Is Sony a850 and Sony DT 55-200mm F4-5.6 SAM compatible?

Below you will find your chosen camera and lens. Click on the product name for more information.

Buy	Sony a850 Released: 2009 Type: Digital SLR Sensor: Full frame 25 Megapixels 6048 x 4032 pixels
Buy	Sony DT 55-200mm F4-5.6 SAM Released: 2009 Telephoto Zoom Lens Suited for cameras with APS-C sensors Focal Length: 55-200 mm Aperture: f/4-5,6

Can you combine these two?

Last updated: November 2024

This is the short answer:

The camera and lens you have chosen might work but in a cropped mode since the lens is constructed for a smaller APS-C sensor.

Cropped Mode and Lower Resolution

This lens has focal length:
55-200 mm

You will experience:
82-300 mm

Using a lens constructed for a APS-C sensor can result in that the resolution becomes lower that the 25 MP that the Sony a850 has.

Focal Length

The Sony camera has a sensor of type Full frame which means that your experienced Focal length will be same as the lens specification tells us.

This lens has focal length:
55-200 mm

Since Sony a850 does not have a Full Frame sensor the experience focal length you will experience will be:
82-300 mm

Read more about Crop factor

Total weight

When you are looking at a combination of a camera and a lens you must always consider the total weight. Each product weighs in at:

Sony a850
895 gram

Sony DT 55-200mm F4-5.6 SAM
305 gram

Together they have a total weight of 1200 gram (equal to 2.65 lb).

Compatibility Check ID: 3101

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