I still shoot several A-Mount lenses including the 500/8 AF Reflex (a real hoot! A 500 Reflex in AF?!!), the 28-135, the 85/1.4, the 35-105, and the lowly 100-200 (or whatever it was). I use them with the LA-EA5 on my A1 and A7 IV.
Up until a year ago I also had the 70-210 'Beercan', 100-400 APO, 80-200/2.8 APO HS G (yes, the 'G' designation came from Minolta) and probably a couple others I'm forgetting.
Just use caution if you go this route. Not all of Sony's cameras work the same with all of their adapters, and the adapters are different. Anything older than the A1 and A7 IV need the LA-EA4, which defeats the purpose of going mirrorless.
Heck, I still have a Minolta Maxxum 7000 and a Minolta Maxxum 5D, their last digital camera. Might've been their last camera.
I have been considering going to a mirrorless camera. The reason I went with the a68 is I had all Minolta lenses from my old SLR I had. I don't know of any other camera that would accept these so I may have to bite the bullet and start with all new gear.
Any suggestions?
That's the answer right there. One advantage of mirrorless is no microfocus required. Now that you mention it, I had an SLT-A65v a while back that suffered from the same issues. I had to adjust microfocus for several lenses. Pain in the butt. The same thing can occur when using an LA-EA4 on a mirrorless due to the translucent mirror in the adapter. That mirror setup was one of the worst systems ever developed, AFAIC. You lose about a half stop of light due to the mirror. It put a lot of people of Sony.
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