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Arkku
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Arkku wrote:
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I suspect shooting in A mode is true for all Sony A mount or Minolta MA mount. I have no problem shooting in A mode when I was using film Dynax cameras. |
Some of the lower-end Sony Alphas do not support A-mode with a manual lens on a non-electric adapter, since they lack the “release without lens” option in the settings. Instead they allow shooting “without a lens” only in M-mode, so an electric adapter must be used to shoot in A-mode with manual lenses on those cameras. |
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buerokratiehasser
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| Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 5:15 am Post subject: |
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buerokratiehasser wrote:
iirc they have that option but even enabling it gives you only M
same with film bodies EXCEPT the small auto-everything cameras like 4 - but as I said, you don't see the times on those so a bit of metering / guessing required not to get too much shaek
Curiously, the secret handshake from the web to enable release without lens (you know on poweron press those buttons...) seemed to do nothing on one of mine, it always fired no matter what; but I cannot remember what body that was. |
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january-w
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| Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 11:01 am Post subject: Konica-Minolta 7d and M42 adapter |
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january-w wrote:
Will an electronic adapter, which allows to have AF-confirm, be enough to use the anti-shake in Minolta 7D? |
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Arkku
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| Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 12:02 am Post subject: Re: Konica-Minolta 7d and M42 adapter |
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Arkku wrote:
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| Will an electronic adapter, which allows to have AF-confirm, be enough to use the anti-shake in Minolta 7D? |
Yes, if the focal length programmed into the adapter roughly matches that of the lens. |
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huigmeinen
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| Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 12:00 pm Post subject: |
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huigmeinen wrote:
Can anyone suggest me some sony DSLR cam for home photography.
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philslizzy
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philslizzy wrote:
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Hi,
What is the best dSLR for old Minolta mount lenses ? My knowloedge are around zero about that.
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My Nikon can use a lensed MD adapter, its a bit soft at the edges unless you stop down 2 stops, but I do anyway. If I want shallow DOF, you don't notice the softness, its part of the OOF image.
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my_photography
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my_photography wrote:
Welcome to the forum. What do you mean by home photography and any reason why limited to Sony DSLRs?
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mesinik
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Location: Estland
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| Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 2:05 pm Post subject: which adapter for a390? |
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mesinik wrote:
I bet, for a390 it's better to take an adapter with a chip? |
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OPAL
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| Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2013 5:35 pm Post subject: SONY A7 / A7R Adapter |
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OPAL wrote:
Before I am going to buy me the SONY A7, I've to test my C/Y Zeiss glasses first with an C/Y > Sony NEX adapter. A friend of mine, has the A7, and I've bought me an well made and precise adapter, and I had a chance to test my C/Y Zeiss Distagon T* 3,5/15mm and C/Y Zeiss Distagon T* 4.0/18mm with it. Both extreme wide angle lenses worked fine with the SONY A7! This was my major goal, that I am going to buy me the SONY A7 soon! Both lenses are presently work fine too, also with adaptors on my comparable heavy and bulky CANON 5DMkII! I don't want and need this anymore, since I was holding the SONY A7 in my hands! Finito!  |
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alvarossorio
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| Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2013 7:07 pm Post subject: Re: SONY A7 / A7R Adapter |
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alvarossorio wrote:
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| Before I am going to buy me the SONY A7, I've to test my C/Y Zeiss glasses first with an C/Y > Sony NEX adapter. A friend of mine, has the A7, and I've bought me an well made and precise adapter, and I had a chance to test my C/Y Zeiss Distagon T* 3,5/15mm and C/Y Zeiss Distagon T* 4.0/18mm with it. Both extreme wide angle lenses worked fine with the SONY A7! This was my major goal, that I am going to buy me the SONY A7 soon! Both lenses are presently work fine too, also with adaptors on my comparable heavy and bulky CANON 5DMkII! I don't want and need this anymore, since I was holding the SONY A7 in my hands! Finito! |
Interesting piece of information. What adapter did you use?
It would be very nice if you could post some pictures taken with Sony A7 and Zeiss 15 f3.5 and 18 f4. Some people report Sony A7 has some issues with wide angles.
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cyrano
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| Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2013 7:30 pm Post subject: Re: SONY A7 / A7R Adapter |
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cyrano wrote:
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| OPAL wrote: |
| Before I am going to buy me the SONY A7, I've to test my C/Y Zeiss glasses first with an C/Y > Sony NEX adapter. A friend of mine, has the A7, and I've bought me an well made and precise adapter, and I had a chance to test my C/Y Zeiss Distagon T* 3,5/15mm and C/Y Zeiss Distagon T* 4.0/18mm with it. Both extreme wide angle lenses worked fine with the SONY A7! This was my major goal, that I am going to buy me the SONY A7 soon! Both lenses are presently work fine too, also with adaptors on my comparable heavy and bulky CANON 5DMkII! I don't want and need this anymore, since I was holding the SONY A7 in my hands! Finito! |
Interesting piece of information. What adapter did you use?
It would be very nice if you could post some pictures taken with Sony A7 and Zeiss 15 f3.5 and 18 f4. Some people report Sony A7 has some issues with wide angles.
Thanks,
Alvaro. |
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Tedat
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| Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 7:51 am Post subject: Re: SONY A7 / A7R Adapter |
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Tedat wrote:
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| Some people report Sony A7 has some issues with wide angles. |
those issues are with RF wide angles only
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OPAL
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| Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 9:46 am Post subject: Re: SONY A7 / A7R Adapter |
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OPAL wrote:
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| alvarossorio wrote: |
| OPAL wrote: |
| Before I am going to buy me the SONY A7, I've to test my C/Y Zeiss glasses first with an C/Y > Sony NEX adapter. A friend of mine, has the A7, and I've bought me an well made and precise adapter, and I had a chance to test my C/Y Zeiss Distagon T* 3,5/15mm and C/Y Zeiss Distagon T* 4.0/18mm with it. Both extreme wide angle lenses worked fine with the SONY A7! This was my major goal, that I am going to buy me the SONY A7 soon! Both lenses are presently work fine too, also with adaptors on my comparable heavy and bulky CANON 5DMkII! I don't want and need this anymore, since I was holding the SONY A7 in my hands! Finito! |
Interesting piece of information. What adapter did you use?
It would be very nice if you could post some pictures taken with Sony A7 and Zeiss 15 f3.5 and 18 f4. Some people report Sony A7 has some issues with wide angles.
Thanks,
Alvaro. |
Same here |
I've ordered an cheap C/Y > Sony NEX adaptor over AMAZON for € 12.95, I guess coming from Hong Kong, just within a week! Very precise made and well machined! My personal goal was, especially to test my 15 & 18mm C/Y Zeiss glasse on the SONY A7, before I going to buy me this camera body! O.K. after the holidays, I am going to post some images here, made with these two fine lenses! Presently, I am using these SWA glasses perfectly on my CANON 5DMkII with an shaved mirror. But. I am now sick and tired using this bulky and heavy camera body, that's the main reason to switch over to the SONY A7 soon, with its perfect possibilities to mount almost everything onto the camera, which are not be three on top of an tree! For me, that's wonderful!
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ManualFocus-G
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| Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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ManualFocus-G wrote:
It's probably best that Sony Alpha a7 and a7r compatability is not discussed in the Digital SLR section, as these cameras can take almost any lens, unlike the tranditional A mount Sony Alpha DSLR / SLT cameras. It will just lead to confusion (Sony's fault!)
Sony a7 and a7r can be discussed in the E-mount Nex section here: http://forum.mflenses.com/digital-slr-cameras-f35.html
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alvarossorio
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alvarossorio wrote:
Thank you for your answer OPAL.
Enjoy the New Year with your New Camera... |
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awa54
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awa54 wrote:
Tamron Adaptall mount adapter alert:
I recently got a generic Adaptall to A-mount adapter direct from China via Ebay, this mount seems to allow infinity focus, but has a very small amount of slop between the respective bayonet mounts and also does not provide full aperture stop-down for all lenses.
My unscientific observation is that the 28 2.5 stops down all the way, but with the last two stops being partial, the 135 2.5 and 200 3.5 only stop down to f11 and the 35-70 3.5 to f16 (didn't carefully observe the 300 5.6 SP or 28-50 3.5-4.5).
A fix for the China special adapter might be to glue a thin shim of something like plastic sheet, along the track that the cam arm follows, but thickness would have to be determined with care, so as not to cause binding between the adapter and lens, or over compression of the aperture cam.
The *real* fix is to locate and purchase a genuine Tamron adapter (MAX'M), which has neither the slight play between mounts, nor the failure to stop down issue... its issue is that they aren't terribly common and often cost $40 or more, as compared to common mounts which average around $15. If you're persistent and lucky, you can get them off Ebay for under $30 though  .
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kiddo
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| Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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kiddo wrote:
Hi everybody ,could anyone confirm Sony A6000 mount is safe to use heavy manual lenses like 70-200 etc. Or should it need replacing original mount for a tough emount? Just like Sony A7? |
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| Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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visualopsins wrote:
With increasing lens size/weight at some point a camera with lens becomes a lens with camera attached. Also determines which part of the system is attached to tripod, camera or lens.
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kiddo
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| Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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kiddo wrote:
Yeah I've got the point, it only worried me that maybe the 6000's mount, it's not as good as second version A7 and later,for using manual lenses |
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