The Sony A-mount to E-mount LA-EA Adapters Explained (Part 2) 

This is sad that sony didn't make a screwdrive adapter for cameras with pdaf sensor like their whole new line up. It would be great to use something like beercan on new sony cameras but without ligth stealing slt adapter. Imagine that this old great minolta lenses with this crazy sony eye af. it would be awesome.

Thanks for the video. How about a SIGMA 17-70 for sony A mount on the sony a6600 which one adapter should I chose. it has no scredriver... so i think i am done HOWEVER the Tokina 11-16 has screw driver but does not move when i pull focus manualyy so? what should i do? will tokina and sigma work with La1?? please i need help

Gary,.. i have am Sony A5100 and a 50mm F1.4(SAL50F14) what adapter i should use for filmaking...thank you in advance if you could help. LA EA1????

I have a Sigma lens on my Sony A65 camera body. (APS-C) What adaptor would I need to put this lens onto my Sony 6400 E mount mirrorless body. Am confused.

Hey gary, i was wondering if I'd loose some light when i pair my sony F1.4 50mm with an Sony La-ea4 because of that translucent mirror in the adaptor. Is it worth it to get the sony F1.4 50mm A mount or should i just get the 50mm F1.8 e-mount for shooting in low light scenarios. Which lens is better? I don't want to loose light. Thanks gary😀

Sony just announced LA EA5 which can use eye af with screw drive lenses

Thanks for sharing this video. is very informative, would you still recommend the a99ii in 2019? I'm considering buying one due to the affordable lenses for the a mount cameras. I mainly shoot portraits.

Want the best autofocus. Get a good e-mount lens. The adapters are great though to use manual focus in video using you good a-mount lenses. And there are some lovely a-mount lenses out there.

Actually you just cleared up another question for me. I have the Sony A6000 (with little to no interest in videos). The question was: Can simply use manual focus instead (never assume)? I can live with manual focus (I started with 35mm back in the 1960's) but I what the EFIX data sent from the lens back to the camera. .... Cheers.

First my apologise for my Dutch-English. Second thanks for this exceptional good explanation. Despite that I do have a question. Since a while I do own a sony A7III (second hand) Because of a A77 bodie earlier, all my lenses do have a-mount (all full frame and not ssm/sam) so I purchased also the sony LA-EA4 adapter. Now my question (at last ;}): If I want to select a function as ISO, display or drive mode, the moment I push the center button at the control wheel I receive the message: Please attach a supported lens since the current lens is not supporrted. Is this a lack in the functioning of the adapter? And may be this not the only one because touch focus seems also not working.bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb

I have a Sony a99 (full frame A mount). If I want to attach E mount lenses, which adapter should I use?

Which sony adapter is faster to autofocus with my a6000, the la-ea3 or la-ea1 ?

Hey Gary, question..... I have a Minolta AF 400mm f4.5 HS APO lens. It works great on my A7iii with an LA-EA4, but when I attach the Minolta AF 1.4x tele converter II APO, I lose autofocus and have no fstop readout. What gives?

Have you experienced or aware of any sensor dust issues with (aps-c) Sony cameras? By that I mean dust particles which really hard to clean etc. In my situation, I have a6400+16-50 kit, never detached the lens, never was in any harsh weather conditions and always treated my gear with great care, and yet for some reason had some big nasty dust particles on sensor (after usual city walk with camera and taking pictures here and there). Blower didn't helped, dry cotton swab too, and only after 2-3 wet cleanings (I used vsgo kit) It was kinda ok (there's still dust but visible only at very tight apertures). Two different people at camera stores said me that this isn't kinda normal (particularly this situation when dust gets onto sensor in a camera where lens was never detached before), two people on Sony customer service line said that as well. I was beyond stressed out back then, very important video shooting was on the edge of canceling and now, Sony service recommended me to bring my camera for diagnostics and I'm afraid that they could cancel my warranty because of my attempts of sensor cleaning (which is kinda specified on their web site, that they really could do that), since they said only authorized service centers could do the cleaning, but at the time of my video shooting, nearest service was like 800km from me. (all that situation is kinda sad because these cameras (a6xxx series) costs a small fortune for people in my region (and for me as well), and on top of all is overpriced by about $240, and I saved money for more than a year in order to buy it)

Hi Gary, great videos that led me to buy the LA-EA1. I am curious if these adaptors adjust the equivalent focal length on APS-C bodies? I have a a6400, and my Sony 30mm f2.8 SAM A mount has an equivalent length of 35mm. Is this different with the adapter?

well, the ea-la5 came out now. Does it work with a7 series mark2 or first a7 camera?

I have a Sony ZV-E10. I have a sony 70-400mm SSM II G Lens...it's full frame lens..Which adapter do I need? thank you

Hi Garry thank you for a great Video are the Adapters called Sony A to E not Sony E to A ❓ i have an Sony 77 mk 2 and have to use A mount lenses on my camera

I just bought an a6500 (still waiting for it to arrive) and I have 2 SAM A-mount lenses from my Sony a65 that I currently have. If I understand correctly from your last video and this one, I should be buying the LA-EA1 adapter correct? I assume this adapter will allow me to use the phase-detect AF, tracking etc of the a6500, but will the AF performance be a lot slower than with a native E-mount lens? Thanks!

Really, really useful information nicely delivered.

Can anyone confirm this la ea 4 works with nex 7

I have the Sony A6100 mirroless camera and I also have the Sony A57 with a Sony 18 - 200 A-Mount lens (with a screw at the bottom) that I would like to use, after watching both of your videos I know to use the LA-EA 2 Sony adapter, my question is; when I use my Sony A57 with this lens it makes noise when focusing while shooting a video. will this happen with the Sony A6100 with the adapter?

Thanks for the videos! I want to confirm - I have an A6000, and I just bought a Zeiss 24-70 F2.8 A-mount lens. Should I get the LA-EA3? Will it maintain the phase-detect AF? or will it use contrast AF?

I love how detailed you are! I watched this video and the previous one. Awesome work! I own a Sony Fs5. I would like to try out the Sony a-mount since they are cheaper than the Sony e-mount. However, I haven't seen any reviews on them anywhere. I would like to use them for weddings and events. So AF is essential. I'm leaning towards the LA-EA2 since I did see the Sigma 18-35mm (crop lens) for sale. Have you or your colleagues tried the LA-EA series on the Sony Fs5? Thank you!

Great video Gary: always informative, never biased :) One quick question though: Is the eye focus also supported by the A7III when using the LA-EA3 and a SSM lens? That'd be a big game changer!

A6400+LAEA1 can use real-time eye af ? Thank.

Hi Gary: Very informative video and clear explanations - Thank You! I am new to vlogging but am recently retired, and interested in creating vlogs about boating. I have a GoPro 8 and quickly realized I need two cameras. I've been looking at the ZX-1 but thought it might help my budget and provide much more flexibility if I bought an A6400 to use with the 3 A series lenses we have we've had for years. Cost with adapter would be about twice the ZX-1 but I don't have to buy more lenses (?) I know more about what works for me and I'd have a much better platform to build from if A lenses don't limit the A6400's performance too much. The lenses are a Minolta Maxxum 35-105 1:3.5-5.6, a Minolta Maxxum 100-300 1:4.5-5.6, and a Sony 18-55 3.5-5.6 SAM. Any thoughts or suggestions?

Is LAEA-1 dead or what is wrong with it? I don't see a significant price drop of used one on that so what is going on?

This guy is literary sensei of one of most complicated things i ever used. Why can't Sony use english in their cameras?! Who on earth gets what PP1, PP8 stands for? Is like engeeners made cameras for themselves... Anyway thanks alot for all help!

Seems to me that sports and wildlife shooters who have an a-mount camera, are pretty much out of luck when it comes to Sony producing anymore A-mount cameras. E-mount seems to be where they have moved and where they will continue to advance. I've spoken to Sony and they always say the same thing.."We are committed to A-mount and we never plan on abandoning it." Well that is exactly what they have done and are doing, so I can only believe that they say this in order to keep selling their remaining a-mount cameras and lenses. As many have stated, most a-mount shooters have invested a lot of money into a-mount lenses, and now that Sony has decided to no longer upgrade the a-mount line, the value of these a-mount lenses and bodies have dropped significantly, making it even more difficult to make the switch to e-mount. Looks like I will be selling off all of my a-mount stuff before it completely loses all its value and starting over with an e-mount camera and one e-mount lens and waiting until I can afford an e-mount long lens which I presume will be coming out shortly from Sigma, Tamron and Tokina. And it's not like I can switch back to Canon or Nikon, they are going the same route with their mounts on their mirrorless bodies! Adapters are confusing and never work to give you full functionality. Sad...

Please can you advise me where to E3 mount lenses for Sony video camera iwill be very grateful

Amazing explanation. Thankyou very much Gary. I then bought TAMRON SP 70-300mm DI USD A-mount. I use this on Sony A7Riv, with LA-EA3. This lense has motor drive right? but the AF does'n work, any explanation

I'm still confuse (beginner)I have Sony SLT A33 for a long time and my friend gave me a 85mm sony E lens. Should i get La ea4 or 3? Or do i need it ? Please help me.

Where to buy E 3 mount lenses for Sony video camera

I am so glad that you are using my best lenses for the a mount system with the cameras I want to switch on :)

I have read somewhere online that LAEA4 allow eye AF with A9 and A6400. Is that true?

Can you please tell to me how good is this adapter for auto tracking/focusing a fast-moving target using the sigma A 150 mm -500 f5 -500? is that asking to much?

Very neat I have a question: hope you'll be able to answer it or soon. Concerning AFC in still mode and burst. Do A-mount users finally have 10fps (at least) with tracking on A7 series 3? A7 Series 4? With laea3 or are we still stuck at 3 fps?

The information I cannot find, and you did not state in your Part 1, is can the LA-EA3 control the aperture of the 135mm 1.8 ZA screw-drive lens? And does it allow the functionality of the lens' focus-hold button?

Hi Gary! I really appreciate your books and videos! There’s one reason why I haven’t replaced my A77II with an A7III in combination with an LA-EA3 adapter: The focus tracking and eye autofocus seem to work flawlessly with my SSM lenses - but not in bursts! Only the first image will be in focus when an object is moving. I find this particularly annoying when shooting action like soccer. I can’t find any good information on that problem. Do you have any explanation or recommendations? Thanks a lot!

I love that original video! Wow a update!