Sony E Lenses – A Complete List Of Every Sony Lens

This is a list of all the full-frame E-Mount lenses available for Sony full-frame cameras. It’s gotten rather massive over the years so I’ve included a nice table of contents to help guide you.

All of the lenses in this list work on the A7, A7r, A7s, and A9 series of cameras. They will also work perfectly on Sony APS-C cameras as well.

If you want to see specific APS-C lenses, check out the list of Sony APS-C lenses.

There are so many lenses now that I’ve ordered them alphabetically by country of origin, except I put China last since there are so many Chinese lens companies now that it deserves its own category.

Sony Full Frame E-Mount Lens List

This is a list of Sony lenses built and designed by Sony, or Sony lenses using Zeiss coatings and designs. All lenses in this list have electronic aperture controls and autofocus.

The Sony GM lenses are considered their best lenses, similar to Canon L lenses. 

Sony Prime Lenses

This is a list of all the Sony prime lenses designed and built by Sony, or Sony lenses that use Zeiss designs.

The Zeiss lenses are labeled ZA and have a T* coating. Sony lenses aren’t bad and they’re getting better, but the GM lenses or the Zeiss lenses are the way to go if you’re looking for the best from Sony.

Sony Zoom Lenses

The list of Sony zoom lenses is getting quite massive now. In terms of quality, Zeiss was leading for a while but Sony has been putting out some really good GM lenses that are very high quality. Usually, the Sony GM lenses are better than the Zeiss lenses in terms of features that they offer but they are often bigger and more expensive.

Sony Cine Lenses

Sony has been busy developing a new line of Cine lenses. I’ll list what they’ve made so far and update as I find more information. So far there is just the 16-35mm T3.1 with two more lenses coming. If I had to guess I would say will complete the trinity.

Sony Lens Codes

If you’re wondering what all those numbers and letters on Sony lenses mean, here is a quick guide to Sony lens codes.

OSS – Optical Steady Shot. Or IS if you’re a Canon user.

T* – This is the code for Zeiss’ unmatched multi-layer lens coating. Often referred to as T coating. If you’re a Canon shooter this would be like their L lenses.

ZA – Mean Zeiss Alpha. Lenses by Zeiss for the Alpha cameras. Or E-Mount cameras.

G – This is the code by Sony to distinguish top quality in their lenses. Like the Zeiss T* or the Canon L. It basically means it’s good.

FE – Full Frame E mount

American Third-Party Lenses

There are not many lenses designed in America but Lensbaby continues to maintain relevance with their very unique approach to lens design.

Lensbaby Lenses

Lensbaby is one of the very few American companies that make lenses.

They have a few fun Sony FE lenses. While you won’t get anything optically spectacular with these lenses in terms of IQ, that’s not the point, these lenses are simply fun to use and they create some very unique effects.

The Velvet and Twist lenses work on their own. For the Edge and Sweet lenses, you’ll need to mount them to a Composer Pro or Composer Pro II. If you already have one of these, you can Check Price just the optics.

German Third-Party Lenses

There aren’t too many lens companies from Germany anymore. For the Sony E mount, Meyer Optic Gorlitz is still around and while Voigtlander is technically owned by the Japanese, I’ll throw them in this category since they come from a German heritage.

Meyer Optic Gorlitz

Meyer Optic is a German company that makes some very high-quality lenses that are often funded by Kickstarter.

They went bankrupt for a while then someone else bought them and now they are back in business.

Voigtlander / Cosina E-Mount Primes

Voigtlander also makes several lenses for the Leica M-mount. However, most of their good stuff is now available for the E-Mount and the lenses have been engineered to work with digital sensors.

Here is the list of the native Sony Voigtlander lenses.

Zeiss AF & MF Lenses

This is a list of Zeiss lenses for Sony. I’ve broken the list up between Autofocus and Manual focus lenses.

The Batis lenses are legendary and are some of the best lenses you can buy for the Sony E-Mount.

These are lenses built and designed by Zeiss specifically for Sony E-Mount cameras. The T* is considered a Zeiss premium lens coating.

The Zeiss manual focus lenses are built like tanks and the Zeiss 50mm Loxia is considered one of the sharpest lenses out there of the lenses for the Sony Full Frame E-Mount.

Japanese Third-Party Lenses

There are a few nice companies in Japan going strong with some great lens design. Sigma is one of the big brands that just about everyone has heard of. And of course, Japan owns the digital imaging market with some of the best technology in the world for optics and design.

Sigma Lenses

The list of Sigma lenses for Sony E-Mount has grown into a really nice lineup.

Sigma lenses are considered to be really good in quality and can often be purchased at a very competitive price. They have a pretty hardcore following and a lot of people really love their rendering. 

Sigma Mirrorless Lenses

I’ve added the Sigma mirrorless lenses to their own section now that Sigma is updating their designs. All the other Sigma lenses were DSLR designs that have been adapted for the mirrorless mount. But now that mirrorless cameras are mainstream it seems Sigma is shifting over their designs to take advantage of that shorter flange distance that you get with mirrorless cameras. This should give us smaller lenses with some possible optical improvements.

Right now they’ve just made their lenses for the Leica / Panasonic L mount and the Sony Mount. It makes sense as those two mounts are very similar in size so it’s probably less work to adapt them to each system.

Sigma Cine Lenses

Sigma also has a nice line of full-frame Cine lenses. Also available in the PL and Canon EF mounts. So if you wanted you could rent or buy the Canon or PL mount versions so they could be adapted to any mirrorless camera like the Panasonic, Nikon Z or Canon R.

Tamron Lenses

The Tamron trinity of lenses are some of the best, but it’s not yet complete for Sony E-mount cameras. Right now we have the 28-75mm which is fantastic. There were a few firmware issues with the initial launch so make sure you upgrade the firmware of the lens when you get it.

Tokina Lenses For Sony

Tokina is a Japanese company that has produced several prime lenses for the Sony full-frame E-mount system. The Firin 20mm f2 is a fairly new non-cinema lens that’s been turning heads. It’s an all-metal lens with a brushed finish. There is also an autofocus version of the Firin available.

Some of Tokina lenses share the optical designs of some Viltrox lenses but the build quality is different. Tonika uses their own proprietary lens coatings and autofocus systems.

Tokina Cine Lenses

The list of Tokina cine lenses for Sony is looking really good with a nice range from 35mm to 100mm with a nice ultra-wide zoom as well.

These are initially PL or Canon EF lenses that have just been adapted to the Sony E-Mount with an extension, so it might be better to pick up a PL or E-Mount variant so they can be adapted to any mirrorless camera in the future.

Yasuhara Lenses

There is a new full manual lens coming from Yasuhara called the Anthy35. I’ve been testing this and it’s actually quite nice. Keep an eye out for this one.

Korean Third-Party Lenses

The Korean company Samyang makes a few lenses under different brands. Samyang and Rokinon are the popular brands we’re used to seeing.

Samyang / Rokinon Lenses

The list of Samyang and Rokinon lenses has gotten quite massive. There are a lot of older lenses on this list which aren’t as good as what they’ve been recently putting out. 

The new AF lenses are quite nice and the company has come a long way in the last 10 years. I actually really like the Samyang manual focus lenses for APS-C cameras. They have an absolutely incredible output for what you pay.

Auto Focus

These are the Samyang / Rokinon Autofocus Sony full-frame lenses. Samyang is also updating the quality of these lenses in a line they call Premium MF. Those should be available someday.

Some of the lenses here are really nice alternatives to some of the other lenses out there. For example, the Samyang 35mm f2.8 is a better buy over the Zeiss 35mm f2.8. I’ve shot with the Zeiss 35mm f2.8 since day one, and feel the Samyang is much more practical.

That’s what you get with Samyang, fast, cheap lenses that do the job. If you want to get the feel of a certain focal length without breaking the bank, Samyang lenses are great. 

 

Full Manual

For the last few years, Samyang has been upgrading the quality and design for the E-Mount lenses, but they are now seeing a lot of competition from Chinese companies like Venus Laowa who are building some very competitive lenses at a great price.

Rokinon has recently released a new line of cinema lenses for the Sony E Mount system called XEEN. These will go great with the Sony A7r II since it can shoot 4k internal, full-frame or APS-C super 35mm crop.

All XEEN lenses have an 11-blade diaphragm and a unified 114mm front element to work with standard matte boxes.

These lenses will also 6k ready, although the idea of lenses being “ready” for a certain resolution is just marketing nonsense.

List of Samyang Cine Lenses For the RF Mount

Samyang has released a series of Cine lenses for the RF mount. They are DSLR design lenses with fused on RF adapters.

Russian Third-Party Lenses

The shortlist of available Russian lenses for the Sony E-Mount.

Zenit Lenses

Zenit as an FE 50mm f0.95. It’s supposedly not a rebranded Mitakon lens but has an improved lens barrel and is designed by Bogdankov.

Swiss Third-Party Lenses

Irix Lenses

Irix has a set of Swiss designed Cine lenses that use Japanese optics.

List of Irix Cine lenses for the Sony E system.

UK Third-Party Lenses

Reflex was founded by photographer Laurence Von Thomas. Today they’re bringing back analog film cameras and they’ve developed a few lenses to go along with it that will also be available in various mounts including the Sony E-Mount.

Reflex Lenses

Reflex has announced some new lenses for the Sony E mount. They’ll also be available for Canon and Nikon, probably Panasonic down the line too. Like the Rokinon / Samyang lenses, the Reflex lenses are basically DSLR lenses with built-in adapter tubes. 

Chinese Third Party Lenses

The list of Chinese lenses for Sony is getting huge now so I’ve had to put them in their own category. Some are actually good, some are just only ok. 

7Artisans Lenses

7Artisans makes some very low budget lenses for full-frame Sony mirrorless cameras. While their lenses usually have poor build quality, they often produce a ton of character with some decent overall image quality.

TTAritsans Lenses

Not sure what the TTArtisans is about but they are releasing a few lenses now.

Brightin Star

The Chinese company Brightin Star is now making mirrorless lenses for the Sony FE E-Mount, starting with the 55mm f1.8 lens. At $99 dollars it looks like it could be a lot of fun, especially with that 12 blade aperture. I’ve reviewed many cheap lenses like this and usually, they are worth the price if you’re just looking to mess around with a manual lens. Often only real flaws are the corner performance and inner element light scattering in bright conditions which causes a loss of clarity and contrast.

Kamlan 55mm f1.2

Kamlan has a 55mm f1.2 that is for the full-frame E-mount. It’s still a little difficult to find.

Kipon Primes For Sony E-Mount

Formerly sold as Handevision which was a German-Chinese joint venture. Designed with German precision, build in China.

These lenses are made with high-quality anodized aluminum, brass and stainless steel. I personally love these lenses, especially on my Sony A7r III. They are lightweight manual lenses with very good optics that are just about perfect for street photography.

Meike FE Lenses

Mitakon Zhongyi

This is one of the more interesting Chinese lens companies and is known for its crazy fast lenses. They also make some amazing Sony APS-C lenses.

They have three versions so the 50mm Speedmaster lens, it was updated in 2016 then again in 2019 and it gets a little better each time.

Update: Mitakon 50mm f0.95 Speedmaster III is on the way. If you were considering grabbing this lens it might be worth your while to wait. Mitakons lens updates usually offer some really nice build improvements.

NiSi Lenses For Canon

NiSi, a popular company known for its ND and UV filters has started making non-cine for the various mirrorless cameras.

NiSi F3 Cinema Lenses For Sony E-Mount

Nisi is a Chinese company that has made filters and accessories for lenses since 2005. They are now making cinema lenses for the Sony E-Mount. These lenses have excellent chromatic aberration control. They are all the same length of 11.7cm and all weight just under 3 pounds.

In terms of character, they aren’t overcorrected for flaring like many modern photography lenses, so you can get artistic effects with them when shooting into lights.

You can Check Price them at NiSi Filters.

Opteka

Opteka is actually owned by Samyang. Like Viltrox, Opteka also makes a lot of camera accessories. Their handheld camera mounts are fairly popular and they also make a decent shutter remote for Sony cameras. Now they’re making some lenses.

Oshiro Lenses

Although Oshiro is a Japanese company, the lenses are all made in China so I put them in the Chinese company section.

Some of these Oshiro lenses aren’t actually made for E-Mount but they ship with an all-metal mount. Honestly, you’re probably better off buying vintage M42 mount lenses and adapting them. But these are cheap enough that they could be a fun experiment. I just don’t know enough about Oshiro to have any opinion on them.

Shoten E Mount Lenses

Shoten has just released a new update to its Speedmaster 50mm f0.95 lens. Shoten like SLR Magic and Mitakon are using lenses made by ZY Optics. They are all essentially using the same lenses but tuned or designed slightly different for different markets. For example, the SLR Magic lenses are mostly Mitakon lenses but with gearing for cinema shooters.

Originally these lenses coming out of ZY Optics were terrible and I wrote an article about it, but as they’ve learned new techniques and acquired new lens designers, their lenses have improved significantly over the years.

ZY optics does something interesting with these ultra-fast lenses by using several Ultra High Refractive elements. This polymer (plastic) has a different index of refraction than glass and allows them to ‘simulate’ these super fast apertures with a lens that is much smaller and lighter. 

If you are ever wondering why these lenses are smaller and cheaper than what Nikon offers at f0.95, and why these lenses work so well on the smaller E-Mount, this is why. Ultra-high refractive elements, usually up to four of them. The tech is cool and interesting, especially since nobody else is doing this right now.

Note: Some of this is my speculation based on what I know from talking to some insiders in the Chinese lens designing scene coming out of Shenzhen.

SLR Magic Cinema Lenses

SLR Magic is a Hong Kong company has been around a few years now. They’ve taken an interesting approach to lens design by targeting the low budget indie filmmakers and are known for their Anamorphic lenses and adapters.

They now make some Sony E-Mount cinema lenses with some nice controls and specs. If you’re looking for low budget cinema lenses, SLR Magic is probably your best option.

SLR Magic lenses seem to have severe decentered issues and it might be hard to get a good copy of the older versions, so try to always find the latest update to any of the lenses you’re considering.

They also have some MicroPrime cine lenses that are all weight about the same so you won’t have to rebalance your rig every time you change lenses.

Venus Laowa Optics

Laowa has a full set of full frame lenses for the Sony E mount now.

Viltrox

Viltrox makes a lot of camera gear and accessories. Now they’re making lenses, including some for Sony full-frame cameras.

Yongnuo FE Lenses

The Tongnuo 35mm f2.0 is an autofocus lens.

Sony E-Mount Adapters

There are too many full-frame 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 of 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 FE Lens List | Conclusions

When I started this list years ago there were hardly any choices, now there are almost too many lenses to list.

I try to list everything I find that is easy to buy. There are some lenses out there that cannot be bought through major retailers so I don’t bother listing them.

Don’t forget to check out the Sony APS-C Lens List. There are some great options there for APS-C cameras and the list continues to grow.