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I don't see an adapted lens forum anywhere, so I'm posting this here. Please move if it's in the wrong spot.
I've been thinking about an LA-EA5 since I bought the body to use my old Maxxum glass. I couldn't decide if I wanted to spend the money on this not knowing how well the old glass would stand up the higher res body or put the $250 into another lens. I did some poking around and found a Fotasy for $17 shipped.
Since A Mount glass doesn't have an aperture ring the adapter has one, but it's not graduated for obvious reasons. My work-around was to open the aperture wide, then set the shutter speed a stop or two slow depending on how much I wanted to stop down. Once I adjusted the aperture ring so the meter read correct exposure, I knew I was close enough
There is nothing scientific or even photographic about these shots, just random stuff to see if they perform well enough on the 33MP. Some subjects are duplicated. I didn't worry about sweet spots or anything else, just wanted to know how well they'd process. Results are actually pretty decent, better than expected considering the total investment in these lenses is somewhere south of $200. You can buy some of these for next to nothing. Some I got for free in Maxxum kits I bought for one or two pieces then sold what I didn't want. The 75-300 was listed as 'Ugly' at KEH for $14. There is nothing wrong with the lens. No marks, no dust, no scratches or dents and it works fine.
Lenses are the 50/1.7, 28-135, 35-105, 100-200, 70-210 (Beer can) and 75-300. Here are a couple of examples, there are two or three shots from each lens in the album.
This is from the 35-105. Old Minolta glass renders colors beautifully.
35-105 3 by telecast, on Flickr
The 28-135 in Macro. No, it's not true macro just like most lenses that say 'macro' aren't, but it does nice closeups.
28-135 M by telecast, on Flickr
More in the album:
I don't own much in the way of A-Mount outside of the Maxxum lenses and no real reason to buy any. I think I'll go ahead though and get the LA-EA5 for these lenses. These may be fun with the Fotasy adapter on the A6000 too.
I've been thinking about an LA-EA5 since I bought the body to use my old Maxxum glass. I couldn't decide if I wanted to spend the money on this not knowing how well the old glass would stand up the higher res body or put the $250 into another lens. I did some poking around and found a Fotasy for $17 shipped.
Since A Mount glass doesn't have an aperture ring the adapter has one, but it's not graduated for obvious reasons. My work-around was to open the aperture wide, then set the shutter speed a stop or two slow depending on how much I wanted to stop down. Once I adjusted the aperture ring so the meter read correct exposure, I knew I was close enough
There is nothing scientific or even photographic about these shots, just random stuff to see if they perform well enough on the 33MP. Some subjects are duplicated. I didn't worry about sweet spots or anything else, just wanted to know how well they'd process. Results are actually pretty decent, better than expected considering the total investment in these lenses is somewhere south of $200. You can buy some of these for next to nothing. Some I got for free in Maxxum kits I bought for one or two pieces then sold what I didn't want. The 75-300 was listed as 'Ugly' at KEH for $14. There is nothing wrong with the lens. No marks, no dust, no scratches or dents and it works fine.
Lenses are the 50/1.7, 28-135, 35-105, 100-200, 70-210 (Beer can) and 75-300. Here are a couple of examples, there are two or three shots from each lens in the album.
This is from the 35-105. Old Minolta glass renders colors beautifully.
35-105 3 by telecast, on Flickr
The 28-135 in Macro. No, it's not true macro just like most lenses that say 'macro' aren't, but it does nice closeups.
28-135 M by telecast, on Flickr
More in the album:
Maxxum A-Mount Lenses on Sony A7 IV
These were made with a $17 adapter from Fotosay. The idea was to see if the LA-EA5 adapter from Sony would be worth it.
flic.kr
I don't own much in the way of A-Mount outside of the Maxxum lenses and no real reason to buy any. I think I'll go ahead though and get the LA-EA5 for these lenses. These may be fun with the Fotasy adapter on the A6000 too.
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