Sony LA-EA5 Adapter $250 October

I still think there may be a market for the monster ea4r because it will offer ability to use screw-drive lenses with bodies other than the a6600 and a7RIV. Only if Sony indicates that the ea5 might work with earlier bodies with future firmware updates will interest in the 4r collapse.

sybersitizen wrote: neilt3 wrote: I can't find anything official , compatibility wise , but dpreview says it works on ; Sony a7 III Sony a7R III Sony a7R IV (up to 10 fps) Sony a6100 Sony a6400 Sony a6600 (up to 11 fps) Sony a9 (up to 10 fps) Sony a9 II (up to 10 fps) Sony a7S III That's for motorized lenses. Sony's video indicates that screw drive lenses are supported only with the A7RIV and A6600.

That's odd .
So they've made an adapter that won't even work with SSM lenses on earlier cameras , all the NEX one's etc ?

And it'll only AF screw drive lenses on 2 cameras ?

I think we need to wait for more details , the "compatibility" chart wasn't available when I checked .
I think something might have been lost in translation here .

EDIT; maybe they've rushed it out due to the monster adapter stealing the thunder , and will add firmware updates for cameras with PDAF on the sensors at a later date .
Maybe they were originally planning on announcing it when the new full frame cameras are (apparently) going to be announced/released later in the month ?

Edited by neilt3 - 01 September 2020 at 18:00

mike77 wrote: They finally did it! I never gave up hope, despite all those who said it would never happen or is impossible.

Yeah I said it was very much nigh impossible. Happy to be proved wrong! One adapter for all A-mount lenses...although not all E-mount cameras, hah, not my A7rii. I lament not though.

Wonder whether that shutter lag that exists in both the LA-EA3 and 4 will be present in the 5?

Edit. And yeah, makes fiscal sense I suppose to make it only compatible with screw drive A-mount lenses when mounted on the latest A7r- and A6- cameras.

Edited by Kilkry - 01 September 2020 at 18:31

Pathetic.

Only two cameras that support screw mount lenses ?
Woefully inadequate.

The rest could be done with firmware and the LA-EA3

Stuart1701 wrote: Pathetic. Only two cameras that support screw mount lenses ? Woefully inadequate. The rest could be done with firmware and the LA-EA3

One can imagine that Sony will try to deliver fw updates for the previous bodies.

The LAEA5 is compatible on those bodies the same way as an LAEA3 at the moment so there is no need for perfect redundancy here.

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?

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?

I hope not. It should not require much R&D