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QuietOC 
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 Posted: 10 April 2021 at 13:34 |
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Interesting that the modified LA-EA4 focuses on the Alpha 1 because a stock LA-EA4 is limited to manual focus on that body.
Sony allows the 500mm F8 to use slightly more than the center AF points on the LA-EA5. I wonder what criteria they used to choose that area? Edited by QuietOC - 10 April 2021 at 13:38 |
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addy landzaat
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Posted: 10 April 2021 at 14:37 |
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Come to think of it - I missed something: if you do not own an A7r4, A1 or A6600 it might be the best option in town.
I guess the reliability of AF decreases when you move out with the 500mm. The Sony DSLT's and Sony/Minolta (D)SLR did the same. I guess their is a range in the centre that is considered good enough. That area might be known from the time the lens was designed and they just used the setting that is closest to that. |
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QuietOC
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Posted: 10 April 2021 at 15:12 |
This is true with any lens. Sony's limitation of many APS-C lenses to only 61 points of the 79 point discrete sensor also feels rather arbitrary. Why only just that amount? The frame coverage of the on-sensor phase-detect keeps increasing. I assume extra processing/data is needed off-axis phase-detect. Edited by QuietOC - 10 April 2021 at 15:35 |
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minolta_mutley
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Posted: 17 April 2021 at 20:39 |
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I ordered a 2nd-hand LA-EA4 + the monster electronics board.
We want all our remaining lenses to work on all my A7's (RII & III). I'll have to wait a few weeks for the board to arrive - if we're lucky we can use this lens on a future Benelux-Dyxum-meeting.  And yes - we understand that the camera needs to be switches off when changing lenses with the LA-EA4r (i once ruined a 24mm chip on a minolta lens by not powering the camera down - so this is something we won't forget). |
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minolta_mutley
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Posted: 01 May 2021 at 12:19 |
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My LA-EA4R arrived yesterday - and this morning i started the "surgery" on the LA-EA4 adapter i bought. Without the video from Mr. Friedman (links on this forum) - it'd have been a little bit more difficult.
This proves the high value of Mr. Friedman and this forum! You need to be handy with these small cables - it took me about 20' the work done. And i took a plastic box for sorting screws/nails - to put al small screws and parts inside. So we couldn't switch them. We tried it on our A7RII (the cheapest to replace- of all my a7's) - and it works fine with my Minolta 50mm f1.7. One issue still needs to be solved though - how am i going to pimp/paint the adapter - because i want to be able to recognize it. Maybe a few Red R's on all sides? Idea's are welcome. Now we'll start soon the tests with all our screw-driven-Minolta-lenses (and we'll switch of the camera while changing lenses! I ruined my 24mm chip on a K-M 24mm f2.8 once and it'll never happen again!). |
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4paul
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Posted: 16 February 2022 at 00:02 |
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New firmware v06 with "G Driver"; I finally think it is safe, so I ordered the EA4r board yesterday.
On their website there is a news blog update which seems to indicate it is (probably) correct that even if I accidentally don't power off the camera: 1 using a Z100 battery means the camera and lens are (probably) safe, the battery circuit breaker will trip but save the camera and lens 2 using Minolta lenses with 5 contacts (probably) will not short the camera The safest way is to drop the battery, or remove the EA4r from the camera ... then swap the lens. I still have a a7ii, which was the original source of the "shorted camera main board" problem, although minolta_mutley says the lens chip shorted (5 contact lens??). source: https://www.monsteradapter.com/blogs/%E6%96%B0%E9%97%BB/la-ea4r-important-notice-do-not-hot-swap-a-mount-lenses-while-camera-still-on Note I believe it is still true that the EA4r does not drive SSM/SAM lenses, whereas the EA5 does, except for a couple lenses noted on the EA5 thread https://www.dyxum.com/dforum/sony-laea5-adapter-250-october_topic138554_page26.html I used a silver and gold sharpie marker to put the number of the adapter on it, so the EA2 has a big "2" on the sides, etc. I'll add the "r" after I swap the board. |
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