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Sony a6400

Sony a6400 lenses: every lens that fits, and what to pick first

The first lens to pick for the Sony a6400, for everyday and travel, is the Sony E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS II: 24–75 mm equivalent in one lens, 510 g with the camera.

251 autofocus lenses mount natively on the a6400: 78 made for APS-C and 173 for full frame, and 74 manual-focus lenses fit it too. Start with a pick for what you photograph, or open the complete list.

  • Sony E mount
  • 403 g ready to shoot
  • NP-FW50
  • 1 slot · UHS-I
  • No in-body stabilisation

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What to pick first for the a6400

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  1. Everyday and travel

    Sony E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS II

    24–75 mm equivalent in one lens · 510 g with the camera · 40.5 mm filter

    From 24 to 75 mm equivalent it goes from a room to a head-and-shoulders portrait, so it can stay on the camera. At f/3.5 it gathers about a quarter of the light of an f/1.8 prime, so indoors and at dusk it needs a slower shutter or a higher ISO; its stabilisation steadies the camera, not a moving subject.

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  2. People and portraits

    Sigma 56mm F1.4 DC DN Contemporary

    frames like 84 mm at f/1.4 · 683 g with the camera · 55 mm filter

    With the camera upright, head and shoulders (about 60 cm) fill the frame from about 1.4 m; at f/1.4 and that distance only about 3.3 cm of depth is sharp. From 3 m back it takes in a scene only 1.3 m wide: one or two people, not a family round a table, which needs a zoom's wide end.

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  3. Wide scenes and rooms

    Sony E PZ 10-20mm F4 G

    starts at 15 mm equivalent · 581 g with the camera · 62 mm filter

    From 3 m back it takes in a scene about 7.1 m wide, for rooms, buildings and landscapes. Shapes near the edges of so wide a view look stretched, so it is not the lens for faces close up. Neither it nor the camera is stabilised, so handheld it needs a faster shutter speed, a support or more light.

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  4. Distant subjects

    Sony FE 100-400mm F5.6-8 OSS

    reaches 600 mm equivalent · 1,057 g with the camera · 67 mm filter

    At 600 mm equivalent a subject 20 m away sits in a frame about 1.2 × 0.8 m. At that end it is f/8, so fast action needs good light; its stabilisation steadies the view, not a moving subject.

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  5. Close-up and macro

    Sony E 30mm F3.5 Macro

    1x magnification, focuses to 10 cm · 541 g with the camera · 49 mm filter

    At 1x a subject about 2.4 cm wide fills the frame. At that size f/8 keeps only about 0.6 mm sharp, so a support helps, and the front of the lens is about 2.4 cm from the subject (Sony's figure).

    Fits, with a condition from SonyFast autofocus needs lens firmware 02 or later. Sony's release notes

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  6. Low light

    Viltrox AF 23mm F1.4

    f/1.4, frames like 35 mm · 663 g with the camera · 52 mm filter

    At f/1.4 it gathers about 6 times the light of the E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS kit lens at its wide end, so indoors the shutter can stay faster or the ISO lower. It does not zoom, and close up the sharp zone is thin: about 22 cm at 1.5 m wide open. Neither it nor the camera is stabilised, so handheld it needs a faster shutter speed, a support or more light.

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How these picks are made
  • Everyday and travel: a zoom from about 28 mm to at least 70 mm equivalent, lightest first.
  • People and portraits: the brightest prime framing like 70–135 mm that weighs under 300 g.
  • Wide scenes and rooms: the widest zoom under 600 g, lightest on a tie.
  • Distant subjects: reach of at least 300 mm equivalent under 1.5 kg, longest reach per gram.
  • Close-up and macro: life-size (1x) or more, lightest first; otherwise the highest magnification.
  • Low light: f/1.4 or brighter framing like 35–60 mm, lightest first.

Picked by the numbers, not by a review, and no pick is paid for. Each note works out the frame width and depth of field the same way our calculators do.

See all 251 lenses for the a6400

Sony a6400 camera with a Sigma 30mm F1.4 DC DN lens and its hood attached
Shown with a Sigma 30mm F1.4 DC DN Contemporary, a lens Sigma makes for the Sony E mount; it fits and is in this camera's list. Body-only offers exclude any lens. Photo: FBenjr123, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and compressed; full frame retained.
Front outline drawn from Sony's published size: 120 × 66.9 mm. Details simplified.
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Lenses you already have

Tick the ones you own. The answer shows which of the six jobs above they already cover, and the first pick for each job left, with the weight it adds.

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Before you buy for the a6400

  • 125 of these 251 lenses weigh more than the a6400 itself (403 g with battery and card). With one of those the weight sits in front of the camera, so hold the lens from below as you shoot; a lens with a tripod collar goes on a tripod by its collar.
  • The a6400 has no in-body stabilisation, so 202 of these 251 lenses (those without lens stabilisation) have none at all on it. Handheld, keep the shutter speed at about 1 over the equivalent focal length or faster, or use a tripod, another support or more light.
  • 173 of the 251 are made for full-frame cameras. They fit and work; they are usually larger and heavier than an APS-C lens with the same view.

Types of lens at a glance

Every type of lens for the a6400, with the lightest and brightest of each
Lens typeLensesLightestBrightest
Wide-angle zooms14E PZ 10-20mm F4 G 178 g10-18mm F2.8 DC DN Contemporary f/2.8
Everyday and travel zooms43E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS II 107 g17-40mm F1.8 DC Art f/1.8
Telephoto zooms24E 55-210mm F4.5-6.3 OSS 345 gFE 50-150mm F2 GM f/2
Wide primes24E 16mm F2.8 67 gE 15mm F1.4 G f/1.4
Standard primes69AF 24mm F3.8 mini 57 gSniper 23mm F1.2 f/1.2
Portrait primes52YN50mm F1.8S DA DSM 146 gSniper 56mm F1.2 f/1.2
Telephoto primes12AF 135mm F1.8 FE 772 g135mm F1.4 DG Art f/1.4
Macro and close-up10E 30mm F3.5 Macro 138 g35mm F/2.8 Di III OSD M1:2 f/2.8
Fisheye lenses3FE 8-14mm F3.5 Fisheye G 314 g15mm F1.4 DG DN Diagonal Fisheye Art f/1.4

What the picks frame

15 mm24 mm35 mm45 mm84 mm150 mm
What each shortlisted lens frames on the a6400 from the same spot, at its widest. A zoom's dashed frame is its longest view.

All 251 autofocus lenses that fit the a6400

Grouped by kind. The view is the 35 mm equivalent on this camera; the weight adds the lens to the a6400 with battery and card (403 g).

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251 lenses

Wide-angle zooms

14

Everyday and travel zooms

43

Telephoto zooms

24

Zooms listed with another kind that also reach 300 mm equivalent or more: Sigma 16-300mm F3.5-6.7 DC OS Contemporary, Sony E 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 OSS LE, Tamron 18-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD, Sigma 20-200mm F3.5-6.3 DG Contemporary, Sony FE 24-240mm F3.5-6.3 OSS, Tamron 25-200mm F/2.8-5.6 Di III VXD G2, Tamron 28-200mm F/2.8-5.6 Di III RXD, Tamron 28-300mm F/4-7.1 Di III VC VXD.

Wide primes

24

Standard primes

69

Portrait primes

52

Telephoto primes

12

Macro and close-up

10

Zooms listed with another kind that also focus to half life-size (0.5x) or closer: Sigma 16-300mm F3.5-6.7 DC OS Contemporary, Tamron 18-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD, Sigma 20-200mm F3.5-6.3 DG Contemporary, Tamron 25-200mm F/2.8-5.6 Di III VXD G2, Tamron 50-300mm F/4.5-6.3 Di III VC VXD, Tamron 50-400mm F/4.5-6.3 Di III VC VXD, Sony FE 70-200mm F4 Macro G OSS II.

Fisheye lenses

3

74 manual-focus lenses for the a6400

They mount directly, and you focus by hand. The camera sees no lens attached, so turn on its “Release w/o Lens” setting first. The weight adds the lens to the a6400 with battery and card.

All 74, from 4 mm to 500 mm, by focal length

Shooting with a manual lens

Memory card and battery for the a6400

What to buy with it, and what to do in the first hour.

Memory card

One SD / Memory Stick card slot (UHS-I). Any SDXC UHS-I card works for photos; a UHS-II card works too, at UHS-I speed. Sony asks for a Class 10 or U1 card for 4K at 60 Mbps, and a U3 card for 4K at 100 Mbps.

Battery

NP-FW50: about 410 shots using the screen, 360 using the viewfinder per charge by the CIPA test. It charges inside the camera over Micro USB while the camera is switched off. A spare weighs 42 g (Sony's figure). Two batteries give about twice the CIPA figure; video and cold weather shorten every charge.

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The first hour

  1. Charge the NP-FW50 fully before the first outing (in the camera over Micro USB, or in a charger).
  2. Insert the card, then format it in the camera: Menu, then the card or set-up tab, then Format. Copy anything on it first; formatting erases it.
  3. Set the language, date and time; the date goes into every photo's file.
  4. Fit the lens: line up the mount marks, turn until it clicks. Release by pressing the lens button.
  5. Check the firmware. Sony's latest for the a6400 is version 2.00, published 12 Jun 2019 (as of 4 Nov 2026). The camera shows its own under “Version” in its setup menu; if yours is older, update it from Sony's page
  6. Take a test shot and play it back before you set off.

Memory card for the a6400 · Battery for the a6400 · Printable checklist for every camera

How big the a6400 is

Drawn to one scale from Sony's published width, height and depth.

Front: 120 mm wide, 66.9 mm high.
Top: 120 mm wide, 59.7 mm deep including the grip.
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Build a kit around the a6400

Add lenses from the list above, then see the total weight, the filter sizes you will need and the focal range you cover.

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a6400 lens questions

Can I use full-frame lenses on the a6400?

Yes. 173 of the 251 lenses here are made for full-frame Sony E cameras and mount directly on the a6400. On this APS-C sensor they frame 1.5 times tighter than their focal length: a 50 mm lens frames like 75 mm.

Can I use Sony A-mount lenses on the a6400?

Yes, with Sony's LA-EA5 or LA-EA3 adapter. For photos, lenses with an SSM or SAM motor autofocus through either. Lenses without a motor focus by hand on the a6400 with either adapter, as Sony's page for it says. For video, Sony's guide for the a6400 says to focus by hand with a mount adaptor. Every A-mount lens on Sony's pages

Which memory card does the a6400 take?

One slot: SD / Memory Stick, UHS-I. Sony asks for a Class 10 or U1 card for 4K at 60 Mbps, and a U3 card for 4K at 100 Mbps.

Does the a6400 charge over USB?

Yes. The NP-FW50 charges inside the camera over Micro USB while the camera is off.

Does the a6400 have in-body image stabilisation?

No. Stabilisation comes from the lens: 49 of the 251 lenses here have it.

Where these facts come from

Facts from the makers' specification pages. How we check

Specifications are Sony's, read from Sony's specification page. Lens weights and sizes are each maker's. For Sony lenses, Sony's own page for each camera and lens pair is linked on the lens's page.

a6400 specifications

Lens mount
Sony E (1.5x crop)
Sensor
APS-C, 23.5 × 15.6 mm, 24.2 megapixels
In-body stabilisation
No; stabilisation comes from the lens
Viewfinder
Electronic, 2.36 million dots
Rear screen
3-inch 180° tilt-up touchscreen, 0.92 million dots
Burst
11 fps mechanical shutter
Shutter
Mechanical, electronic first curtain and silent electronic
Memory cards
One slot: SD / Memory Stick, UHS-I
Battery
NP-FW50 (42 g), about 410 shots per charge (screen, CIPA), 360 with the viewfinder
Charges over USB
Yes, in the camera, over Micro USB
Video
4K up to 30p (24p from the full width)
Microphone / headphone sockets
Microphone in; no headphone socket
Built-in flash
Yes, pop-up
Weather sealing
Yes, the maker states dust and moisture resistance
Size (W × H × D)
120 × 66.9 × 59.7 mm
Weight
403 g with battery and card
Announced
2019
Latest firmware
Version 2.00, published 12 Jun 2019 (as of 4 Nov 2026)