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Best Sony E-mount lenses under $500

E-mount lenses for Sony mirrorless under $500, both APS-C-native (E) and full-frame-compatible (FE). The 50mm f/1.8 and 35mm primes are favorites here.

5 models match the filter. Default rank: current price as a percentage of MSRP, so the camera at the steepest discount sits at #1. How we compute this.

  1. #1
    Sony FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS
    Sony · Sony FE · Sony FE
    likely discontinued 1 source · 96 listings
    Lowest now
    $102
    $498 MSRP
    20% MSRP
  2. #2
    Sony FE 35mm f/1.8
    Sony · Sony FE · Sony FE
    current 1 source · 16 listings · vs the #1 pick →
    Lowest now
    $334
    $748 MSRP
    45% MSRP
  3. #3
    Sony FE 50mm f/1.8
    Sony · Sony FE · Sony FE
    likely discontinued 1 source · 81 listings · vs the #1 pick →
    Lowest now
    $121
    $248 MSRP
    49% MSRP
  4. #4
    Sony FE 85mm f/1.8
    Sony · Sony FE · Sony FE
    likely discontinued 1 source · 57 listings · vs the #1 pick →
    Lowest now
    $299
    $598 MSRP
    50% MSRP
  5. #5
    Viltrox 85mm f/1.8 FE
    Viltrox · Viltrox · Sony FE
    current 1 source · 3 listings · vs the #1 pick →
    Lowest now
    $269
    $399 MSRP
    67% MSRP

How we built this list

Camera Shelf tracks used prices across the major used-gear sites every night. This list filters the catalog to lenses that match the criteria above, then ranks by deal score, so the camera at the steepest discount from its launch MSRP comes first. Prices and rankings refresh whenever the crawler completes (typically once per day).

See the methodology page for how prices are collected, how seller conditions are normalized, and what the deal score does and doesn't measure.

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