Hi! 

I am very new to photography, so I need a lot of answers and opinions Please! I recently purchased a Sony a6000. I only have the 16-55mm lens that it came with.  I was told that I could purchase used manual lenses and an adapter for much less than a lens that would go along with the camera.  I found a Vivitar lens (70-210mm 1:4.5 MC Macro focusing zoom 52mm)  at a garage sale for $7 and I am wondering if it would fit my camera with an adapter and what adapter would I use if it is going to fit??

 

 

You have to find out what lens mount the lens has to get an adapter for it. ? to E mount adapter. If it has a thread mount it is M42 to E. Other bayonet mounts are different, like Nikon, Canon, etc.

There may be a mount code on the back of the 

lens. KA is Konica, NK or N/F is Nikon, C/FD or

CA is Canon, M/SR or MT is Minolta, P/K is K-

mount, etc, etc. If it has any such marking, just

post it here so someone can translate it for you.   

   

Do be aware that you've been using a short FL 

lens with OSS. Switching to a very long FL with 

no OSS will be quite challenging. Don't shun the 

high ISOs ... cuz you'll need fast shutter speeds. 

Sharp images with a bit of noise are always way

better ruined images at low ISO, no exceptions. 

Hi you can take a good picture of the rear of that lens mount and we can tell you what mount it is and on Amazon or eBay can get the adapter for less than $20 and it's a good lens and with your A6000 you can manual focus easy and fun!

 

Christopher

Edit: this ended up in the wrong thread. Odd.