens for the Sony E-Mount. This 50mm has full electronic control of the aperture with full support for autofocus.

Sony E-Mount Adapters

There are too many E-Mount lens adapters to count now; so I’ll start by listing what I’ve used and what others are finding useful.

I love the metabones adapters, but they are a little pricey. For a fraction of the price, the Novoflex adapter works perfectly fine. That’s actually what I’m using right now because my metabones adapter broke, and I just didn’t see any benefit in spending the extra money on a new one.

I also use the Voigtlander for my Leica lenses. It’s a very solid adapter. The close-focus version just means it telescopes slightly.

Sony APS-C Lens List Conclusions

Rumors are Sony will be focusing on some really nice lenses for their Sony APS-C cameras. I’ll continue to find and update this list as we move forward. 

There are also some great Sony Full Frame Lenses that you can buy and use for your APS-C camera.

Lenses like Rokinon 35mm f2.8 or even the Sony 50mm f1.8 are also great lenses that work well on APS-C cameras. So be sure to check out that complete list.

I’ll continue to update this as new lenses are released. Let me know if you’re missing anything.