CHOLLY Loc: THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE!

I think you meant to respond to machia.... ;)

JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

It is rather fun to take someone that has only shot Nikon or Canon and let them try manual focusing on a Sony. Especially an older lens that has the nice, smooth focus ring.

It is an eye opening experience! First thing you notice is that they now try it on every conceivable object they might imagine to focus on. This lasts for awhile. After that comes all the reasons that Nikon or Canon is better.

JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

Sorry, double hit.

le boecere

It really can surprise old SLR and DSLR veterans, can't it? A few days ago I handed the a6000 to an old Army photographer who looked through the viewfinder (in a fairly dark room) and said, "Wow! How come it's so bright and clear?" :-D

CHOLLY Loc: THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE!

I have a friend from Australia who is actually an EXCELLENT amateur photographer. He has been a Nikon shooter for about 20 years.

Anyway, you should have SEEN the look on his face when I handed him the A77II with Focus Peaking turned on:

"Hang on mate; what's this red stuff?!?!"

I can't wait to show him the A7RII with my CZ 24-70mm f/2.8 and LAEA-3 up front! :lol:

agillot

FOTODIOX makes adapters for anything , as long as you are willing to shoot in manual mode . i use pentax M lenses on a nikon D300 .the only bad thing is that in bright sunlight , i get a donut shape soft spot in middle of picture .when i use it for macro / close up , it work great .i thing because the lenses in the adapter are not coated , this create reflections .????

maria11372

Just boght my Sony a6000 and it's a great camera. However, i tried the adopter I bought (Neweer-MD-NEX) and it doesn't seem to work. All a blur. Sony suggested the LAEA4 adapter which is very pricey, but if I don't have a choice I will look into it.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

Not sure what you are saying. The MD lens can work on the A6000 with the correct adapter. It will be manual focus only, but it will work. The LA-EA4 is not for MD type lenses. it is designed for the Minolta/Sony AF lenses for which it works great, but not for the MC/MC lenses.

Minolta MC/MD lenses both use the same adapter. I have a Rokkor 50mm MC lens and it works very nice on the A6000, but it is 100% manual, both focusing and aperture. The MD will be exactly the same. The adapter I am using for this lens is the Fotasy MD/NEX adapter, but I can't imagine the Neewer working any differently. When I look it up, it looks exactly the same depth as the Fotasy.

The A6000 should have a setting called "Release w/o lens", and should be set to "ON". You will need to find in the menu, so it can take an image without waiting for a response from an AF type lens. But it shouldn't prevent you from focusing.

And then rotate the focus ring and look for the lens to come to focus. One other thing to watch for is if you have a lens that can go into a macro mode, it won't rotate far enough for focus until you take it out of this macro mode.

Math78 Loc: Scottsdale, AZ

I use the "Neewer® Lens Mount Adapter for Minolta MD MC Lens to Sony NEX E-Mount Camera,fits Sony A6000" with my old MC Rokker lenses. All lenses work fine in manual mode. Double check that the adapter is correctly attached to both the lens and the camera. It can be a little tight and lens/adapter/camera have to be aligned properly. I think it is possible to put the adapter on the wrong location on either the camera or lens. So just double check that the alignment marks are correctly lined up when you screw on the adapter.

You should get Gary Friedman's book "The Complete Guide to Sony’s Alpha 6000 Digital Camera". It's better than anything you can get from Sony. Here's an excerpt from the book on using manual legacy lenses.

copyright Gary Friedman


copyright Gary Friedman


http://www.friedmanarchives.com/alpha6000/

maria11372

just tried it with my 125m zoom lens. It works but I can't zoom in. Jusy stays focused on one spot

Thank you, I will try this now.

JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

I don't understand this at all. The zoom adjust has absolutely nothing to do with the adapter. The adapter does only one thing, and that is to hold the lens at exactly the correct distance from the sensor.

Once in place, you now adjust the focus ring, the zoom ring and aperture on the lens. It couldn't be simpler.

Are you sure you don't have a lens with a macro setting and you are in that setting? Otherwise, the symptoms don't make sense.

maria11372

maria11372

How would I check?

maria11372

It's so strange. The pictures with the Minolta lenses are blurry. I put the lenses on the Minolta and it's the same thing, doens't zoom in.

maria11372

It's so strange. The pictures with the Minolta lenses are blurry. I put the lenses on the Minolta and it's the same thing, doens't zoom in.