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I really like my A7rii but equally love my A Mount lenses. Even more than an A99vii, I wish Sony came out with a LEA5 adapter which supported both Screw Drive and Motor Driven A Mount lenses, did away with the Mirror, and bring in full FE lens compatibility like the Sigma MC11 (like Auto Eye Focus).

I enjoy the minimum focal distances that the Voigtlander Close Focusing adapter provides existing M lenses. Hopefully, Voigtlander gives these FE lenses much shorter MFDs than their M counterparts. Otherwise, I will probably stick with my Ms and the Close focusing adapter

Started with a Minolta XD11 .. loved this camera and the X500. Moved on to Minolta AF A mount with the film 7 and Digital 7D .. Tried many Sony A Mount cameras .. good cameras but could not quite bond with them... A100, 320, 700, 55V, A900 Then the NEXs came ... very nice and compact 5N, 7, 6 ... the 7 and 6's EVF made it difficult to enjoy the A900 as much... but still could not bond with the NEX series Until I got my A7r... Wow!! the first Sony I truly bonded with, like my Minolta XD11 and 7D. Spectacular High Resolution and image quality, Very good Hi-Iso, Full frame depth of field, a high quality EVF, great manual focus support, custom f/dedicated buttons, and E, FE and A Glass/SLT Adapter support... all in a compact, well made body similar in size to my old and still working Minolta XD11 :-) But what makes the A7r even so much sweeter is a non-Sony device - the Voigtlander CloseUp Adapter.. effectively giving me manual Z-Shift Close focusing for all my M Mount Voigtlander lenses or M Mount adapted Rokkors, L39, M42 lenses. It just brings an additional dimension to all these legacy manual focus lenses...and brings back the joy of using those fantastic Rokkor lenses again.. like the 58mm f1.2 and the 100mm f2. I sold my E and APSC A lenses and bodies... but very glad I did not sell my old lenses. Waiting for the A7r ibis version or what the A9 brings :-)