Sony E-mount

Sony NEX-C3

Sony NEX-5 E-mount

The E-mount is a lens mount designed by Sony for their NEX ("New E-mount eXperience"^{[citation needed]}) series of camcorders and mirrorless cameras.^[1]
Initially this mount is implemented in Sony Alpha NEX-3 and NEX-5 with APS-C sensor size.^[2] E-mount integration into Sony camcorder products is provided with the Sony Handycam NEX-VG10.^[3] On 24 August 2011 new products were announced, specifically the NEX-5N as a successor for the NEX-5, the NEX-7 as a prosumer product,^[4] as well as the NEX-VG20 as the successor to the NEX-VG10. The Sony E-mount is also implemented on 35 milimeter video camera of Sony FS-100.^[5] The successor to the NEX-3 named NEX-C3 was released a few weeks earlier. The NEX-C3 was replaced by the NEX-F3 in June 2012, which was succeeded by the NEX-3N in March 2013. The first third-party camera to use the E-mount is the Hasselblad Lunar, announced at Photokina on 18 September 2012 and expected to be released in early 2013.^[6]
In September 2013, Sony announced the first model from new ILCE series, the ILCE-3000. In October 2013, the first models with full-frame sensor size were released as ILCE-7 and ILCE-7R.

Available bodies

Available lenses

List of Sony E-mount lenses:

Third-party lens manufacturers

On 8 February 2011 Sony announced the release of the specifications for the E-mount lens system allowing for third-party lens makers to create lenses for the NEX cameras without having to pay royalties. The mount specifications have been released to registered parties since April 2011.^[7]

List of manufacturers of third-party lenses:

• Carl Zeiss AG
• Cosina Co., Ltd.
• Samyang Optics / Rokinon
• Sigma Corporation
• Tamron Co., Ltd.
• SLR Magic

List of third-party APS-C format E-mount lenses with autofocus and electronic control:

• Tamron 3.5-6.3/18-200mm Di III VC (B011) (announced 2011-12)
• Sigma 2.8/19mm EX DN
• Sigma 2.8/30mm EX DN
• Sigma 2.8/19mm DN (announced 2013-01, new edition, available in black and silver, filter 46mm)
• Sigma 2.8/30mm DN (announced 2013-01, new edition, available in black and silver, filter 46mm)
• Sigma 2.8/60mm DN (announced 2013-01, available in black and silver, filter 46mm)
• Zeiss Touit Distagon T* 2.8/12mm (announced 2012-09 for mid-2013)
• Zeiss Touit Planar T* 1.8/32mm (announced 2012-09 for mid-2013)
• Zeiss Touit Makro Planar T* 2.8/50mm (announced 2012-09 for spring 2014-02)

List of third-party full-frame E-mount lenses (manual, no electronics):

• Carl Zeiss Distagon T* Compact Prime CP.2 15mm/T2.9
• Carl Zeiss Distagon T* Compact Prime CP.2 Super Speed 35mm/T1.5
• Carl Zeiss Planar T* Compact Prime CP.2 Super Speed 50mm/T1.5
• Carl Zeiss Planar T* Compact Prime CP.2 Super Speed 85mm/T1.5
• Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* Compact Prime CP.2 135mm/T2.1
• Carl Zeiss T* Compact Zoom CZ.2 70-200mm/T2.9
• Rokinon 14mm T3.1 Cine Lens
• Rokinon 24mm T1.5 Cine Lens
• Rokinon 35mm T1.5 Cine Lens
• Rokinon 85mm T1.5 Cine Lens

List of third-party APS-C E-mount lenses (manual, no electronics):

• Samyang / Rokinon 2.8/8mm UMC Fisheye
• Samyang / Rokinon 3.5/8mm Fisheye CS VG10
• Yasuhara Nanoha 4x-5x macro lens with built-in LED light ("NANOHAx5(E)")
• SLR Magic HyperPrime 50mm F0.95
• SLR Magic CINE 35mm f/1.4 (Announced for Dec 2012)
• SLR Magic HyperPrime 23mm F1.7 (Announced for Feb 2013)
• SLR Magic HyperPrime CINE 35mm T0.95 (Announced for ???)

Available adapters

Due to the short flange focal distance of the Sony E-mount, many lenses can be adapted to be used on the Sony E-mount, although a crop factor will have to be taken into account for all cameras with APS-C or Super-35mm sensor format.
Minolta, Konica Minolta and Sony A-mount lenses can be used via the Sony LA-EA1,^[8] LA-EA2, LA-EA3, or LA-EA4 mount adapters which provide electronic contacts and electro-mechanical diaphragm control. They allow the body to control the aperture of the lens and provide automatic exposure and Exif data support. The LA-EA1 and LA-EA3 support slow (2–7 seconds) contrast autofocus with SSM and SAM lenses, other lenses can be used with manual focus only.^[9] Older samples of the LA-EA1, NEX-3 and NEX-5 require a firmware update for this to work. The LA-EA2 and LA-EA4 adapters support fast phase-detection autofocus with all A-mount lenses (except for the few dedicated manual focus A-mount lenses), including screw-driven AF lenses. However, their translucent-mirror design requires an optical element in the light path and thus causes a light fall-off of about 30% for the autofocus to work. Also, it slightly decreases image quality. The LA-EA1 and LA-EA3 do not need optical elements in the light path and thus will not change image quality in any way. The LA-EA1 and LA-EA2 are designed to cover the APS-C format only, whereas the LA-EA3 and LA-EA4 are full-frame capable (when used on a full-frame camera).

The following lens mounts can be used on the Sony E-mount with the use of various adapters available from third-parties:^[10]

• Alpa mount
• Sony A-mount (Sony LA-EA1, LA-EA2, LA-EA3, LA-EA4 and 3rd part adapters with aperture ring)
• BNCR mount
• C-mount
• Canon EF and Canon EF-S
• Canon FD-mount
• Contax G
• Contarex
• Contax/Yashica bayonet (adapter variant with tilt available)
• Exakta lens mount
• Fujica X bayonet
• Hasselblad Xpan
• Konica AR (bayonet)
• Leica M-mount (bayonet)
• Leica M39 lens mount (LTM/L39) (screw)
• Leica R-mount (adapter variant with tilt available)
• M42-mount (screw) (adapter variant with tilt available)
• Micro Four Thirds
• Minolta SR-mount
• Minolta/Konica Minolta A-mount (Minolta/Konica Minolta AF/Alpha/Dynax/Maxxum and Sony Alpha DSLRs) (Sony LA-EA1, LA-EA2 and 3rd party adapters with aperture ring)
• Nikon F-mount (adapter variant with aperture ring for G lenses available, adapter variant with tilt available)
• Olympus OM-mount
• Olympus Pen F
• Pentax Auto 110
• Pentax K-mount (adapter variant with aperture ring for DA lenses available)
• PL mount
• Rollei-mount
• T2-mount (screw)

Comparison with similar lens mounts

References