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Canon lenses on Sony Alpha 6000 - how it works

  • Oct 02, 2025
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The Sony Alpha 6000 is one of the most popular mirrorless cameras on the market. Canon lenses you can use on the Sony using an adapter. We will show how this works.

Sony Alpha 6000 with Canon use lens

In the case of connections for the lens - the so-called Mount cook, each camera manufacturer has its own interpretation. Therefore, you can't screw a Canon lens on a Sony Alpha camera. You will need an Adapter.

  • At the Sony Alpha 6000 is the so-called E version of Mount that comes with most mirrorless cameras from Sony to use. The name NEX is used.
  • Lenses for Canon-DSLRs have a EF or EF-S mount (full frame/APS-C). The Standard for old analog Canon lenses is denoted by FD.
  • Depending on whether you are a electronic or analog lens want to use, you will need a Adapter from E-Mount to EF or E-Mount to FD.
  • Important purchase criterion is, whether the Adapter should have an electronic Transmission. You will need this to adjust to a digital lens, the aperture and use auto focus. For full manual lenses, the Transfer is not relevant.
  • Especially in the case of the Transmission of the auto-focus, there are large differences in quality between the adapters. Expensive Adapter around the brand Metabones - make sure that the auto focus with the Canon lens is optimally used can be. For this, they cost a multiple of simple adapters.
Canon lens adapter on a Sony Alpha.
(Image: Curt Bauer)

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