David Busch’s Sony Alpha a7CR/a7C II Guide to Digital Photography

12Working with Lenses

The number of lenses for Sony mirrorless cameras that operate with full autoexposure and auto-focus features has grown dramatically since the E-mount was introduced in 2010. And if you’re willing to use an adapter, there are at least several hundred more lenses in Sony/Minolta A-mount, Nikon F-mount, or Canon EF-mount—often available at bargain prices—that can be used on your a7C II and a7CR, with autofocus and autoexposure. And the number of lenses that can be used with manual focus and Aperture Priority autoexposure using adapters for Nikon, Yashica, Contex, Contarex, Alpha, and other types of lenses is mind-boggling. Indeed, Pulitzer Prize–winning photographer (and Sony guru) Brian Smith has called the Sony product ...