Product Reviews

I use the la-ea5 to connect old a mount lenses to my sony a6500 and it works perfectly

I bought this a while ago to connect sony a mount lenses to my e mount lens camera and it works amazingly

I bought this a few weeks ago and it has been super nice to use my old Minolta/Sony A mount lenses with my a6700. I will say there is some chromatic aberration for some of the focal lengths but it's nothing too terrible that makes me not want to stop taking photos. I've really enjoyed using this adapter!

Reasonably good autofocus speed for A lenses to E mount albeit a little noisier. Better than LA-AE4. Slightly pricey. Still testing on older A lenses and third party lenses.

This works very well with my all my A lens including my Sony 2.8/300 SSM. I was pleasantly surprised it also worked with my Kenko Mx-AF 2x Teleplus MC4. (With most A lens.) Unfortunately it does not work on auto focus for the Sony SAL14TC nor does it work for the Sony SAL20TC.

I have existing Minolta AF lens', which I used with my A100 for over a decade with no problems other than the a100 stillshot glitch, and was hoping to use them with my new ZV-e10 and I knew I would need a bayonet adapter to accomodate a A mount lens onto an e-mount camera. I did the research, i really did. I found an interactive spreadsheet which I thought would tell me which adapter to buy to enable me to continue us ing the AF for the Minolta lenses I have. I found this lens, and bought it, but my camera still gives me a lens AF incompatibility error. I will continue to use my A100 for situations where I need fast AF to capture my subjects I guess, and just use my new ZV-e10 in controlled situations where I wont have to actively change my focus to track my subject. So my critique isnt really about the product as much as the information available to ensure I didnt spend hundreds of dollars for features I thought I was going to be able to use, but can't after all.

Just upgraded my camera to a Sony Alpha 7iv and I wanted to use my other lenses. I bought this in hopes it worked with the auto focus. It worked great, so now i have twice as many lenses to use.

The auto focus is very slow and it cannot support continue focus

not that great............................................................................................................................................

In conjucntion with my a7, I was able to use my 150 - 600mm lens (using super 35mm 225 - 900mm).

This adapter did not work for what I need it for. It does attach well to camera and my A lens did attach well to the adapter, but it did not work with my sony A mount wide angle lens. Photo was darker and not as sharp as they normally are when lens is attached to my A77mrk camera. It does work, but not for what I need.

Usual great quality build. Does not behave the same with every lens, depends on the camera, this means you have to look at the support pages on Sony before you can guarantee that it will work with your lens and camera combination. i.e. SAL75300 autofocus works with LA-EA5 and A7M4 but not A7C.

I purchased this adapter intending to use my Minolta A mount AF lenses on Sony A7iii but the screw drive lenses are not supported on this camera-adapter combo. I had to fall back to using LA-EA4 which is bulky and causes me to lose 1/3 stop of light because of the translucent mirror. If Sony would update the support for more cameras, I would gladly rate this a 5 star product.

So happy.compatable with my a7iiii + amount 85mm 1.8

To my surprise, this adapter works with Minolta A Mount lenses as well as with any A Mount native camera. I use it with several Minolta lenses and with Alpha7 IV, and as far as I can tell, the camera retains full set of AF features. Even the sound when focusing is as good as it is with any other camera. Full marks.

It is proven that by adding this attachment to my old screw lens type, I am able to use it on my A7M4. The lens used the AF system and is fast. The LA-EA5 is lightweight, small and compact and does not add substantial weight.

I got this adaptor to replace my LA-EA4 to ensure that my 'A' mount lenses would work with my new Sony A7 IV. And I'm not disappointed. Yes my LA-EA4 may well have worked with the A7 IV but I was not prepared to miss a deal and get the lasted one with is guaranteed full functionality.

It's great that Sony released an adapter that can provide mirrorless AF for screw drive lenses. It's disappointing, though, that this new adapter still includes so many restrictions that applied to previous LA-EA adapters, and even introduces new ones. Third party adapters from Sigma and Metabones can provide hybrid AF and fast CDAF, and support such behaviors as stopped-down AF and use of the AF illuminator, but Sony still can't do these things for its own lenses on its own bodies with its own adapter. Further, screw drive support for AF is limited to just a few newest and highest end bodies. All of this sounds like firmware, rather than hardware, limitations, since other third parties, like TechArt and Monster have adapters which provide screw drive support on older Sony bodies. I hardly ever shoot video, but the LA-EA5 providing less support for video than the LA-EA4 is also disappointing. In good light, though, for stills shooting, the LA-EA5 on the A7R4 is quite good. Fast and flexible AF with few limitations. Being able to use all the OSPDAF points with my Minolta 24-105D lens is great. In lower light, though, AF from the LA-EA5 struggles. Even in daylight indoors, trying something like the Sony 18-250 is much slower and less likely to get a lock than on the 10 year old A390. In short, if you have a newer Sony E mount body, and some A mount lenses you would like to continue using, the LA-EA5 is your best choice, but there are still things Sony could probably do with firmware that would make it a true upgrade from A mount bodies.

I was anxious that an extra attachment between camera and lens would adversely affect image quality but now after six months use these doubts have proven pointless. This adapter works superbly well and has given my a-mount lenses an extra lease of life, and saved me a lot of money buying additional FE lenses.

It rocks, given a proper system setup. The sample pictures were taken by A7r mark iv + Sony 70-400 SSM G (ver 1). The AF tracking ability is surprisingly good. It doesn't feel like an adapted lens at all. In some cases, it may perform better than my trusty a99 mark2. However, for non-SSM lens, the tiny motor inside the adapter struggles a little to drive heavier lens, like the Carl Zeiss 135mm f/1.8. All-n-all, this adapter is a must have for any serious A-mount user. While I am fortunate enough to have the proper body to fully utilize its potentials, Sony, please expand the supported body list. Other users complaints are absolutely legit. If you want your customers to be loyal to Sony system, Sony must provide a wider range of backward compatibility support. For that, I take down my rating a touch, to 4-star.

When this adapter came out it was advertised for wide use of a mount lens -- it was the untimate to solution for those of us wanting to use our old Minolta lens on current bodies. Piffle! Only two camera bodies? Ridiculous. I have been a Minolta/SONY user for years because I could rely on the products. This adapter was a joke. Luckily I was able to return the adapter but I have lost confidence in SONY

I purchased the adapter along with the a7iii body to allow me to continue to use my Alpha Mount lenses in conjunction with my a99 body. With the SAL-70200G 70-200mm F/2.8 APO G zoom, performance was about the same, but with more in focus shots than on the a99, but slightly slower performance, and a little hunting in low light/ low contrast (red logo on black leather) than on the a99 (which caught the focus quickly and smartly). If anything, the focus was actually FASTER on the a7iii with the SAL-2470Z 24-70mm f/2.8 Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* AF SSM zoom. I expect similar results with the Sony SAL-1635Z 16-35mm f/2.8 Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* AF SSM zoom. With both the Sigma 50 mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM AF, and Sigma 85mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM AF primes, the autofocus exhibited some of the "jackhammer" focusing issue (that originally needed re-chipping for the a99); more so with the 85mm than the 50mm. It was not unexpected and not a deal breaker. The only disappointment was that af does not work with the Sony SAL-135F18Z 135mm f/1.8 ZA Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* AF prime. I do ted to grab manual focus with this one a lot, but I do hope Sony will eventually provide a firmware update for this lens with the a7iii. 3 Days after getting the camera and adapter, it was out in the field working right next to the a99. All in all, pretty satisfied; hoping for a new firmware update to include the a7iii.

I had a lot of hope for the screw drive functionality of this adapter. Sadly, it is limited to only the A7Riv and the A1. Very disappointing. The AF with SSM works well, but I am very disappointed that this adapter doesnt at least work with the Gen 3 cameras, A7Siii A7Riii and the A7iii. PLEASE allow this adapter to work on more cameras!

... only if you have one of the latest Sony cameras. So it supports old Minolta/Sony screw drive lens, but only with 2 cameras??? For sure camera/adapter firmware upgrades are needed.