Best lenses: top picks by mount and type

Each guide is a shortlist built from our catalogue data (photos, buying links, editorial notes, aperture speed). Guides exist only where we list at least 5 matching lenses.

• Best wide-angle lenses 1390 lenses
• Best lenses for Nikon F 789 lenses
• Best fast prime lenses 751 lenses
• Best lenses for Pentax K 590 lenses
• Best telephoto zoom lenses 585 lenses
• Best telephoto prime lenses 577 lenses
• Best lenses for Canon EF 570 lenses
• Best portrait lenses 519 lenses
• Best standard zoom lenses 485 lenses
• Best macro lenses 465 lenses
• Best 50mm lenses 386 lenses
• Best lenses for Sony A 386 lenses
• Best lenses for Sony E 335 lenses
• Best wide-angle lenses for Nikon F 244 lenses
• Best wide-angle lenses for Canon EF 189 lenses
• Best lenses for Canon FD 185 lenses
• Best lenses for Fujifilm X 182 lenses
• Best vintage Minolta MD lenses 176 lenses
• Best lenses for Olympus OM 170 lenses
• Best wide-angle lenses for Sony E 169 lenses
• Best wide-angle lenses for Pentax K 166 lenses
• Best lenses for Micro Four Thirds 165 lenses
• Best lenses for Sigma SA 153 lenses
• Best vintage M42 lenses 141 lenses
• Best fast prime lenses for Nikon F 129 lenses
• Best telephoto zoom lenses for Nikon F 115 lenses
• Best lenses for Nikon Z 111 lenses
• Best wide-angle lenses for Sony A 111 lenses
• Best telephoto prime lenses for Nikon F 109 lenses
• Best fast prime lenses for Sony E 105 lenses
• Best standard zoom lenses for Nikon F 101 lenses
• Best fast prime lenses for Canon EF 98 lenses
• Best telephoto zoom lenses for Pentax K 96 lenses
• Best wide-angle lenses for Fujifilm X 96 lenses
• Best portrait lenses for Nikon F 95 lenses
• Best telephoto prime lenses for Pentax K 94 lenses
• Best telephoto zoom lenses for Canon EF 89 lenses
• Best lenses for Canon RF 88 lenses
• Best wide-angle lenses for Micro Four Thirds 87 lenses
• Best macro lenses for Nikon F 86 lenses
• Best standard zoom lenses for Pentax K 81 lenses
• Best portrait lenses for Pentax K 75 lenses
• Best macro lenses for Canon EF 72 lenses
• Best fast prime lenses for Pentax K 69 lenses
• Best telephoto prime lenses for Canon EF 69 lenses
• Best macro lenses for Pentax K 66 lenses
• Best standard zoom lenses for Sony A 66 lenses
• Best telephoto zoom lenses for Sony A 65 lenses
• Best 50mm lenses for Nikon F 63 lenses
• Best fast prime lenses for Micro Four Thirds 63 lenses
• Best standard zoom lenses for Canon EF 63 lenses
• Best fast prime lenses for Fujifilm X 62 lenses
• Best portrait lenses for Canon EF 61 lenses
• Best macro lenses for Sony A 57 lenses
• Best lenses for Four Thirds 53 lenses
• Best fast prime lenses for Sony A 50 lenses
• Best wide-angle lenses for Nikon Z 50 lenses
• Best telephoto prime lenses for Canon FD 49 lenses
• Best portrait lenses for Sony A 47 lenses
• Best 50mm lenses for Pentax K 46 lenses
• Best telephoto prime lenses for Sony A 45 lenses
• Best telephoto prime lenses for Minolta MD 44 lenses
• Best portrait lenses for Sony E 43 lenses
• Best telephoto prime lenses for Olympus OM 43 lenses
• Best 50mm lenses for Canon EF 42 lenses
• Best 50mm lenses for Sony E 42 lenses
• Best lenses for Canon EF-S 42 lenses
• Best telephoto zoom lenses for Sigma SA 42 lenses
• Best wide-angle lenses for Canon FD 40 lenses
• Best fast prime lenses for Nikon Z 39 lenses
• Best lenses for Canon EF-M 38 lenses
• Best wide-angle lenses for Sigma SA 38 lenses
• Best wide-angle lenses for Minolta MD 36 lenses
• Best macro lenses for Sigma SA 35 lenses
• Best telephoto prime lenses for M42 35 lenses
• Best wide-angle lenses for Canon RF 35 lenses
• Best wide-angle lenses for Olympus OM 34 lenses
• Best lenses for Tamron Adaptall 32 lenses
• Best portrait lenses for Canon FD 32 lenses
• Best wide-angle lenses for M42 32 lenses
• Best telephoto zoom lenses for Canon FD 31 lenses
• Best telephoto zoom lenses for Minolta MD 30 lenses
• Best telephoto zoom lenses for Olympus OM 30 lenses
• Best lenses for Leica L 29 lenses
• Best portrait lenses for Minolta MD 27 lenses
• Best fast prime lenses for Canon RF 25 lenses
• Best portrait lenses for Olympus OM 25 lenses
• Best 50mm lenses for Sony A 24 lenses
• Best 50mm lenses for Fujifilm X 24 lenses
• Best 50mm lenses for M42 24 lenses
• Best standard zoom lenses for Sony E 24 lenses
• Best 50mm lenses for Minolta MD 23 lenses
• Best macro lenses for Sony E 23 lenses
• Best portrait lenses for M42 23 lenses
• Best 50mm lenses for Canon FD 22 lenses
• Best standard zoom lenses for Sigma SA 22 lenses
• Best standard zoom lenses for Minolta MD 22 lenses
• Best telephoto prime lenses for Sigma SA 22 lenses
• Best telephoto zoom lenses for M42 22 lenses
• Best 50mm lenses for Micro Four Thirds 21 lenses
• Best fast prime lenses for Canon FD 21 lenses
• Best portrait lenses for Micro Four Thirds 21 lenses
• Best portrait lenses for Fujifilm X 21 lenses
• Best standard zoom lenses for Olympus OM 20 lenses
• Best wide-angle lenses for Canon EF-M 20 lenses
• Best fast prime lenses for Sigma SA 18 lenses
• Best fast prime lenses for Minolta MD 18 lenses
• Best macro lenses for Fujifilm X 18 lenses
• Best standard zoom lenses for Canon EF-S 18 lenses
• Best standard zoom lenses for Canon FD 18 lenses
• Best 50mm lenses for Nikon Z 17 lenses
• Best 50mm lenses for Olympus OM 17 lenses
• Best macro lenses for Micro Four Thirds 17 lenses
• Best macro lenses for Olympus OM 16 lenses
• Best fast prime lenses for M42 15 lenses
• Best telephoto prime lenses for Sony E 15 lenses
• Best wide-angle lenses for Leica L 15 lenses
• Best macro lenses for Canon FD 14 lenses
• Best telephoto zoom lenses for Sony E 14 lenses
• Best fast prime lenses for Leica L 13 lenses