New to site, old-time Minolta/Sony AF and Sony FE user :)

[lagaffe]

Hi there,

I've been using an A7II for about 6 years now but only recently added FE mount lenses to my regular gear. Still, I'm mostly using adapted lenses for budget reasons ( call me thrifty ) or simply because I have acquired a lot of old-style gear in the last 20 years (started with a Maxxum 5, then a 7D, then A700 until the A7II currently in use).

I will gladly answer questions about using Sony A7* bodies with the LA-EA3, LA-EA4 (and its modified Monster version), and even with the LA-EA5 adapter ( planning on upgrading that old A7II to something more modern in 2022). I do have access to Minolta MD and M42 lenses as well... The A7II being an ideal platform to accommodate such a zoo

As per photography subjects, I shoot nearly… Anything and everything. Birds, wildlife, landscape, a bit of portrait: anything worth noticing or not may be an interesting subject, given the right light and composition

Happy to join this relatively new site and will try to provide as much useful info or input as possible.

Regards,
L

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Welcome from another old Minolta user.

 

[Tim Mayo]

Welcome Patrick and thanks for joining up here and offering your expertise!

 

[spudhead]

Hi there,

I've been using an A7II for about 6 years now but only recently added FE mount lenses to my regular gear. Still, I'm mostly using adapted lenses for budget reasons ( call me thrifty ) or simply because I have acquired a lot of old-style gear in the last 20 years (started with a Maxxum 5, then a 7D, then A700 until the A7II currently in use).

I will gladly answer questions about using Sony A7* bodies with the LA-EA3, LA-EA4 (and its modified Monster version), and even with the LA-EA5 adapter ( planning on upgrading that old A7II to something more modern in 2022). I do have access to Minolta MD and M42 lenses as well... The A7II being an ideal platform to accommodate such a zoo

As per photography subjects, I shoot nearly… Anything and everything. Birds, wildlife, landscape, a bit of portrait: anything worth noticing or not may be an interesting subject, given the right light and composition

Happy to join this relatively new site and will try to provide as much useful info or input as possible.

Regards,
L

Hi welcome I am still using my a-mount primes on e-mount namely the 300 2.8 g 400 minolta etc, how do you find the monster adaptor, I have the lae4 and 5 and had the 3 but no longer

 

[richrv59]

Hi welcome I am still using my a-mount primes on e-mount namely the 300 2.8 g 400 minolta etc, how do you find the monster adaptor, I have the lae4 and 5 and had the 3 but no longer

So far so good, it's a little big when I attach the 70-200G F2.8 with 2x converter , but every other lens it felt fine, and all the old clunkers worked well, I have the kit lens (16-50 2.8) from, my SLTA77 and was really impressed with the speed and accuracy with the adapter, fun times ....

 

[ronfh]

HI, I started with the SONY ALPHA 7 to use my collection of old Minolta, Olympus, Canon, Pentax and other lenses.
Adaptors always worked well. Recently memory card failed and photos were lost.

 

[richrv59]

I started with a Kodak Instamatic on a vacation to the then Rhodesia, at around 11 years old. My mom entered a couple of my photos into a children's competition, and I won a first prize and a couple highly commended, that was the start of it. The instamatic broke a while later and went through only disposable cameras till I got to my 21st birthday, my mom gave me an Olympus Trip 35 (which I still Have), moved to a Pentax zoom and then on to a Minolta 800 Si beast, from there to the Minolta Maxxum 7D, when Milota sold to Sony, I went around buying all the Minolta accessories lenses I could find, then Moved to the Sony A700, SLT A77 and now the A7IV, the A7 IV is probably the most complex camera I have ever worked with, this body is a beast. What I like about this guy is it transfers my photos to my iPhone almost immediately, I have a NAS on my home network and am hoping I can set up the FTP to dump photos straight onto storage, I like the dual write of the A7 IV, just purchased two Ritz camera 250 Gb v60 SD cards, which I hope will carry all the photos from my upcoming trip. My Olympus trip and original case from around 1981

 

[ronfh]

• DMC-GX8
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 1600

• DMC-GX8
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 1600

 

[ronfh]

Fun with MINOLTA LENS 100mm on LUMIX GX8 , MFT

 

[TerryL]

Hi there,

I've been using an A7II for about 6 years now but only recently added FE mount lenses to my regular gear. Still, I'm mostly using adapted lenses for budget reasons ( call me thrifty ) or simply because I have acquired a lot of old-style gear in the last 20 years (started with a Maxxum 5, then a 7D, then A700 until the A7II currently in use).

I will gladly answer questions about using Sony A7* bodies with the LA-EA3, LA-EA4 (and its modified Monster version), and even with the LA-EA5 adapter ( planning on upgrading that old A7II to something more modern in 2022). I do have access to Minolta MD and M42 lenses as well... The A7II being an ideal platform to accommodate such a zoo

As per photography subjects, I shoot nearly… Anything and everything. Birds, wildlife, landscape, a bit of portrait: anything worth noticing or not may be an interesting subject, given the right light and composition

Happy to join this relatively new site and will try to provide as much useful info or input as possible.

Regards,
L

Welcome, L.

 

[TerryL]

The OP hasn't been here since Nov 28, 2021. Looks like he popped in Nov 28, made four posts and never came back!

Oops

 

[ronfh]

Still struggling to understand the system. Are you TERRY L. from Melbourne, I followed TERRY on you tube. Love the contributions.