Well under $200 are the 50/1.4 ML and 55/2.8 macro ML (ML indicates multicoating). Which adapter you need depends on the mount of the lens, it came in different mounts. Good lens for landscape and especially astrophotography in case you find a good sample. 24mm is a great wide-angle field of view, and 70mm is perfect for portraits – don’t forget you can also take advantage of ‘crop mode’ available on all the Sony Alpha cameras, allowing you to get another 1.5x reach. Get me your contact information and the next time in Europe I can let you borrow my AIS Nikkor 13mm f/5.6 ultra wide lens. I am always interested in having a look at exotic lenses like the 13mm f/5.6 and would gladly take your offer 🙂 If you were to include Loxia 21mm in the list, would someone choose it? We summarize our experience with all the native E-mount and a few (manual) legacy lenses in the 9-20mm bracket to give you a compact and independent resource for choosing the right super- to ultra-wide-angle lens for your Sony A7 cameras. 385g | $650 | photozone.de review | lenstip.com review, buy from ebay | buy from amazon | B&H | Nikon-G adapters (affiliate links). As I am searching for cheap options ,therefore these two lenses I googled for and found very good considering ‘ bang for bucks’ .But other lens ideas are also welcomed unless pricey. The 15mm in my mind is the safe choice with the relative ease of composing a pic but the possibility of a 10mm excites me too. Not only the colour-casts/vignetting improved with BS sensor, but it was actually sharper WO throughout the frame than my old copy at any aperture. I already think about the filter, samyang 14mm have samyang special filter holder for the lens, you can ebay it and also they use 165 filter systems. I want to have a look how the manually cropped ones differ from inbuilt APSC mode. I think some people expect magic; but it’s optically excellent (I get the impression that for some pairs of copies it’s a bit better, and for some a bit worse, than the superb Sigma) but is easy to use and travel with. Thanks for the reply and for the effort. It is excellent overall, and I’m very pleased with its light weight, not-large size, and its use of 77mm filters. In this summary we also included some adapted lenses we think are worth mentioning. Just letting you know that the link to the 21-35mm guide isn’t working. Very small and lightweight, decently priced. Too bad because on paper it looked like the perfect lens for me. thanks for the kind words and your support! Probably the best are the Raynox DCR-5320PRO, which comes as a 2 diopter 2 element lens, a 3 diopter 3 element lens, and can be stacked to give 5 diopters. Good price/performance ratio. Quite a bit non wavy barrel distortion at the wide end, much less barrel distortion at the 35mm end. All this reviews from older lens is great. And for something you use as little as a fisheye, Samyang build in adequate. ! Build quality is good. The solution is to keep the menu (which returns to where you last left it) with customs settings (page 3 line 3) and go back to that every time you want to switch. and I am considering 2 options for wide lenses: Keep my Tokina 11-16 (usable 15-16 in FF) using an adaptor. Any of the M42 lenses. Contrast is always quite high. Both are very very sharp lenses. But I never put much emphasis on lens „look“ I always judged lenses by their performance and was very conscious that I accepted a number of compromises. Proh ‘inspired’ by Batis but more budget friendly.. Nisi 100mm filters will neither fit on 12-24 nor on 14-24 zooms. As you mentioned replacing the Samyang 14/2.8, I would say the newer 14/2.4 is a big step up. Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8. 1. I mostly use wide lenses for astro and architecture. Thank you for your comment! Not sure if there's any desing intention behind it or a pure coincidence, but I'd definitely rate it as 'half' filter support, could be the one feature for many 'also landscape' photographers that just want to use ND or even astro filter from time to time. “Vignetting at 12 mm is …” But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. Karel still write books, many for Japanese readership. I have seen some images taken with the adapters and the added bokeh ability seems appealing for portraits. 640g + adapter | $949 | full Review | aperture series | sample images, buy from manufacturer | amazon.com | amazon.de | B&H (affiliate links), Status: not reviewed by anyone in the team but some reliable information is available, buy from Amazon.com | Amazon.de | B&H | ebay (affiliate links), Status: not reviewed by anyone in the team but reliable information is available, 565g | $1698 | MTF | photozone review | compared to other lenses, buy from amazon.de | buy from amazon.com | B&H (affiliate links), 283g | $899 | review | aperture series | sample images, buy from amazon.com | buy from ebay.com | buy from ebay.de (affiliate links), 175g + adapter | ~$450 | full Review | aperture series | sample images, buy from ebay | Sony E-mount adapters (affiliate links). Contrast is always high. I am currently bidding on an offer I couldn’t find through your link ( Tokina 17 mm 3.5). At 18mm it is almost impossible to catch flares or ghosts and it even takes 77mm screw-in or 100mm square filters and is also comparably cheap. I had it once, seemed very good. I have a dilema and was hoping you can help I am also trying to find the LR correction for it but unfortunately, the Bastian’s link above is not working on Dropbox anymore :(. These lenses, famous for their color and sometimes sharpness, are the half-hidden treasure trove for those who lament the scarcity of Sony glass. Bokeh isn’t too bad either. Aside from the new FE lens range co-announced with the A7 and A7R, there’s the promise of an adaptor fest: vintage, legacy, loved lenses of almost any marque can be dusted off and mounted on either of the slimline siblings. At f/3.5 the center is quite good, midframe and corners are ok, also quite contrasty. A very versatile lens: It covers a very wide focal range with good optical quality and thanks to the stabilizer even on the A7 one can shoot before sunrise without a tripod. I decided to unpublish two of your more agressive posts. While excitingly sharp in most of the frame, I kept seeing that something was wrong on the right side. Almost no distortion, ok flare resistance, ok vignetting. Why manual lenses on the Sony a7 series are a smart choice. The Konica Minolta 17-35 2,8 would make more sense IMO since it’s FF glass. Some early users say the best zoom you can get for astro and landscape application and on par with best e-mount primes. There is no reason not to use the M-mount version on a helicoid adapter and if you can live without EXIF information the M-mount version is a good choice. If you need filters you can use either Gel filters for the rear filter slot or have to use the more costly 150mm front filters. I can supply Screenshots if needed. You need to stop down to f/11 to f/16 for ok to good corners, Wavy distortion (you can find a LR profile created by myself for correction. That brings us to the famous Biogon 25mm F2.8 ZM. Hello, first of all I wanted to thank you for the site, that although I have been following it for a long time, it is the first time I write and it is a kind of essential guide for me, that I am an amateur and eventual photographer, I enjoy it very much. Hi Bastian, Lenses that were geared for use with older film camera (35mm or medium/large format) systems are called legacy lenses. Minolta MD W.Rokkor 35/1.8: A bit better wide-open than the previous one, but still not great. Yeah, it would be interesting to hear if any of you swapped the Sony16-35 f4 for the Tamron 17-28. Your different guides definitely help a lot on making the first steps in this market: If I want an ultra-wide-angle lense you have the guide. There was no one else besides me when I picked up a Sony A7R one hour after the giant Yodobashi Camera store in Akihabara had opened its doors. Better than has been my experience with other digital camera on which I’ve tried it. Great website by the way! Almost no distortion, decent flare resistance, very nice 10-stroke sunstars, but very high vignetting even stopped down. I think the 4/17 is weaker but still okay at f/11. His second life in photography, which saw the building of three 8×10 darkrooms in Tokyo, has continued with all manner of digital experimenting in which I mix techniques to achieve super realistic images. Let’s see when we can have the opportunity to see your review of it. Coma correction pretty good as well (a tiny bit worse in comparison to the 21mm Loxia but visibly less vignetting). Dan, Please don’t forget to bring your 300mm f2.0 AIS Will it effect image quality? The age of these 17mm legacy lenses shows clearly when they are compared to modern options. So we often use a slower UWA prime (or a faster it we are looking at some astrophotograpy) with a fast wide angle prime (24-35mm f/1.2-f/1.4) that also allows for some better subject separation. Voigtlander 5.6/12 M39 Thank you for this article, and your site. The Sigma 2.8/14-24 replaced my former favorite, the Sony FE 1.4/24 GM. A very exhaustive and informative coverage of ultra wide angle territory, kudos! Discover our high quality range of over 40 interchangeable camera lenses including A-mount and E-mount lenses crafted for a range of shooting situations. The Hawk’s Factory adapter, with its helicoid allowing for close focus, was not so good either. Almost no distortion, fair flare resistance, not so well defined but okay sunstars, very high vignetting even stopped down. Owned and sold by Jannik. None the less they are specialized in different areas so they can provide you with a wider perspective. The Sony A7 / A7R / A7S / A7II has become quite a popular camera in 2014 — a full frame mirrorless camera that’s about half the size of a DSLR full-frame. Above average size with very good build quality. Canon FD 4/17 I love reading your reviews – always so balanced and fair. I was already amazed when going from D800 + 14-24mm 2.8 to A7s + 14-24mm 2.8. The best 50mm legacy lens for Sony A7 I like the Yashica 50s in C/Y mount, and they are either cheap or ridiculously cheap: my 50/2 ML was $15 from KEH! It’ll take a lot for me to part with mine. 680g | $2198 | MTF | TDP review | vs FE 4/16-35, buy from amazon.de | amazon.com | B&H | amazon.de (affiliate links). The Tamron feels like a better choice for me: I don’t really know what I want, but want to be able to shoot landscape, architecture and dabble a bit in astro as well. My main subject also changed from portrait photography to nature photography again so that I decided to go for the flexibility instead of the speed.  I didn’t own a UWA lens for a long time because I simply didn’t like the most of the available options and the options that I liked were too expensive. Thanks for the great list! Still considering buying a cheap electronic-less adapter to give The Sigma filled a gap for me with its fair pricing, very good image quality and versatility. I did unfortuntaley not yet get the chance to lay my hands on the Contax T* 18mm 4.0 but I would guess it will be the best of the bunch on the A7r. Prices are all over the place for that lens, I picked mine up for 100€ (+ 20€ for the lens hood, how are people always losing their hoods?). Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon T* The Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 feels nothing like the Sony 35mm f/2.8. if you are interested, I leave the link of the video, (it is in Spanish). The pictures are very sharp (I can’t even apply some sharpness in LR) and the character is similar to those $2000+ lenses. For its compact size my favorite is the Voigtlander 15mm 4.5 SWH E. It still finds it’s way into my bag regularly, and during long hikes in the mountains it often is the only lens I carry. Dear Phillip and team Thank you very much! After picking up my first lens from KEH, I was hooked. Especially the modern fast ultra wide angle lenses (Sigma 1.8/14, Laowa 2/15, Samyang 2.4/14 XP) and also some of the modern zoom lenses (Sony 12-24mm 2.8, Sigma 14-24mm 2.8, Tamron 7-28mm 2.8) are making it easy – even for beginners – to take such shots. Salar, As soon as I found it on my HDD I will send you a new link 😉. RUMOR: Sony will soon announce the new 35mm f/1.4 GM lens!! Sometimes the solution is so obvious….I’ll keep using your affiliate links. Macro – I have 3 Nikon macro lenses with aperture ring (55mm f/2.8 AIS, AF 60mm f/2.8D and AF 105mm f/2.8D). Can anybody give information about manual focus? I don’t have VC 15 anymore, but I did repeat same trick with heliar 12/5.6 and 21/4 skopar both of which I still have, and it also improved their performance quite a bit (although they both were not quite as loose as 15 and the effect was smaller). Also, while buying a lens, your precise conclusion helps a lot. I experienced less success with my 21mm Super-Angulon, however - lots of … Greetings, My experience till now have been with 24mm at the widest Wavy distortion you want to correct for architecture shots, ok to good flare resistance, 9 rounded aperture blades. Dear Karsten, Another heads up for the Tokina RMC 17/3.5. Almost no distortion, quite good flare resistance, beautiful 10-stroke sunstars. Sony’s G Master lenses promise a particularly high level of detail and outstanding bokeh. We earn a small fee and you don’t pay a cent more. A little wavy distortion, quite good flare resistance, great minimum focus distance. (I’m using it on an Infrared converted A7). This is the only ultra wide that David currently uses, though he says he may get something wider soon. Be glad to share, when I have some proper results. Sony SELF28F20 FE 28mm f/2-22 Standard-Prime Lens. Out of 6 lenses I mounted on my camera 4 were badly decentered (of which 3 were new from different dealers). By Guest Author on November 18, 201325 Comments. 2. Both lenses need lots of software correction for distortion though. Sony a7, a7R, a7S, a7II, a7RII, a7SII mirrorless cameras are the only cameras that allow you to use virtually every make of 35mm lenses with the full angle of view for which those lenses were designed. The real question is of course if the performance is negatively impacted by adapters on E-mount, and if ZE or ZF mounts are better or worse in this respect. huge color-cast/vignetting and okish sharpness from f8, fully consistent with internet report), but then I’ve acquired another copy with A7RII and it was *much* *much* better than mine. Also I'd not limit the list to 20mm – 22 might be more logical threshold as 'still less than 24mm', namely 21mm is still uwa for many people. Always stop down to min. Status: Used a lot by Phillip then sold to fund the FE 4/16-35. The 18 is not too wide for general wide use. Could You please explain this more in detail. This is one of the few legacy UWA that does not cost a fortune and at the same time doesn’t totally suck. Just crop the picture as you want. Second widest rectilinear lens there is in a small package. Tremendous wavy distortion, I have yet to come across a profile which corrects this perfectly (PTLens won’t, all Lightroom profiles I tested – or created myself – won’t either). Pretty strong copy to copy variation at 35 mm. The point is, they appear to be quite sensitive to that. GM 16-35 Very very small and very lightweight, decently priced on the used market. The second one being a sharp improvement on the first one. It is too expensive to make the list. hello guys, I love this article so much. But I would disagree that my views have changed 180°. This is also the reason I tend to mostly avoid Tokina lenses nowadays. Hey guys, Status: used by Jannik for a short time in the past, 360g + adapter | $200 | buy from ebay | Sony E-mount adapters  (affiliate links). The message is: if your copy looks plain ugly, check it yourself (i.e. Absolutely brilliant throughout most of the frame, this can of course be remedied by post-processing and, as far as I could notice, it does not cause smearing. The only downside is the very significant price tag. It outperforms the already very good 4/16-35 while only weighting 165g more. 305g + adapter | $160 | full review | aperture series | sample images, buy from ebay.com | ebay.de | Sony E-mount adapters (affiliate links). I’m looking for wide angle lens on tight budget. I’m hearing good things about the Canon. The first on our list of the best lenses for Sony A7 is the Sony SELF28F20 FE 28mm f/2-22 Standard-Prime Lens. You might also appreciate having the same color rendition in all lenses (I do), which could also stir towards the Contax. Keep the field curvature in mind and focus carefully. Thank you. Kind regards and please keep up your great work! I am a big fan. Hi Bastian. I have to use it in the field to discover whether I can rely on the Metabones for this as well. The Voigtländer 21mm F4 seems to be doing rather well, but I must still try it on landscapes. Peak performance is around f/8.0 for all focal lenghts, vignetting is quite good from f/5.6 onwards (less than 1 EV). I have SEL 28mm f2 so I think canon 20mm don’t give much different. But were you thinking of using an APS fisheye to get a circular fisheye on FF? Or does the zoom range deter all of you? Haven’t tried it, have no opinion, sorry! Class leading across the frame sharpness by f/5.6. 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Is there a workaround? Your email address will not be published. In case you buy one please share your experiences with it here! What about the Voigtlander 21mm f1.8 Ultron? Yes, we didn’t include a bunch of interesting lenses. I also prefer my Minolta 20 mm 2.8 to my Vivitar 17mm 3.5 (Tokina formulation)… but I use it on the A6000. Status: Phillip reviewed a loaner from Sony and bought his own copy more than a year ago. From f/5.6 it is good across the frame, very good at f/8 and for the very good corner performance you should stop down to f/11. Thank you for the advice. At f/2.8 the center of the image is sharp but quite strong vignetting, busy bokeh, strong coma and soft corners limit the usefulness of this aperture. Flare resistance, bulk and price seems to be the only disadvantage compared to the better primes. thank you very much 🙂 I bought a Sony A7II without knowing its true potential. Bought and sold by David after quite a lot of use. Jannik is currently using the Sigma 14-24mm 2.8. To big to be used on E-mount cameras and flare issues like a lens from the 70s (well, actually the Irix is much worse compared to most legacy lenses…). “Vignetting at 12 mm …”. I like also the Voigtlander 5.6/12 M39. +++ If you like what you read on THEME, please consider supporting this site by purchasing gear via these trusted partner links. He worked as a newspaper correspondent covering a large chunk of Asia for 16 years before it became possible to live on income from writing books. Few things can match the excitement of creating and enlarging 8×10 negatives, which I did for many years. These lenses, famous for their color and sometimes sharpness, are the half-hidden treasure trove for those who lament the scarcity of Sony … A higher resolution digital back in full-frame package is simply asking for the Zeiss lenses made for the Contax G. And the Planar 45mm F2 proved again that is one of the best lenses that have ever been made. best regards 18-pointed sunstars with pretty average definition from f/11. Because of field curvature issues a bad idea to use in on Sony cameras (no PCX filter available because of big filter diameter). Status: bought by Bastian and used for some time on Nikon DSLRs until 20mm 1.8G hit the shelves. Yes, aperture and speed can immediately be set independently of each other with dials that remember the place you gave them when they brush against your clothes, and ISO can easily be adjusted with a button of your choice. Do you think about how to improve your kit to take better pictures?In this article I want to tell you why buying cheap manual lenses is often the smarter choice than spending a huge amount of money on the very expensive native lenses.. Zeiss Distagon 2.8/28 – $250 Canon FD … i cant wait to see your reviews on the latest voigtlander lens I was wondering if any of the Zeiss Distagon 15mm f/2.8 versions – classic or Milvus – was considered as a viable adapted manual focus ultra wide lens, or if price, size & weight – or image quality – ruled it out as a candidate? on another note- Give up zooms and use primes instead, solves all your problems. It seems other than the laowa 10-18 you can’t go below 16mm without also getting a specialized filter kit which dramatically increases price. In that case could I enjoy best of both worlds? Very good sharpness at infinity, but distortion is so high that correction will steal away some resolution in the corners, Slow autofocus and bad manual focus implementation, Maximum magnification of 1:2, but at these distances only good image quality close to the center of the frame, A lens that can give good results but is not very pleasant to use, maybe consider having a closer look at the Tamron 2.8/17-28. Quality writing, industry news and a wide selection of photography topics assure readers the latest and essential on what we all love so much: our gear and photography. Yes I do. Quite big but very lightweight and also very expensive. 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