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The E mount adapter poll - January 2020

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Poll Question: What adapters do you use on your E mount camera?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
7 [7.07%]
14 [14.14%]
20 [20.20%]
3 [3.03%]
40 [40.40%]
3 [3.03%]
12 [12.12%]
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Posts: 9085 		Post Options Post Options   Quote rovhazman Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 January 2020 at 09:24
I voted "I use dumb adapters plus A mount smart adapters with EXIF".
I mostly use the Voigtlander M-E close up adapter (I use it much more than I use native E mount lenses...), but I also use the LA-EA3 and LA-EA4 adapters (I prefer the 3, but use the 4 for non-SSM lenses).

In addition, I have large collection of dumb adapters: dumb A-E (used when using old lenses which were adapted to A-mount), MD-E, MD-E with tilt option, few M-E with helicoid, few M-E without helicoid, NIKON F-E, M39-E, M42-E, Pentacon Six-E, Mamya RB67-E and maybe more that I don't remember right now...

It is fun adapting lenses to E-mount...
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Posts: 6418 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Snegren Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 January 2020 at 12:29
LA-EA3
Canon EF, Nikon F tilt, Pentaflex AK16, C-mount, Exakta, M42, Minolta SR, Pentacon Six to M42, P6 to Exakta. All dumb, some with focussing helicoid.
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Posts: 5407 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Aavo Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 January 2020 at 12:46
I do not use any adapter. All my lenses, about 4 years now, are native e-mount aps-c lenses: 3 primes 20/2,8 + 24/1,8Z + 56/1,4 and suitalbe for me 18-135OSS.
If about something special I do not know jet, my first look is surely A-mount and then A/E-mount adapter.
a6500 & some nice e-mount af lenses 20/24/56/17-70
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Posts: 4074 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Miranda F Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 January 2020 at 16:34
LA-EA1 and LA-EA2 for A-mount on the Nex-6.

Lots of M42 and PK mount dumb adapters for use with various MF lenses.
I've been gradually stocking up in native E-mount MF lenses and using adapters less and less, but the little Miranda (pentax) primes are so nice and small they're fun to use.

I have a so-called 'speed booster' for A-mount which widens the view angle (a bit) and hardly boosts the speed at all (1/3 stop typical) but don't use it any more. Something else to sell ...
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Posts: 1479 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Robbie Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 January 2020 at 14:18
I have a LA-EA2 and LA-EA4 for my A6000 and A7. In addition I have a dump adapter for konica and one for Minolta md. But recently I am using more and more my native e-mount lenses.
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Posts: 2782 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Kilkry Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 January 2020 at 17:16
MD and OM wholly mechanical adapters (prefer that term before 'dumb'..they don't have a low amount of "thinking" power, they have none) and the MC11, still going strong (receiving fw updates). 1.27 from 1.12 made the EF 35/2 af a little surer on my A7rii.

Anyways, I'm rather glad we live in just a right slice of time to be able to utilize older (or sideways) lenses in a great way!
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Posts: 3996 		Post Options Post Options   Quote onsplekkie Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 January 2020 at 20:03
Just the one Voigtlander helicoid VM to E-mount, plus a whole load of cheapies for as many different mount for my vintage glass.
No A-mount lenses.
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Posts: 1706 		Post Options Post Options   Quote al Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 January 2020 at 05:13
I have several adapters...
LA-EA1 LA-EA3 LA-EA4 for A-mount
Dumb adapters for M42 lenses, Konica lenses, and MD/MC mount lenses
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Posts: 3801 		Post Options Post Options   Quote trainerKEN Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 January 2020 at 06:45
I only have ONE EF lens, the Canon 17mm F4 L TS-E (tilt-shift). It doesn't get used much, but I will never part with it
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Posts: 263 		Post Options Post Options   Quote leohendriks Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 December 2020 at 22:18
A LA-EA4 for fixed focus minolta lenses 50/1.4 and 100/2.8.
A Metabones for Canon EF 16-35/4 IS and 70-200/4 IS USM.

Edit:
I sold the Canon 16-35 in favour of the Sony 16-35/4.
I bought a secondhand Canon 300/4 with 1.4x converter.

I use both adapters and lenses on an A7II and a 6000.

Edited by leohendriks - 08 July 2022 at 20:11
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Posts: 55 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Petrochemist Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 December 2020 at 13:13
I shoot with a very wide variety of dumb adapters, including models with focal reducers, helicoids, tilt, shift, aperture linkages & the Techart pro (giving AF to manual lenses). Some of these are MFT adapters fitted via a MFT to e-mount adapter.

For my first 6 months of using e-mount I didn't have a single native lens. I now have two but have added a full spectrum modified A7ii to my initial Nex6.
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Posts: 3465 		Post Options Post Options   Quote happyjack Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01 February 2021 at 05:13
I have the LA-EA3 & 4 for all my A mount glass, but am considering if it's worth getting the EA5.
I'll do a separate post, but does anyone know whether there is an advantage of the EA4 over the 5 when using with my A7M3 for SSM & SAM lenses
BUT most of all with my Tamron 150-600 G2?
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Posts: 4074 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Miranda F Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01 February 2021 at 10:10
Don't think the LA-EA5 currently offers anything the LA-EA3 doesn't on the A7M3. Might be an appropriate firmware update, I guess.

Edit: I meant a future update, but I don't know whether that is possible.

Edited by Miranda F - 01 February 2021 at 13:11
Miranda F & Sensorex, Sony A7Rii, A58, Nex-6, Dynax 4, 5, 60, 500si/600si/700si/800si, various Sony & Minolta lenses, several Tamrons, lots of MF primes and *far* too many old film cameras ...
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Posts: 3716 		Post Options Post Options   Quote QuietOC Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01 February 2021 at 11:06
Originally posted by happyjack happyjack wrote:

I have the LA-EA3 & 4 for all my A mount glass, but am considering if it's worth getting the EA5.
I'll do a separate post, but does anyone know whether there is an advantage of the EA4 over the 5 when using withop my A7M3 for SSM & SAM lenses
BUT most of all with my Tamron 150-600 G2?

The 5 acts identical to the 3 on the A7III.
Sony A7RIV LA-EA5
Pentax Q7 5-15 15-45/2.8 8.5/1.9 11.5/9
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