List of Sony FE lenses for full frame cameras

This page gathers all the lenses designed to be used on Sony Full Frame mirrorless cameras, i.e. for the brand’s FE mount. Here you will find all the lenses from Sony, but also from a lot of third-party brands offering lenses suitable for Sony Full Frame cameras. For the majority of third-party brands, lenses are manual focus lenses (except when specified in the article).

In October 2013, Sony decided to release its first Full Frame mirrorless camera, the α7 and α7R (which have since been discontinued). Since then, Sony continues to produce different full frame cameras. In the order of release:

All of these bodies are still produced by Sony.

Of course, nothing prevents you from using Sony FE lenses on an APS-C camera of the brand, like the α6600 (the last one from Sony). However, you should know that there are Sony lenses dedicated to Sony APS-C bodies (Sony’s “E” symbol). They are generally lighter, smaller and cheaper.

As a reminder, you will have to take into account the crop factor, which means that if you use a lens like the Sony 50mm f/1.8 FE on an APS-C body, you get the equivalent of a 75mm field of view.

You can sort the tables on the page according to the characteristics that interest you, such as focal length, stabilization or maximum aperture of the lens.

The range of Sony FE lenses for full frame is quite complete (much more than the Sony APS-C lenses). I wanted to break down all the lenses by focal length, by grouping together:

1. Wide angle (WA) and ultra-wide angle (UWA): focal lengths less than 20mm (UWA) and from 20mm to 35mm (WA),
2. Standard focal lengths: focal lengths from 35mm to 75mm,
3. Telephoto lenses: focal lengths beyond 75mm,
4. Macro lenses: intended for macro photography (there are currently 2 of them at Sony)

For landscape and architecture photography enthusiasts and if you need very wide focal lengths from Sony, you can choose between several ultra-wide angle zooms and a few fixed focal lengths lenses. Please note that the Sony 12-24mm f/2.8 GM and Sony 12-24mm f/4 G do not allow you to use standard screw-in filters. You will need to use a special filter holder system. I need to update my article on this subject, but I detail here the special filter holder systems for the Sony 12-24mm f/4 G.

All of Sony’s standard and trans-standard FE lenses are summarized in the table below. I have included the Sony 50mm f/2.8 Macro which remains a standard focal length lens but also a macro lens (it is recalled in the table on macros).

For those looking for long focal lengths, whether for close-up portraits, to isolate details, for wildlife and/or sports photography, there is a wide range of telephoto lenses available from Sony.

To my knowledge, there are only two lenses dedicated to macro photography from Sony (see table below). However, I invite anyone interested in this field to look at third-party brands. Sigma also offers (with autofocus) the Sigma 70mm f/2.8 DG MACRO Art but especially the brand new Sigma 105mm f/2.8 DG DN MACRO Art which is considered to be better than the famous Sony 90mm f/2.8 Macro G OSS. Sigma hit hard on this one. Tokina also offers a well-known lens (with AF), the Firin 100mm f/2.8 Macro FE.

If you have a smaller budget and don’t mind manual focusing (macro photography is not a field where AF is absolutely necessary), several third-party brands (discussed below) offer macro lenses, such as the: Samyang 100mm f/2.8 ED UMC Macro, the Meike MK-85mm f/2.8 Macro, the 20mm f/2 4.5x Super Macro / 85mm f/2.8 1-5x Super Macro (from Zhong Yi), or several well-known lenses from Laowa or Voigtlander. Everything is detailed in the tables below.

Knowing that Sony has been offering for quite some time now the possibility for third-party brands to produce lenses suited for the FE mount, a lot of brands offer lenses for Sony full-frame cameras. Here is a summary of what I found so far. If you find any lenses I didn’t mention (or third-party brands), feel free to leave me a comment at the bottom of the article.

Sigma differentiates two types of lenses for this FE mount. The Sigma DG HSM Art lenses are lenses originally built for DSLR cameras but which have been adapted for the FE mount. Since then, Sigma has decided to produce lenses directly adapted to the Sony full-frame bodies, under the Sigma DG DN acronym. They are lighter and generally smaller than those produced initially for DSLRs (obviously). All Sigma lenses have an Autofocus. As a reminder, “DG” refers to lenses produced for full frame cameras (unlike “DC” for APS-C).

Sigma has also just released a new series, called “I Series”. For the moment, four lenses have just been released under the abbreviation “DG DN I”. These lenses are thus built for full frame cameras. They will be available in January 2021.

Here is the list of Sigma lenses produced initially for DSLRs and adapted for the Sony FE mount.

The lenses below are the lenses proposed by Sigma, directly produced for the FE mount. The recent arrival of the 105mm Macro, an absolute revolution in the world of macro at Sony, at a price even lower than the “best macro so far”, the Sony FE 90 mm F/2.8 Macro G OSS.

Here is the list of Tamron lenses fitted for the Sony FE mount. They all offer an Autofocus and clearly offer some very nice alternatives at a price much lower than Sony lenses.

Zeiss offers a range of lenses suitable for the FE mount from Sony, both with Autofocus and with manual focus. The two tables below summarize all the lenses.

Tokina offers a range of lenses with (and without) Autofocus, listed below.

Samyang offer a range of lenses suitable for Sony’s FE mount. The lenses with autofocus are much newer and offer very good optical quality for a price much lower than Sony. If you’re on a tighter budget, this is clearly a brand to consider!

The Chinese brand 7Artisans offers some manual focus lenses mentioned below.

For macro photography amateurs, Zhong Yi offers very interesting lenses (with manual focus) allowing to go beyond the classic 1:1 reproduction ratio with lenses up to 5:1.

Viltrox offers some manual focus alternatives for the Sony FE mount. But the arrival of the Viltrox AF 85mm f/1.8 FE II has just made a difference, competing directly with the Sony 85mm f/1.8 for a slightly lower price. A nice and interesting alternative according to the first Sony vs Viltrox tests.

Just like Zhong Yi, Laowa offers some very nice alternatives for macro photography at Sony, including the Laowa 24mm f/14 Probe 2X Macro, a macro lens for some crazy shoots!

Voigtlander offers very nice lenses for the FE mount but at quite high prices.