Are These the 10 Best Lenses for Sony You Can Buy Right Now?

There are a plethora of lenses available for Sony’s E-mount, especially when you factor in both APS-C and full frame. Here’s a list of the ten best that you can buy as we approach the end of 2021.

Sony user Arthur R has put together a list of his favorites, all of which he has bought himself and uses regularly. Viewers will be pleased to see that he’s not chosen a ton of Sony’s most expensive glass but has instead opted for a raft of more affordable options that typically perform beyond what you would expect given their price. Also, seeing this list, you appreciate how much of the heavy lifting has been done by Sigma in terms of making Sony’s APS-C cameras a solid choice in the long term for both photographers and filmmakers.

One lens that I’d personally add to this list is the Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 (currently $100 off at $799), adding a wide-angle zoom to Arthur’s gear. Given that Tamron has just overhauled its ludicrously successful 28-75mm f/2.8, we might see an updated version of this popular lens as well sometime in the next 12 to 18 months.

Which other non-GM lenses would you include? Let us know in the comments below.

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Andy Day is a British photographer and writer living in France. He began photographing parkour in 2003 and has been doing weird things in the city and elsewhere ever since. He's addicted to climbing and owns a fairly useless dog. He has an MA in Sociology & Photography which often makes him ponder what all of this really means.

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Could just be a simple written list...

25-70 or 25-75/
for the rational adult who doesn't want to spend the day schlepping a whole camera store and missing the best shots while he's changing lenses