The Sony a7 series cameras are so wonderfully small; it would be nice to pair them with a small lens. But what’s out there?

In a quest to answer that question, I did a lot of research. Here are the smallest lenses that don’t crop or heavily vignette.

Smallest Lenses

Lengths shown include adapters.

Lens FL

(mm) Ap

(max) Cost

(~$) Mass

(g) Filter

(mm) Length

(mm) Review Body Cap Pinhole NA 320 12 25 NA 5 Voigtlander Heliar 40 2.8 350 132 37 31.2 1 2 3 Minolta M-Rokkor (CL/CLE) 40 2 450 125 40.5 32.3 12345 Voigtlander Color-Skopar 35 2.5 400 134 39 32.8 1 2 Leica Summicron 40 2 600 126 39 33.3 1 2 3 4 Leica Summicron-ASPH 35 2 3000 254 39 34.4 1 2 3 Voigtlander Color-Skopar 21 4 350 132 38 35.2 1 Leica Summicron 35 2 2200 156 39 36.2 1 Sony Zeiss Sonnar 35 2.8 600 120 49 36.5 1 2 3 Konica UC 35 2 2000 132 43 37.1 1 Leica Summilux 35 1.4 4500 184 41 37.9 1 Voigtlander Nokton Classic 35 1.4 629 198 43 38.3 1 2 Zeiss Biogon 35 2.8 820 178 43 39.6 1 2 Leica Elmarit 28 2.8 2000 173 39 39.8 1 2 Voigtlander Nokton Classic 40 1.4 529 197 43 40 1 2 3 Voigtlander Heliar ASPH I 15 4.5 480 155 52 41.5 1 2 3 Canon FL P 38 2.8 800 210 48 45 1 Zeiss Tessar 45 2.8 200 90 49 45.3 1 SMC Pentax M 40mm 2.8 40 2.8 120 111 49 45.5 1 Nikon P 45 2.8 350 120 52 45.5 1 2 Voigtlander Heliar ASPH II 15 4.5 600 155 52 48.4 1 2 3 Canon EF 40 2.8 200 124 52 48.8 1 2 Konica Hexanon AR 40 1.8 60 140 55 49.5 1 2 Voigtlander Ultron 40 2 410 180 52 50.5 1 2 Minolta Rokkor-X 45 2 30 125 49 50.8 1 Nikon W-Nikkor C 35 2.5 350 111 43 52.0 1 Voigtlander Heliar ASPH 12 5.6 750 173 77 52.3 1 2 Olympus Zuiko 40 2 500 140 49 53 1 Zeiss Biogon 35 2 1005 224 43 53.2 1 2 Minolta M-Rokkor (CLE) 28 2.8 500 240 49 53.3 1 2 Voigtlander Color-Skopar 20 3.5 350 200 52 54.6 1 Leica Elmarit 24 2.8 4000 290 55 55.8 1 2 3 Leica Summilux II 35 1.4 5000 307 46 56 1 2 3

Notes

Length

The lengths shown include the adapter, if any.

Weight

The weights shown do not include the adapter, if any.

Cost

The costs shown are in approximate US Dollars.

The costs shown are based on E-Bay and Amazon searches done in early 2016.

The costs shown do NOT include the cost of a mount adapter for non-native lenses.