left us out: as a Sony a-mount user, it bugs me that they went to the e-mount on most of their new cameras. I was just reading about their 61mp camera and was I was dismayed to see...

bull drink water Loc: pontiac mi.

as a Sony a-mount user, it bugs me that they went to the e-mount on most of their new cameras. I was just reading about their 61mp camera and was I was dismayed to see that it is made in e-mount only. I am heavily invested in Sony and Minolta a-mount lenses. while I might be persuaded to invest $3.4k in the new camera, the idea that i'd have to buy an adaptor and still face the possibility of loosing some features on my stock of lenses and tele-converters, leaves me cold.

Merlin1300 Loc: New England, But Now & Forever SoTX

Crapple has done this for years. Planned Obsolescence.
I have a Gen-1 iPad - - hasn't been supported for iOS upgrades in the last 5 years.
It DOES still run my Logos Bible Software - - but NOTHING else.
There's a message there.

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

Better hold on to your a-mount camera then.
Some people suggest one should invest in lenses, but there's always the risk that someday you won't have a camera to mount them onto because there may come a time when no new cameras are produced with that particular mount.

BebuLamar

Minolta/Sony A mount is dead. It's way overdue. Canon did it over 30 years ago to kill off the FD mount.
If it bugs you then did it bug you when manufacturers stop making film and film cameras?

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

bull drink water wrote:

as a Sony a-mount user, it bugs me that they went to the e-mount on most of their new cameras. I was just reading about their 61mp camera and was I was dismayed to see that it is made in e-mount only. I am heavily invested in Sony and Minolta a-mount lenses. while I might be persuaded to invest $3.4k in the new camera, the idea that i'd have to buy an adaptor and still face the possibility of loosing some features on my stock of lenses and tele-converters, leaves me cold.

Nikon and Canon have just started their same journey. I feel your pain.
PS. that is why I sold all of my Sony a mount camera's and Minolta lenses.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

bull drink water wrote:

as a Sony a-mount user, it bugs me that they went to the e-mount on most of their new cameras. I was just reading about their 61mp camera and was I was dismayed to see that it is made in e-mount only. I am heavily invested in Sony and Minolta a-mount lenses. while I might be persuaded to invest $3.4k in the new camera, the idea that i'd have to buy an adaptor and still face the possibility of loosing some features on my stock of lenses and tele-converters, leaves me cold.

That's a big advantage Nikon has had till they introduced their Z cameras - one lens/any body.

Fotomacher Loc: Toronto

BebuLamar wrote:

Minolta/Sony A mount is dead. It's way overdue. Canon did it over 30 years ago to kill off the FD mount.
If it bugs you then did it bug you when manufacturers stop making film and film cameras?

I am a Nikon shooter and have used lenses made in the 1970s and 1980s on my D810 (and D70s, D300 and D700 before it) with no difficulty. The F mount has been around since 1959. And my camera body light meter couples with that old glass so I can shoot in aperture priority and manual. Not every manufacturer builds in obsolescence.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

jerryc41 wrote:

That's a big advantage Nikon has had till they introduced their Z cameras - one lens/any body.

Not quite - I often hear Nikon users talk about which lenses work with which cameras. Apparently the less expensive modern bodies lack a focusing motor, but some lenses demand that. And then, there is the stuff that sounds like 'Old MacDonald' to me ...... you know, "AI, AI, oh!".

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Merlin1300 wrote:

Crapple has done this for years. Planned Obsolescence.
I have a Gen-1 iPad - - hasn't been supported for iOS upgrades in the last 5 years.
It DOES still run my Logos Bible Software - - but NOTHING else.
There's a message there.

The message is that the computer world isn’t static. It evolves continuously. Tech companies only make money if they continue to offer new innovations.

The forthcoming iOS 13 will support all sorts of previous devices, from the forthcoming iPhone 11 all the way back to iPhone 5s and iPad Mini 2. That’s amazing, considering competitive phone/tablet OSes.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

rehess wrote:

Not quite - I often hear Nikon users talk about which lenses work with which cameras. Apparently the less expensive modern bodies lack a focusing motor, but some lenses demand that. And then, there is the stuff that sounds like 'Old MacDonald' to me ...... you know, "AI, AI, oh!".

I used Nikons for 43 years. That hooey about the “stable” F mount falls apart when you run into all the exceptions. My old Nikkors from 1968 to 1981 are annoying to use on anything digital. Not worth the bother...

Merlin1300 Loc: New England, But Now & Forever SoTX

burkphoto wrote:

The message is that the computer world isn’t static.

I think the real message is the Lord wants me to have his word available
Even if none of the other software will work on my Gen-1 iPad<Grin>

aggiedad Loc: Corona, ca

Psalm 119. Thy word is forever settled in heaven.

BebuLamar

Fotomacher wrote:

I am a Nikon shooter and have used lenses made in the 1970s and 1980s on my D810 (and D70s, D300 and D700 before it) with no difficulty. The F mount has been around since 1959. And my camera body light meter couples with that old glass so I can shoot in aperture priority and manual. Not every manufacturer builds in obsolescence.

And I am a Nikon user since the 70's too and in the 70's and 80's Nikon was superior to Canon. Guess what after Canon abandon their FD mount they become the #1 now.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

BebuLamar wrote:

And I am a Nikon user since the 70's too and in the 70's and 80's Nikon was superior to Canon. Guess what after Canon abandon their FD mount they become the #1 now.

Pentax has followed a path similar to Nikon's - both companies spent the past thirty years climbing to where Canon jumped to with the EF.

bull drink water Loc: pontiac mi.

i'm 80 so I think my gear will out live me. if I need a few a-mount body's i'll just contact KEH,
I made the jump from film to digital with no regrets.
it just would have been nice if Sony had offered it's new super camera in a-mount also.