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Bodies and lenses, from 450 € upward

Where it turns up

Compact cameras, mirrorless bodies, and four kinds of lens: macro, prime, telephoto and standard zoom. The floor is 450 € and the ceiling 1471 €.

What the lens pages give

Focal ranges with the aperture at both ends, stabilisation, filter threads, minimum focus and weights — the specifications the lens shelves on this site are built to compare. Sony’s own listings are among the few that publish all of them without being asked.

The batteries are somebody else’s business

The NP-FW50 that powers much of this range is sold here by three other makers, at 23 € to 36 €, publishing capacities from 1100 to 1500 mAh. Sony’s own cell is not on these shelves; what the third-party pages cannot settle is whether the camera will read them as it reads the original.

Where the range stops

Nothing under 450 €. The accessories, the filters, the bags and the lights all come from elsewhere, which is why a Sony body on this site is surrounded by other names.

Every Sony unit reviewed here

  • Mirrorless cameras

    Sony Alpha 6700 body, 26 MP APS-C Exmor R, five-axis stabilisation

    26 MP Exmor R APS-C · BIONZ XR · five-axis in-body stabilisation stated · 4K up to 120p · 4K 30p 10-bit 4:2:2 from 6K · 11 fps burst · S-Cinetone and S-Log3 · dust and moisture resistant magnesium alloy · card slots not published

    The only body on this shelf that claims stabilisation in the camera rather than in the lens, and the only one that makes a sealing claim at all — sold as a body alone at the top of this family’s price range.

    Best for: Video work that needs log profiles and in-body stabilisation, on a body expected to go out in weather with lenses already owned.

    ≈ £1329 / 1471 €

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  • Macro lenses

    Sony FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS, SEL90M28G

    E mount · full frame, and APS-C · 90mm · F2.8 · floating focus mechanism · 9-blade circular aperture · Optical SteadyShot, no stop figure · Direct Drive SSM focus · dust and moisture resistant design · no magnification ratio published · no working distance published · no filter thread published · no weight published

    A sealed 90mm macro at 773 € with a floating focus mechanism and nine rounded blades, whose page never states the magnification ratio or the distance at which it would be reached.

    Best for: Full-frame close-up and portrait work outdoors on an E-mount body, where the sealing and the floating design matter more than a published ratio.

    ≈ $948 / £819 / 773 €

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  • Compact cameras

    Sony RX100 VII, one-inch type 20.1 MP, 24-200 mm f/2.8-4.5 Zeiss

    One-inch type sensor, 20.1 MP back-illuminated · 24-200 mm f/2.8-4.5 Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T · both apertures published · 4K video · real-time tracking and eye AF for people and animals · 0.02 s AF claimed · tilting display · external charger only, no USB charging

    The only camera on this shelf that publishes a sensor type, a focal range and an aperture at both ends together — and the only one whose first bullet warns that the battery cannot be charged over USB.

    Best for: A pocket camera expected to do the work of a system on a trip, by someone who will carry the charger and the spare battery.

    ≈ 1099 €

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  • Wide-angle lenses

    Sony SEL11F18, 11mm F1.8 APS-C prime

    E mount · APS-C · 11mm · F1.8 held as a constant maximum · three ED and three aspherical elements · 7-blade circular aperture · two linear motors · hood supplied · no filter provision published · no distortion type stated · no minimum focus published · no sealing claimed · no weight published

    The widest engraving on this shelf at 11mm with an F1.8 maximum, for 460 €, sold on six named elements and two focus motors — and publishing neither a thread, a close-focus distance, a weight nor a sealing claim.

    Best for: Handheld vlogging and interiors on a Sony APS-C body, where 11mm at F1.8 covers the room and the arm holding the camera.

    ≈ £477 / 460 €

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  • Prime lenses

    Sony SEL35F18F, FE 35mm F1.8, 9 blades

    E mount · full frame, and APS-C · 35mm · F1.8 · 9-blade circular aperture · the page names a linear motor drive in one bullet and a Direct Drive SSM in another · dust and moisture resistant design claimed · focus mode switch and customisable focus hold button · no minimum focus published · no filter thread published · no weight published

    A sealed full-frame 35mm at F1.8 for 499 €, with nine rounded blades and a focus hold button — and a page that names two different focus drive systems for the same lens.

    Best for: Reportage and everyday full-frame work outdoors, where the sealing claim and the focus hold button are the things the money is buying.

    ≈ $798 / £539 / 499 €

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  • Telephoto lenses

    Sony SEL70350G, 70-350mm F4.5-6.3 G OSS

    70-350mm · F4.5 at the short end, F6.3 at the long one · Optical SteadyShot, no stop figure · dust and moisture resistant design claimed · XD linear motor · focus mode switch and a customisable focus hold button · one aspherical and three ED elements · 7-blade circular aperture · no tripod collar published · no minimum focus published · no filter thread published · no weight published

    The dearest lens of the five here at 932 €, and the only one anywhere on this shelf that claims a dust and moisture resistant design — with a linear focus motor, a focus hold button and no published weight, thread or close-focus distance.

    Best for: Outdoor work in unreliable weather on an E-mount body, where the sealing claim and the focus controls are what the extra money is actually buying.

    ≈ £749 / 810 €

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  • Standard zoom lenses

    Sony SELP18105G, 18-105mm F4 G OSS power zoom

    E-mount · APS-C · 18-105mm · F4 held across the range · Optical SteadyShot in the lens, no stop figure · powered stepless zoom · length constant while zooming and focusing · 7-blade circular aperture · two ED and three aspherical elements · no filter thread published · no minimum focus published · no sealing claimed · no weight published

    A constant F4 across 18-105mm with a powered stepless zoom and a barrel that never changes length, at 450 € — the video lens of this shelf, and it publishes five optical details while leaving every practical measurement out.

    Best for: Video on an APS-C E-mount body, where the constant aperture, the powered zoom and the fixed barrel length matter more than the last stop of light.

    ≈ $748 / £419 / 450 €

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Each amount in a write-up is what the listing showed when that page was written. The figure next to the product is pulled in as you read, and it is the one that counts.