Market for A mount?

Dena wrote: I'm still torn between the a99, a99ii, or going to the emount for full frame. I'll have to buy new glass for emount, but I'll need to buy something wide for the a99 or a99ii, as my 16-50 f2.8 is a very good lens, but a crop. My tokina 11-16 too. I'd probably need a Tamron 15-30mm, but that makes me wonder if I should just go emount and also keep my a77ii to use all the old Minolta lenses I love. I so want to get something better for astro and low light.

The last is kind of my strategy, keep the a77ii and some of the nice A-mount lenses. After all, I’m not really going to get much selling them now. Especially as the A-mount was pulled out of the NZ market at the beginning of last year.

Then shift to full frame E-mount. So far I’ve got an a7riii, some nice primes and a couple of zooms. The biggest change I’ve noticed is that when I had the a7R it was a complement to my a77ii. This time around the a7riii feels like a genuine DSLR replacement.

Edited by wetapunga - 31 July 2020 at 08:13

sybersitizen wrote: Swede66 wrote: The last A-mount camera will roll out of production sometime during the next couple of months. A-mount is no more unfortunately. Had a chat with a trusted source yesterday and he recommended me to get an a9 and keep the glass. Their new Fe-A mount adapter will make all Sony a-mount lenses fully compatible to the a9's and a7's. Various things said over the last few years by Sony representatives concerning A-mount can't be trusted. But if there's finally an official declaration of the end of A-mount, I will trust that one.

Yeah, I know that but I trust this guy but I can't, for various reasons, tell you guys who the source is, sorry. Normally I keep myself from spreading stuff that I read or hear but this was too important not too share.

I'll believe there is a Sony FE-A adapter when I can buy one. But I really hope Sony will provide it, until they do I can't see myself getting an E mount body.

I suppose there will always be some kind of market for A-Mount gear, though that market will change as and when Sony finally decide to pull the plug on it. If that market becomes solely a second-hand market with prices to reflect a fall in perceived value, then so be it.

I'm in no position to jump over to E-Mount today, whether or not there is an all-singing, all-dancing adaptor in the wings, even if I were to trade all my A-Mount gear in - I simply cannot justify the expense. I have a couple of low-count Mark 1 A77 bodies and a mix of glass, including a couple of G lenses and Zeiss ZA lenses, covering 16mm to 400mm (800mm with teleconverter). It would be nice to get a couple of lenses, but really I have what I need to see me through the next few years.

As and when A-Mount is not supportable and my camera gear cannot be repaired, then as a consumer with (hopefully) money in my pocket, I will look around and choose a new camera set-up that's right for me. That may not be Sony E-Mount, and then again it might. It will depend on the capabilities and requirements I am looking for and the corresponding products that fit those needs; after all, I'm not a professional photographer, just an amateur (some would say "very..."), so it's not like my livelihood depends on it.


All the "death of A-Mount" talk over the past few years led me to not really invest in anything, certainly not new (so, a self-fulfilling prophecy). Instead, I adopted a new maxim:

!! Love the gear you've got, use the gear you've got !!

And that's what I plan to do with A-Mount.

Rashkae wrote: Phil Wood wrote: I'll believe there is a Sony FE-A adapter when I can buy one. But I really hope Sony will provide it, until they do I can't see myself getting an E mount body. You mean an updated one? Because Sony released them years ago.

A proper one, full AF on all Sony (& Minolta?) A mount lenses without a mirror. See swede66's posts in this thread.

LAbernethy wrote: If there's a seller and a buyer, there's a market. You have an a99II. I have $20. I'll take it off your hands. That's a market.

No, that's an insult. Or an attempt at humour ...   

Miranda F wrote: LAbernethy wrote: If there's a seller and a buyer, there's a market. You have an a99II. I have $20. I'll take it off your hands. That's a market. No, that's an insult. Or an attempt at humour ...

Quite right .
No need to insult the OP with an offer of $20 .
I'll give you £50 !
And the promise that it will get many more years of appreciated use , rather than left on a shelf .