Which Small + Budget Lenses for the Sony A7CII/A7CR?

What small, compact and budget friendly lenses are available for the Sony A7CII, A7CI and Sony A7CR and what would I recommend and why?

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[sjsphotog]

Sigma I-Series of lenses are perfect for the Sony a7cIi cameras and full metal and made in Japan. Specifically made for the compact cameras.

[mrbaiser]

I'd recommend the small Sony G primes, Sigma I-series and Samyang tiny series. But none of the outdated and/or weak lenses on this list.

[vilamao]

Love your independent thinking. Unlike most influencers recommending GM to everyone, you have something.

[glenwells]

The Samyang 24mm F1.8 is optically excellent and way better than some of the examples given. It is small enough and light enough for the A7C range of cameras. Check out any reviews for that lens - also reasonable price second hand market.

[infrontofstrangers]

Great insights. The Samyang 45mm F1.8 is super underrated imo. Lots of character, sharp, light, F1.8 and very affordable.

[selishots]

Great video! Since the original a7c I've been saying Sony needs to update and add more smaller lenses. They have GM and G, I'd love to see them come out with a line of lenses named C for compact.

[stevenwaldstein]

Thank you for the video. For my original A7C and now with my CII and CR I’m very happy with the size of the Sigma I-Series f/2 lenses. Even so I’ve gone back and rebought the 28/2, 35/1.8, and 55/1.8 because the new Compact C bodies have added back the front dial which makes the aperture ring, missing from the A7C, less critical and their reduced weight is nice. Have bought all of these used at greatly reduced prices even for mint versions. The small G series are nice build and features and bought those used as well. So almost everyone is ~ $400 to $350 except the 28/2 which is even cheaper. Lots to choose from and will have to sort this all out. One other family though I really like on the compact bodies, while larger but also very light are the Zeiss Batis 25/2, 40/2 CF and the excellent 85/1.8. Size is their only slight negative. IQ and ergonomics are top notch. Take care.

[alexlee]

I put a Nokton classic 35mm 1.4 on my a7cii (using an adapter), not really a budget lens and is manual focus, but very compact and looks great.

[DetroitFury]

YOU OVERLOOKED THE 11mm 1.8 APSC Lens….it’s 🔥and better than all the ones you mentioned in this video

With auto apsc turned on it picks up the lens right away and gives u 16mm in apsc mode…. it’s laser sharp!!!! Best “lightest”vlogging lens out right now….i even use it on my A1 and it’s way faster than my 14mm f1.8 GM lens

[phillmeredith]

Zeiss 55/1.8 and 35/2.8 compliment the a7cii so well - love them.

[simonlee]

The Samyang 35 and 75 f1.8 are small, well priced and have great IQ.

[maratbabayan]

I bought Sony A7C2 and four lenses: 24/2.8G, 40/2.5G, Zeiss 55/1.8 and 24-105/4G. For travel I just take 24 and 40 with me and I can shoot everything - from a landscape up to portraits with this two tiny lenses. If I know i have to shoot portraits I take 55/1.8, and for documentary I just take 24-105/4G. I really happy with this gear set - small but super powerful travel kit. And i can fit it in a smal Ulanzi 6 liter bag, that's incredible!


And I sold my beloved 24/1.4 after buying 24/2.8 (yes 1.4GM is one of the greatest lens I've ever use, but it's a bit chunky in contrast with 24/2.8 and at the moment I don't need aperture faster than 2.8 on such a wide angle), and 85/1.8 (it's a cheap but still great lens but I decided to keep a smaller 55/1.8 which is not as cool as 85 for portraits but it's smaller, it has a better image in my opinion and it's more versatile that 85). I have Zeiss 35/2.8 too, but 40/2.5 is better for me (didn't think that 40 mm could be so useful) so now I'm selling my 35 coz it does nothing but sucking dust sitting on a shelf. But Zeiss 35 is a cool lens too, but 40 has an aperture ring what I really like (get used to it on 24/1.4GM)

[themarksmanABP]

Samyang 45mm 1.8 is an awesome lens on my a7iv

[SimeonKolev]

6:04 but there is a much better option than the Sony 16 2.8 - Samyang/Rokinon 24 2.8 witch is a full frame lens with better optics than the 16 2.8 (the first E mount lens ever) and the Samyang is almost the same size. There is also a 35 2.8 Samyang which is on par with the Zeiss 35 2.8 and from what I have heard the AF is slightly better than on the Zeiss which has some AF issues that are still not fixed. Sony 20 2.8 - same story as with the 16 2.8 - old lenses with bad optics, I think the 16-50 kit lens is slightly better in terms of sharpness and clarity of the image.

[albertbarton]

With the a7cii I use the Sony 20mm f1.8 G, 40mm f2.5 G & the 85mm f1.8 FE. Also the 50mm f1.4 GM, but it never travels...still love it.

[spencerfr]

Samyang 45 1.8 is the goat, can’t believe you didn’t mention this! I have a full suite of G-master and sigma art lenses, and still reach for the Samyang 45 all the time! Absolute beast and so cheap

[Morvont]

Thanks for making this, I've been using some absolute honkers on my a7CR!

[superalex]

Zeiss 16-70mm f4 ASP-C lens can replace 24-105mm f4 full frame for 4k 60fps, on Sony A7cR without any visible vignetting. It will be 20-87.5mm

[sandeepraiphotography]

28mm f2.8 is still one of my favourite lenses.

[GlennZucman]

I love the form factor of the Sony 16mm APS-C lens! I have one for my a6000. Sadly, the lens hunts a lot. It's really the only lens I have that hunts and it makes it useless. Interestingly, it hunts less on the zv-e10 than on the a6000.