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Hey People! I was wondering If you could help me with this... I own an a99ii (and it’s awesome) and I use Tamron lenses not by choice but bc of budget and obviously they are A-mount, I bought an A7RIII with the LA-EA3 adapter and multiple AF functions are disabled like eye AF and AF in video mode (which is really important to me) the thing is I need A-mount lenses bc if I get e-mount lenses I would need 2 of each (one for each camera) and it’s not an option right now... so my question is... do you know if the A-mount Carl Zeiss and Sony lenses have this issue? I’m looking into the 24-70 and 70-200

 

Thank you I hope you can help me!

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Yes, It's somewhat ironic that Metabones adapters for Canon lenses provide better functionality than Sony adapters for Sony lenses. Sony simply haven't prioritised their adapters.

 

As you have A99II my advice would be to forget about A7 cameras. Do by all means get the A-Mount lenses you mentioned. They're lovely.

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Well, I chose to use FF A-mount and APS-C E-mount. These are distinct systems with different uses (big bulk and top IQ vs portable and good enough IQ). The APS- C lenses are also quite affordable.

 

In your case, if you don't want to pay the double whack of two FF systems, the best option is to sell one of them and focus on the other.

 

Personally, I would choose A99II but you may have a different preference.

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