JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

I'm now on my 5th Sony. The A100 (my daughter now posts an endless supply of facebook pictures with it), the A55, the A57, the A99. And now the A6000, my first e-mount. Haven't done much with it since it just arrived and its dark outside. But a couple pictures taken in the house uploaded to Lightroom and then processed by DXO show that everything is being recognized.

I will be testing it with the Tamron 150-600mm also. I got the LA-EA4 adapter. Also did some test shots with a couple Minolta AF lenses. No problems with that. Also bought an el cheapo adapter for my manually focusing M42 lenses. I did try, in the house, a Canon FD mount lens with an adapter with no correcting lens and it had no problem there either. Tomorrow is supposed to be sunny, so should be a good day.

cucharared Loc: Texas, Colorado

Personally, I'm looking forward to a report on your experiences with the A6000, LA-EA4, and Tamron 150-600mm. You did say you'd do that didn't you (in an earlier post of mine)?

JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

Yes I did. I have all 3 items. And I plan to test them tomorrow.

I have the Sony A57 (crop sensor) and A99 (full sensor) to compare with as well.

lovitlots Loc: Tottenham, Ontario, Canada

I have two Minolta A lenses for my a57 and a77. Both work flawlessly and I was able to set them up on the A77 with the micro focus adjust. I have the 50 1.8 and the 35-105 macro with the switch. Both have excellent image quality. As for the the flash I use a Nissen 866 and am planning to buy a Metz 64. They're compatible with Sony and work well. My only complaint about the Sony cameras is it is difficult to find 3rd party products that are compatible. I guess that is not Sony's fault but the 3rd party companies. But I struggle on in that sense and I do eventually find what I'm looking for. When you buy the Minolta lenses do through search of reviews, people personal opinions and pictures posted on Flickr and other such sites. All that info should help you make the right decisions.

JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

If you look for my post this morning, you will see my experience using the A6000 with the Tamron 150-600. To summarize, it worked good. I really couldn't tell any difference to shooting with my A57. I suspect that perhaps the A99 was just a bit faster, but I have no way of measuring it, so maybe it is a bit faster, or it was my imagination, couldn't tell. I put it in burst mode and in a fraction of a second, I had 6 RAW images. And all stayed in focus.

cucharared Loc: Texas, Colorado

All good to know. Glad we have you pioneers to check things out before we make a commitment. Thanks again.
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wj cody Loc: springfield illinois

the relationship between leica and minolta goes back to the late 1960s. minolta was the only camera manufacturer, with the notable exception of zeiss, that made their own glass. note that i say glass and not lenses. for e leitz' slr cameras, they went to minolta for the lens glass and built the lens bodies around the lens elements. the minolta rokkor 16mm f2.8 lens, for instance, is superlative and not bettered by anything out there today. all the rokkor wide angles, with the exception of the 18mm f9 (which was bettered by the 17mm f4) lens, remain today as gems and are priced accordingly. in the telephoto world, the minolta 100mm f2 lens provides results as good as my 100mm f3.5 zeiss planar on my hasselblad. i still have an xk minolta body and a select group of lenses which perform wonderfully. and don't forget the 85mm f1:1.7, as good as nikon's current 85mm f1:1.4. for mirror lenses, the 250mm f5.6 simply cannot be beat, either.
so have fun, searching out the rokkors!

JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

Good information to know. I am certainly enjoying my Rokkor 50mm F1.4. Even when shooting at F1.4.

wj cody Loc: springfield illinois

you betcha!!!

loperR Loc: Medina ,Ohio

I have lenses from a Minolta 102 non auto focus but at the time they we're the top of line lenses ; Is there a Sony Digital that would use this mount?

Davethehiker Loc: South West Pennsylvania

One the adapters on this page will work.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=minolta+lens+adapter
Then you will need an E-Mount camera. They come as cropped sensor starting at $179.99 or much more expensive full frame.

Short answer "Yes".