Sony LA-EA5 Adapter $250 October

Photosopher wrote: Jonas A-R wrote: Maybe a prelude to the final abandonment of a-mount cameras, in order to prevent too much noise when it happens? Or is that too pessimistic? Or a prelude to a99/77 mkIII cams without an SLT. Or is that too optimistic?

If LAEA5 is really delivered as a totally opened full A-mount lenses including legacy Minolta, and being able to shoot @11fps or 12fps with the newest E bodies, it would mean for me that

   LAEA5 + whatever new E-mount bodies = Latest A-mount Bodies

And in that sense I doubt that there would be an A99m3 btw that would be expected to be announced this year probably in october or novemebr and we are in sept...

I do the maths like that, that's just my very own opinion.

Finally the E-mount body used this way would just not be an hybrid cam body anymore because no AF in video...

What does the compatibility really mean. The FETC1.4 is compatible with only FE 100-400 on paper but works just as well on FE 200-600. So wait and see.

Edited by Snegren - 01 September 2020 at 19:21

djfoxy wrote: LAEA5 + whatever new E-mount bodies = Latest A-mount Bodies

Sure. The only differences being the lack of top side LCD, fully articulating LCD, front side controls, twice the top side controls, full set of vertical grip controls to match the horizontal layout, lowered vertical grip for better elbow stabilization on chest and complete elimination of accidentally firing it from the horizontal grip, self locking battery doors, extreme weather sealing rubber gasket on vertical battery grip, strap lug on left side of vertical grip handy for no strapping by hand grip, genuine hinged doors for port covers, the ability to change control dials without raising hand on grip, EV comp that automatically resets to 0 and is equally useable with vertical grip, completely separate ports for remote, ac power, and usb connect (allowing all to be used simultaneously) and a battery system that shares the same charger with Sony big boy video cameras.

Other than that, yeah, pretty much the same.
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That said, I just pulled the trigger on a Max 100/2 and will be ordering the LA-EA5 as soon as it's available.

Edited by Photosopher - 01 September 2020 at 19:43

I think it's great this new adapter came out. Looking forward to Gary Friedman comparing it to the "monster adapter".

Since I'm not a complicated AF user (most of the time I'm on AF-S and just use the middle sensor, or don't need AF at all because I'm using a heritage MF lens I guess for the time being my LA-EA4 will do fine.

If this LA-EA5 works well with old Minolta lenses I might get one after a while, the two (small) advantages I see for my use are 1/2 stop light gain and a smaller (fully circular) form factor without the bulge that the LA-EA4 has underneath. For me not enough to immediately jump on it.

But for people who are frequently using all the AF bells and whistles that the new E-mount bodies have to offer I can see this is an extremely worthwhile development.

pegelli wrote: Since I'm not a complicated AF user (most of the time I'm on AF-S and just use the middle sensor, or don't need AF at all because I'm using a heritage MF lens I guess for the time being my LA-EA4 will do fine.

I used to work like that when I had a-mount cameras (a700, a900). Then came a9 with its AF magic. Now I’m permanently in AF-C mode except for flash photography and manual focus photography (I just purchased a manual lens today)

So I guess this makes going emount for full frame more appealing. Though I'll probably have to wait to see you all check out how it works.   

My exhibit is keeping me strapped.

This is surprising. I really hope they also fixed the strange laggy aperture behaviour of the LA-EA4. The shutter lag when the adapter stops down made me so mad, it made me sell my LA-EA4 (and, alas, most Minolta glass).