{"id":15462,"date":"2021-08-02T15:43:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T19:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=15462"},"modified":"2021-08-02T15:43:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T19:43:30","slug":"02aug2021-photography-sony-a-mount-lenses-on-the-e-mount-a7-cameras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/02\/02aug2021-photography-sony-a-mount-lenses-on-the-e-mount-a7-cameras\/","title":{"rendered":"02AUG2021 \u2013 Photography \u2013 Sony A-Mount Lenses on the E-Mount A7 Cameras"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just put in my rental order to Lensrentals.com for the Sony LA-EA5 A-mount to E-mount adapter and the Sony A7R IVA camera.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been wanting to find out if using this adapter on the A7 cameras that are \u201callowed\u201d to autofocus motorless A-mount lenses would be a valuable option for me or not.\u00a0 I have two very high-quality A-mount lenses that currently can only be autofocused using the LA-EA4 adapter.\u00a0 This adapter uses a translucent mirror that contains some rudimentary auto-focus points rather than the much more capable sensor based autofocus capability of the modern Sony mirrorless cameras.<\/p>\n

This rental will allow me to test this new adapter to see if these old lenses can be returned to reasonable and productive use.\u00a0 If they do perform satisfactorily, I\u2019ll still have to purchase one of the cameras that have this capability with motorless A-mount lenses.\u00a0 Currently only the A7R IV and the super expensive A1 have this capability for full frame shooters.\u00a0 Neither are what I\u2019d want to shoot.\u00a0 But if the upcoming A7 IV camera will be given this capability then I\u2019ll trade up my A7 III and get the LA-EA5 for the sake of using these old lenses.<\/p>\n

The two lenses that I am primarily interested in using are the:<\/p>\n