
Laowa 4.0/14 FF-RL (manual focus, no electronic contacts) Photographyblog Review | | | B&H | Ebay (affiliate Links) Length: 98mm | Diameter: 86mm | Weight: 505g | Filter Thread: – | Price (December 2021): $499 Recommendation: Considering the alternatives available these days we find it somewhat hard to recommend. Lenstip review | | | B&H (affiliate Links) Only recommended if you can find a decently priced used one. The Laowa 2/15 does not perform much worse for astro at less than half the weight and price. Recommendation: The aforementioned Sony lens offers least as good performance in a significantly smaller package for the same price. Sigma Art 1.8/14 (former DSLR design) Strengths Lenstip review | | | B&H | ebay (affiliate links) Length: 100mm | Diameter: 83mm | Weight: 460g | Filter Thread: – | Price (December 2021): $1598 Still an expensive niche lens and only worth the asking price if you actually need the f/1.8. Recommendation: Great lens for single shot landscape astrophotography and especially for taking pictures of the northern lights where stacking is not an option.
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Recommendation: If you know how to handle 12 mm and want a small lens which works very well against the light. corner sharpness not great: better than 5.6/10, weaker than 4.5/15 and 4/12-24.

Voigtländer 5.6/12 Ultra Wide Heliar E (manual focus) Sony A7II | Voigtländer 5.6/III E | f/8 Strengths Review | Sample images | manufacturer’s homepage | B&H | | | (affiliate links) Length: 58mm | Diameter: 63.5mm | Weight: 254g | Filter Thread: 62mm | Price (December 2021): $699 Recommendation: an interesting alternative to Voigtlander’s 10mm and 12mm offerings that unfortunately comes without Exif data.

sharpness and contrast starting at f/5.6.Laowa 4.5/11 FF-RL (manual focus, no electronic contacts) Sony A7rII | Laowa 11mm 4.5 | f/11 Strengths Review | Sample images | Samples in full resolution | | B&H | (affiliate links) Recommendation: now that the Laowa 9mm 5.6 is available only recommended if you need the best flare resistance or cannot live without exif data. Voigtländer 5.6/10 Hyper Wide Heliar E (manual focus) Sony A7rII | Voigtländer 10mm 5.6 HWH E | f/16 Strengths Review | Sample images | manufacturer’s homepage | B&H | | (affiliate links) Length: 74mm | Diameter: 63mm | Weight: 373g | Filter Thread: – | Price (July 2020): $799 Recommendation: the world’s widest rectilinear lens and a better performer than either Voigtlander 10mm 5.6 E or Laowa 10-18mm 4.5-5.6. Laowa 5.6/9 FF-RL (manual focus, no electronic contacts) Sony A7III | Laowa 9mm 5.6 | f/5.6 Strengths All native full frame lenses for the Sony FE mount.All native full frame lenses for the Sony FE mount

If you purchase the lens or anything else through one of the affiliate-links in this article we get a small compensation with no additional cost to you. It is always possible that some new or exotic lens is missing, we work hard on filling these gaps. We do however cover some of the attractive ones that have been specifically designed for E-mount. 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.

There are also quite a few lenses which have an E-mount but no electronic contacts. In this article we mainly list lenses which have electronic contacts to communicate aperture and focal length to the camera. We will also talk about lens aberrations, if you don’t know too much about these terms maybe have a look at our article Lens aberrations explained first. To easily compare specs check out our Sony FE-list. 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. So we have an in-depth knowledge of these lenses not only because we use them all the time but also because we have reviewed many of them in detail. We are a team of five photographers who all use the FE system and this blog is focused on lens reviews. Choose the right lens for your Sony Alpha with the help of our independent knowledge gained by writing many in-depth reviews.
