Product Features

• E-Mount Lens/Full-Frame Format
• Aperture Range: f/2.5 to f/22
• XA Element and ED Element
• Nano AR II and Fluorine Coatings
• Minimum Focus Distance: 11″
• Dual XD Linear AF Motors, Internal Focus
• Focus Hold Button, AF/MF Switch
• Physical Aperture Ring; De-Click Switch
• Dust and Moisture-Resistant Construction
• Rounded 7-Blade Diaphragm
• Filter Size_49mm

In the Box

• Sony FE 40mm f/2.5 G Lens
• Sony ALC-F49S 49mm Front Lens Cap
• Sony ALC-R1EM Rear Lens Cap
• ALC-SH166 Lens Hood

Overview

Compact, superbly built standard prime lens
This standard prime lens packs the high image quality and beautiful bokeh of the G Lens into a compact design with superb build quality and intuitive operability. Easily carried anywhere and anytime, its ideal for snap-shooting both portraits and views around town. The fast, precise and quiet AF is ideal for shooting both stills and movies, ensuring capture of those vital moments.

Compact and precision 40-mm F2.5 prime lens

Compact and lightweight for constant carrying and comfortable shooting

The mechanical design takes maximum advantage of state-of-the-art optics with an effective layout of three aspherical lens elements and the short flange back unique to mirrorless cameras to realize stunning compactness and a weight of only 6.2 oz (173 g). The lens is ideal for shooting snaps around town, or movie shooting with a gimbal. Mobility is delivered by the compact design that matches both full-frame and APS-C bodies.

High corner-to-corner image quality from state-of-the-art optics

High image quality is realized by state-of-the-art optics using three aspherical elements, delivering high resolution in all parts of the image. The aspherical elements compensate for various aberrations, delivering high-resolution performance from corner to corner of the image, even from the widest aperture with shallow depth of field.

Beautiful natural bokeh

A 7-blade circular aperture is provided, with precise control of the spherical aberration that affects bokeh delivering the beautiful natural bokeh of the G Lens.

Double linear motors for fast, precise and quiet AF

Two linear motors deliver fast, precise AF with superb tracking performance that maximizes camera body performance to capture vital moments in street snaps and the like. The fast, precise and quiet AF with superb tracking performance is ideal for shooting movies as well as stills.

Excellent close-up performance

A minimum focus distance of 0.92 ft (28 cm) (AF) / 0.82 ft (25 cm) (MF) provides excellent close-up performance. The lens is useful in many situations, like shooting close-ups of flowers or small objects you find around town with a blurred background that makes the subject stand out.

High operability and reliability in a compact design

Despite its compact size, the lens provides a focus hold button, focus mode switch, aperture ring, aperture click switch and Linear Response MF for intuitive operability and comfortable shooting. The metal (aluminum) exterior finish of the lens body and hood contributes to reliability through increased strength and durability. The design is also dust- and moisture-resistant2, providing reliability in harsh outdoor shooting environments.

Designed For Use With:

Sony Alpha A5000
Sony Alpha A5100
Sony Alpha A6000
Sony Alpha A6100
Sony Alpha A6300
Sony Alpha A6400
Sony Alpha A6500
Sony Alpha A6600
Sony Alpha A7
Sony Alpha A7 II
Sony Alpha A7 III
Sony Alpha A7C
Sony Alpha A7R
Sony Alpha A7R II
Sony Alpha A7R III
Sony Alpha A7R IV
Sony Alpha A7S
Sony Alpha A7S II
Sony Alpha A7S III
Sony Alpha A9
Sony Alpha A9 II
Sony Alpha a1
Sony FX3
Sony FX6
Sony NEX-EA50M E-Mount
Sony NEX-EA50UH E-Mount
Sony NEX-FS700R E-Mount
Sony NEX-VG30 E-Mount
Sony NEX-VG900 E-Mount
Sony PXW-FS5 E-Mount
Sony PXW-FS5M2 E-Mount
Sony PXW-FS7 E-Mount
Sony PXW-FS7M2 E-Mount
Sony PXW-FX9 E-Mount
Sony PXW-FX9 E-mount
Sony VENICE 6K Digital Motion Picture Camera
Thom Alpha A6300