LA-VE1 Monster Adapter for Vectis Lenses Re-issue

darosa wrote: ] I'm hoping they'll start shipping in a month or two. I've completed my collection with a very cheap 400mm and a not so cheap 17mm. Prices may go up now ... Maybe we should start a Vectis lenses themed view.

It'll probably be a bit later than that , the croud funding things still got a month to run , then they'll order the parts they need that they don't make themselves .
Then they've to assemble and test them , before sending them out .

Maybe it's time to dust off my surplus Vectis lenses and get them on ebay for greatly inflated prices over what they cost me !
The most i paid for a lens would be the two 17mm lenses I own that I paid less than £50 for one and the other came with an DiMage RD-3000 .

I think I posted some images from the Vectis lenses when I reviewed them , but there not on lenses sample shot forum .


I've got quite a few to to put on a themed view and will be happy to add more when the adapter arrives .

darosa wrote: neilt3 wrote: darosa wrote: See here! Yep . See here I've paid up for one ! So did I!

It'll be nice if it turns up this year , I'm looking forward to seeing how my 25-150mm lens behaves .

darosa wrote: See here!

Yep .
See here

I've paid up for one !

This version is capable of firmware updates , whereas the v1 isn't . So it's highly unlike that my version could be updated .
It'll work fine on my a7Riv , albeit not all lenses cover the full frame .
It'll be interesting to see how it functions on the NEX 7 .
It might mean getting a later a6*** as my pocket camera next year .

I shall wait and see .

japp wrote: oh well i am actually very curious. Now the very expensive question becomes what will they ask for it and with what body's will this adapter work.

What would be nice would be if they made a firmware update available for the original adapter .
It should be possible as it does drive the lenses AF motor .
When you turn the camera off , the AF resets to infinity .

I'm not one to frequent Sony alpha rumours site , but someone posted this link on DPR .
https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/leaked-image-of-the-first-la-ve2-monsteradapter/

It looks like an Autofocus unit might soon be available.

neilt3 wrote: It's a shame they haven't got auto focus working . Regarding the list of supported lens , it seems wrong to me though as the 25-150mm F4.5-6.3 and 28-56mm F4-5.6 cannot be manually focussed .

Thanks for the clarification, I have noted this on their Facebook page.

On the Monster Adapter Facebook page, it has just been announced that the LA-VE1 will be available on Ebay from Oct. 27th, $199 USD with free world-wide shipping.

    Our LA-VE1 will enable the use of all 8 lenses of Minolta Vectis system on Sony E cameras with the following features: 1. full electromagnetic aperture control via the body; 2. manual focus of the focus-by-wire design lenses; 3. automatic focal-length detection 5-axis anti-shake with capable bodies； The only limitation is it doesn't enable AF. The supported lens list (all 8 lenses)：
     17mm F3.5
     50mm F3.5 Marco 1:2
     400mm F8 Reflex
     22-80mm F4-5.6
     25-150mm F4.5-6.3
     28-56mm F4-5.6
     56-170mm F4.5-5.6
     80-240mm F4.5-5.6 APO