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Anyone else enjoying LA-EA5, a6600, and Minolta lenses?

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I've just received my LA-EA5 and will be trying out some Minolta AF lenses on an a6600. Anyone else trying this combination and have any feedback to share?

My Minolta lenses are 

1) AF MACRO 100mm f2.8

2) MAXXUM AF ZOOM 28 - 85mm (macro)

3) AF ZOOM 28-80mm f3.5

4) AF REFLEX 500 f8

5) Vivitar Series 1 28-300 f4.0 MC AUTO FOCUS ZOOM

 

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Hi

I still use the Minolta 50mm/2.8 Macro - the last of my A-mount lenses almost all of which were from the Minolta era.   In general I found the a6600 + EA5 AF performance good for most purposes, but not for the kind of Birds in Flight (swallows at close range) to which the pandemic confinement condemned me.

Those I had good luck with included the famous 70-200/4 "Beercan" and the 200/2.8 HS APO, as well as the more recent Sony 50/1.8 that came with my A55.  

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On 5/17/2023 at 12:01 PM, topcat said:

I use my LA-EA2 on my A6000. Works great. Even BIF. I have an old Sony 150-500mm lens. 

I like the sound of that - I've a 24-105 and 100-300apo that would like to play on my a6k! For now I just have a dumb adapter with aperture control.

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scbenoit, Autofocus and eye-AF is fast with the LA-EA5 Edith Minolta lens and A-mount lens?

On 3/3/2023 at 14:06, scbenoit said:

Acabo de recibir mi LA-EA5 y probaré algunos lentes Minolta AF en una a6600. ¿Alguien más está probando esta combinación y tiene algún comentario para compartir?

Mis lentes Minolta son 

1) AF MACRO 100 mm f2.8

2) MAXXUM AF ZOOM 28 - 85 mm (macro)

3) AF ZOOM 28-80 mm f3.5

4) REFLEJO AF 500 f8

5) Vivitar Serie 1 28-300 f4.0 MC ZOOM DE ENFOQUE AUTOMÁTICO

 

 

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