Before you buy any camera, you want to get a lay of the land in terms of what glass (lenses) the camera can use. Luckily with today’s adaptable technology you can pretty much use whatever lenses you want<\/strong>. Since this is the case, we need to change the types of questions we ask ourselves before committing to a lens purchase.<\/p>\n The main questions that come to mind are…\u00a0what am I going to shoot with this camera?<\/strong> How much money do I have budgeted for lenses?<\/strong> Do I have to use the Sony E-Mount lenses, or can I use EF and PL lenses?<\/strong><\/p>\n We’ll break our lens options into sections and try to address the questions above in each breakdown.<\/p>\n Let’s get started with our options straight from the box. The Sony A7S<\/strong> comes with the standard E-Mount. You may be thinking that the E-Mount will severely limit you, but as\u00a0Brian Smith<\/a>\u00a0pointed out in his\u00a0ultimate guide to Sony E-Mount lenses<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0there’s no such limitation.<\/p>\n What we do see in this first section on E-Mount-only lenses is that we need to budget for, at the very least, a couple thousand on lenses. And depending on what you’re shooting, you’ll want to get the lenses that work for you. For most of your shoots you’ll want a high-quality zoom lens and a solid prime.<\/strong> Let’s look at examples of both in E-Mount form.<\/p>\n
\nOut of the Box<\/h3>\n