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The Minolta A mount is finally dead :-(

Started May 5, 2021 | Discussions thread
sybersitizen Forum Pro • Posts: 24,267
The severely limited LA-EA5

Renato1 wrote:

I take back what I said above.
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I've been checking the lens compatibility of the LA-EA5 at the Sony site at
Lens Compatibility with LA-EA5
When I choose a compatible camera listed in the DPreview article, click on it, then click on any of the Konica Minolta lenses listed after the Sony SAL lenses, it says in the first line
"Autofocus Cannot Be Used".
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So, if their chart is to be believed, Sony have made the LA-EA5 adapter solely to work with Sony SAL lenses and abandoned KM lenses and presumably the older Minolta lenses.
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If so, this is truly despicable.

You need to check the chart carefully. LA-EA5 autofocus with screw drive lenses is limited to just four newly released cameras: A1, A7RIV, A7RIVA, and A6600. This has been widely discussed ... and yes, it is pretty despicable if Sony doesn't promptly provide firmware updates for several more existing cameras so they can support that.

Even if such a thing happens, the adapter still does not provide autofocus during video with any camera/lens combination.

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