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Working with Lenses

Although the a6400’s E-mount lens system is fairly new, introduced in 2010, the number of lenses that operate with full autoexposure and autofocus features is large and growing rapidly. In addition to E-mount lenses intended for your a6400’s APS-C sensor, additional full-frame FE lenses for the Alpha a7 series are available from Sony, Zeiss, and other vendors. These FE lenses can also be used with the a6400.

If you’re willing to use an adapter, there are at least 100 or more different lenses in Sony/Minolta A-mount or Canon EF-mount—often available at bargain prices—that can be used on your a6400 or Sony a7-series full-frame camera (if you have one), with autofocus and autoexposure. And the number of lenses that can be ...

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