LA-EA4r Monster Adapter v02

The battery issue is discussed in the Monster Adapter forum, and that does arise in some cases. However in a small number of cases the actual camera main board has been affected. And required replacement. The WARNING is clear:

ENSURE THE CAMERA IS TURNED OFF WHEN REPLACING A LENS!

Monster Adapter Facebook Page Post made on 7 Feb, and discussion.

Official Notification on Monster Adapter Facebook page:

Turn off the camera before changing lenses. Especially with A7ii.

Warning about the use of the LA-EA4r!!!
As many of you have noticed Don Williams' post about how his a7II has bricked, please go through it to the end where the experiences and thoughts exchanged should be very useful for you to prevent the same from happening to you. Here is the post link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/572060616797245/permalink/687146661955306/
First of all we'd like to thank Don and other members for the sharing in the post and we think it's extremely necessary to remind all our users again that the instructions mentioned on the package of our board as well as the Sony's for the original LA-EA4 must be remembered and followed, and the most important one, as Don has concluded in the end, is NEVER to attach/detach the lens/adapter when the camera is still ON. Moreover, try your best to only use the officially supported lenses and the Minolta/Sony native lenses with your MonsterAdapter LA-EA4r because they have been physically tested as safe to use.
We don't want to see any more cameras bricked for totally avoidable reasons so please pay attention to this warning and enjoy your shooting without pains.

Miranda F wrote: Can anyone comment on the relative AF capabilities with this, versus before modification? I ask because my impression of using the A7Rii is that on-sensor PDAF works very well for small focus errors, but for large focus errors - especially on long telephoto lenses - it loses PDAF more quickly than the A-mount PDAF setup, choosing a direction more or less randomly. This could be because the A-mount's larger mechanical assembly detects the correct way to go even with fairly large focus errors (macro excepted).

My experience has been positive. With my 200mm f2.8G AF speed is about the same as when I used the original LA-EA4. The bonus is that I have far more AF points to choose from. In low light, I think the AF speed and accuracy is about the same as before.

Ah, thanks. Something to balance against the focus modes of OSPDAF.

QuietOC wrote: Anyone have a working link to the V03 firmware? I would like to use the Tamron 90mm F2.5 with the LA-EA4r. It worked fine with V03 and doesn't work with V04.

I don't know a valid link, but I have a v03 binary.
I don't have LA-EA4r anymore so I can't confirm, but is it possible to downgrade Firmware?
Isn't it better to ask the author to support it with v05?

Interesting video.

My take aways.
I think the LA-EA5 is quicker (if your camera supports it )
The LA-EA4r is useable.
I would not like the step AF character of the LA-EA4r. In fact, it is the way the A7r2 handles adapted SSM/SAM lenses and I do not like it. The A7r4 is much, much better with the LA-EA1/3 then the A7r2.

I see four reasons to get the LA-EA4r:
1) you like the fact that a third party made it (or you hate Sony limitations)
2) you like to tinker
3) you want to save some money
4) you want to use the outer focus area with the 500mm mirror
Did I miss anything?