Best Lenses for Sony A5000

Sony a5000 has a Sony E lens mount and currently there are 123 native lenses available for this mount.

Sony a5000 doesn’t have a sensor based image stabilization system but these lenses already comes with optical image stabilization.

Since Sony a5000 has an APS-C sensor, it has a focal length multiplier of 1.5x so you have to multiply lenses original focal length with this multiplier to find the Full Frame equivalent focal length of the lens when mounted on a5000.

the lenses listed below are our best recommendation of lenses for Sony A5000:

Best Standard Zoom Lenses for Sony A5000

1. Sony 24-70mm f/4 Vario-Tessar T FE OSS Interchangeable Full Frame Zoom Lens

2. Sony SELP1650 16-50mm Power Zoom Lens

3. Sony 28-70mm F3.5-5.6 FE OSS Interchangeable Standard Zoom Lens

4. Sony SEL2470GM E-Mount Camera Lens: FE 24-70 mm F2.8 G Master Full Frame Standard Zoom Lens

5. Sony SEL1670Z Vario-Tessar T E 16-70mm F4 ZA OSS

Best Prime Lenses for Sony A5000

1. Sony – FE 50mm F1.8 Standard Lens 

2. Sony 50mm f/1.8 Mid-Range Lens for Sony E Mount Nex Cameras

3. Sigma 30mm F1.4 Contemporary DC DN Lens for Micro 4/3

4. Sony 55mm F1.8 Sonnar T FE ZA Full Frame Prime Lens – Fixed

5. Sony SEL50F14Z Planar T FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA Lens

Best Wideangle Zoom Lenses For Sony A5000

1. Sony – E 10-18mm F4 OSS Wide-Angle Zoom Lens

2. Sony 16-35mm Vario-Tessar T FE F4 ZA OSS E-Mount Lens

3. Sony – FE 16-35mm F2.8 GM Wide-Angle Zoom Lens

4. Sony – FE 12-24mm F4 G Wide-Angle Zoom Lens

5. Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 Zoom Lens for Sony FE-Mount

Best Wideangle Prime Lenses For Sony A5000

1. Sony 35mm F2.8 Sonnar T FE ZA Full Frame Prime Fixed Lens

2. Sony SEL28F20 FE 28mm f/2-22 Standard-Prime Lens for Mirrorless Cameras

3. Sony SEL35F18 35mm f/1.8 Prime Fixed Lens

4. Sony SEL16F28 16mm f/2.8 Wide-Angle Lens for NEX Series Cameras

5. Rokinon RK12M-M 12mm F2.0 NCS CS Ultra Wide Angle Fixed Lens for Canon EF-M Mount Compact System Cameras (Black)

Best Telephoto Prime Lenses For Sony A5000

1. Sony SEL85F18 85mm F/1.8-22 Medium-Telephoto Fixed Prime Camera Lens

2. Samyang SY85M-S 85mm F1.4 Lens for Sony Alpha

3. Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 GM Lens

4. Sigma 60mm F2.8 EX DN Art (Black) for Micro 4/3

5. Samyang SY300M-E-BK 300mm F6.3 Mirror Lens for Sony NEX Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Cameras – E-Mount