Comments on: A-Mount lenses on the Sony NEX series https://alphatracks.com/a-mount-lenses-on-the-sony-nex-series/ Sony and Minolta SLR Weblog Sun, 06 Feb 2011 02:38:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Kyle Whittle https://alphatracks.com/a-mount-lenses-on-the-sony-nex-series/#comment-9324 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 22:23:24 +0000 http://alphatracks.com/?p=798#comment-9324 New firmare now aloows some A mount lenses to autofocus

]]> By: Nona Mills https://alphatracks.com/a-mount-lenses-on-the-sony-nex-series/#comment-9303 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:01:03 +0000 http://alphatracks.com/?p=798#comment-9303 Thanks for researching this information for us.

]]> By: Sharron Clemons https://alphatracks.com/a-mount-lenses-on-the-sony-nex-series/#comment-9302 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:14:54 +0000 http://alphatracks.com/?p=798#comment-9302 Thanks for researching this information for us.

]]> By: Twentynine https://alphatracks.com/a-mount-lenses-on-the-sony-nex-series/#comment-9301 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:43:04 +0000 http://alphatracks.com/?p=798#comment-9301 Hey, I’m pretty new to photography and stuff. I recently got a NEX5, was wonder about A-Mount lens on the NEX5. When it stated that the adapter will not provide auto-focusing, it confused me. So let’s say I have an A-Mount Smooth Autofocus Motor lens on the NEX, does that mean it will not AF even though it has a smooth autofocus motor? If that’s the case, how can I MF with that lens since the lens does not offer MF?

Thanks 🙂

]]> By: Dancingbear https://alphatracks.com/a-mount-lenses-on-the-sony-nex-series/#comment-9300 Fri, 01 Oct 2010 05:49:05 +0000 http://alphatracks.com/?p=798#comment-9300 Hiya, Are you going to be writing a another post? The spouse and myself have put in some time checking over your webpage and funnily enough you touched on a little something we were talking over just the other month with our dentist. We often notice ourselves arguing over the smallest of points, isn’t it childish?

]]> By: Jayme Maurice https://alphatracks.com/a-mount-lenses-on-the-sony-nex-series/#comment-9299 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:42:22 +0000 http://alphatracks.com/?p=798#comment-9299 Looks like you should buy the new Sony alpha instead. By time you add this adapter, the whole benefit of the small nex is gone and yet again Sony created another product that just blends in with the rest of their products. Soon all alpha’s will be video cameras… and their video cameras will take stills – oh wait they already do.

What I would like to see is a back to the roots professional SLR. A digital Maxum 9 of sorts. I’ll make my backup camera the new A55 but I won’t enjoy using it.

]]> By: Miles Baltrusaitis https://alphatracks.com/a-mount-lenses-on-the-sony-nex-series/#comment-9298 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:58:41 +0000 http://alphatracks.com/?p=798#comment-9298 hallelujah! Thanks for tackling this topic!

hi Tom,

I’m a Sony a700 shooter. Ever since I saw the Nikon/Canon DSLRs with video, my interest has been piqued regarding using my sony glass for video.

The NEX cameras sound like a reasonable compromise. Bottom line appears to be ~$900 USD ($699 for the NEX-5 + $199 for the adaptor).

My main concern is less the cost and more the lack of auto-focus. I’ve never tried continually pulling focus. Doing it for a static shot is kind of fun but might get dicey with lots of movement. I’m not sure how tenable that’d be.

Would love to see a follow-up post addressing that limitation and whether it’s worth the trouble.

]]> By: TJP https://alphatracks.com/a-mount-lenses-on-the-sony-nex-series/#comment-9297 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:14:40 +0000 http://alphatracks.com/?p=798#comment-9297 Thanks for researching this information for us.

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