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Working with Lenses
Although the a6500’s E-mount lens system is fairly new, introduced with the original NEX-3 and NEX-5 cameras in 2010, the number of lenses that operate with full autoexposure and autofocus features is large and growing rapidly. In addition to E-mount lenses intended for your a6500’s APS-C sensor, additional full-frame FE lenses for the Alpha a7 series are available from Sony, Zeiss, and other vendors. These FE lenses can also be used with the a6500.
If you’re willing to use an adapter, there are at least 100 or more different lenses in Sony/Minolta A-mount, Canon EF-mount, or Nikon F-mount—often available at bargain prices—that can be used on your a6500 or other Sony E-mount camera (if you have one), with full autofocus, ...
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