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Ever since I had decided a while back that I was just going to shoot Fuji and Sony, I made the move to dump most of my Canon stuff (which was a pretty extensive collection). I successfully dumped about 12 lenses once I realized the A7R2 was the real deal and that it would work for me. Since then, I have bought the 28/2 and the 35/1.4 FE lenses. The 28 is compact, and renders nicely enough that it comes in very handy. The 35 was an inconsistent dog which was returned after a week of frustration (magical at the one thing it did well though which was centered subjects at close distances wide open). Since returning the 35, I have gone into a mode where I'm furiously looking for glass to put in front of this amazing sensor. I came to the point this morning where upon receiving my most recent purchase (Sigma 20mm 1.4 Art) that I have no completely bought back into a Canon glass system. I have since rebought (and resold) the 50L, rebought 85L2, Sigma 20mm and 50mm Art, and the Canon 200mm F2.0 IS all within the last two months. Adapting glass is not a perfect solution which is why I was hoping to buy into Sony completely. But seeing as my first experience with one of their expensive primes was complete shite, I was pushed back in the other direction to look for a fix for right meow. By my estimates, I've spent over 8k on Canon EF mount lenses recently while no longer owning a Canon EF mount body. This, to me is indicative of a major issue with Sony's ability to produce a line of impressive, consistent, and alluring lenses at comparable/acceptable prices. If they did have a solid line of lenses that I could trust, the cheese I just spent would all be in Sony's pocket already. I have owned a multitude of lenses in a multitude of different systems and the FE 35/1.4 was the first lens I've ever gotten that exhibited a blaring problem immediately upon mounting and shooting. This, combined with the subsequent reading I have done from lensrentals etc do not instill the confidence necessary for me to feel comfortable sending 1-3k to Sony for any lens right now. Go ahead and flame me if you want. But know that I would love for Sony to succeed and become a true contender as I have appreciated every bit of their innovation these past few years. Rant over. lol.

Hi all, Just received my A7RII and newest version of the MB IV T from BH the other day. All of my Canon EF lenses were working as expected until late last night. All of a sudden, every EF lens I had caused the camera body to gray out the Focus Mode setting and was listed as "Manual Focus". Every time I try to change anything with the focus mode, it now tells me that it is "Invalid with this lens." I have made sure that all of the lenses are switched to AF, firmware on the MB is 45, body firmware is 2.00, detached body from adapter and adapter from lens and reattached. Nothing has worked. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hello everyone, I've just had an idea that we can collect the information of adapter performances on A7Rii and make a report like the table below, so everybody can take it as the reference. So basically we need the help of SAR readers owning A7Rii and a native camera body to estimate the performance of a non-native lens on A7Rii through an adapter. I can collect these information and calculate the average value to put into the below table and share to the public (Google drive sheet). This value doesn't need to be very accurate, though, since we can't standardize all the tests and the judgement is highly dependent on the testers, but it will give an ideal of how a specific lens works with a specific adapter. An estimated value without directly compare to the native body may be acceptable since there are people having only A7Rii. In this case I will use the notice column to mention that fact. How do you think about that idea? Should we start?

I’m impressed with the sharpness of the Tamron AF 70-300mm 4-5.6 Di SP VC USD (CANON EF) in combination with the Viltrox EF-NEX II adapter. There is also an Amount version available but I decided to go for the Canon version.Why? -Cheaper compared to the Amount + Sony LA-EA4 adapter 300 Euro lens, 95 Euro adapter -Build in stabilization on Canon EF version, the A-mount version of the Tamron does not have stabilization. (not a great issue when you have the A7 II) -Adapter is also Electronic and suited for full frame. Autofocus is terribly slow and certainly not usable for sport photography. This lens is for using with manual focus! I heard the LA-EA4 is also slow in combination with Amount lenses but I cannot compare. I get the best stabilization results choosing manual, 70mm on the Sony A7II. As you can see the picture of the woman at 130 mm is very sharp, look at the shadow of the hair on her forehead, sharp too! Certainly for a 300 Euro Full Frame lens! Full picture is taken at 130mm, F4.5, 1/3200, ISO 320 I recently bought the SEL24240 and I hope it is at sharp as the Tamron lens.