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I'm using this on alpha 100 it's extremely clear and takes amazing pics

Not a budget lens in 1990s but loads better that expensive Sony FE lenses with my LA-EA 4 on my A7

I recently bought a Sony a850 full frame body with a Konica/ Minolta 17 - 35 lens for £500 . Both camrea and lens in very good condition. I had been thinking about it for some time, as I already owned a 50mm f1.7 , Tokina 28 - 70 atx f2.8 , Sigme 70 - 210 apo f2.8 and various accessories. My old Dynax camera bodies all fell apart and died a sticky rubbery mess.

I have the 50mm prime, 35 -105mm (love to use it for macro) and the 70 - 210mm. I used them on my a57 aps-c camera, soon going to full frame and sure going to keep using them..

The LA-EA4 adapter is too damn expensive unfortunately.

why no sample photos??

the adapter sucks

Thanks for the video. I decided to buy a beer can one for my Sony a7C since I used to have one for my Minolta first digital camera.

I am a Minoltist since 1990. I have bought most of Minolta's best lenses and six or seven years ago I finally went digital with the a99. To this body iI added the CZ 16-35 f2.8 and the CZ 135 1.8 T* Sal. All these Minolta and CZ lenses work fantastically well on the very capable a99 (24mp really is more than enough). To all younger aspiring photographers: you can save A LOT of money by buying A mount lenses that will make pictures indistinguishable in quality from the best and often ridiculously expensive F mount lenses. I will die holding an a mount in my hands...long live the a mount.

Hey did it actually work (autofocus)You didn’t show that in the video

I have the 50mm and 100-200 mm MINOLTA AF lenses adapted to my Canon EFS (Canon 800D body) mount but unfortunatelly i can't use all the aperture range, the 50mm f range is from 1.4 to 4 only. Both lenses are manually focused of course. Generally good DOF , they're nice toys, but not as sharp as modern lenses.

I've just come across this video. I found it very helpful and inspirational. I'm a 2 Diabetic. Started the 8wk BSD. I'm on day 3. but hopefully getting there. Thank you for sharing your experience.

With the denoise, sharpening and enlargement software available today... this is the worlds finest camera to carry. You have the ability now to enhance the 12 megapixel images from this camera to rival a D850's output or beyond.

I bought one in May this year. 20k actuations. And I love it. Just picked up a 24-70 2.8. It’s absolutely all I need.

I'm finishing week 4 tomorrow. The support group I'm in has mentioned a break before starting round two. Did you do this?

strange I thought 32 gig mem cards were the max in this camera but I have seen two people here on you tube using the larger cards.

Has anyone here tried the new la-ea 5 adapter? I am hoping to adapt my Minolta AF lenses to my a6100

The 100mm F2.8 is the star of the minolta's, Ken Rockwell has a review, basically distortion so low he couldn't measure it, and razor sharp at all focal distances, I took a picture of a fly and you could clearly see the grid pattern on its eye. I want the 20mm one next.

Great video subscribed!

Nice collection of minolta glass there. I managed to get a 100 300 apo lens from japan for 49 quid. Its practically mint and as sharp as a knife. You can get some great minolta leses for a brilliant price

Great video Graham, The majority of my lenses apart from three of them, are Minolta. I use these lens on a couple of Sony A mount cameras that I have got. They are of great construction, very well built. I love the contrast and bokeh that can be achieved from them. One of my favourites is the Minolta 500mm f8 mirror lens. I absolutely love this lens. Best of all there is a great selection of lenses to be had at great prices...🙂👍🏼👍🏼

How does the auto focus system perform with these lenses. Is it fast, slow, what auto focus modes will work and how well do they work.

mate i wish you showed us some examples of photos

1/10/2021 Own a Sony SLT a-55 with the "A" mount was happy to see that the Minolta AF line of film lenses from the 80-90s still useable without the high cost of Sony lenses of the same mm. Like you, I have purchased off E-bay almost new Minolta Maxim lenses dirt cheap with shipping along with some of the Minolta Maxim film cameras with prime/ macro and zoom lenses. All that autofocus and take great photos covering the mm range from wide, normal and telephoto. I did get a Sony Kit zoom and do find that it does slightly lock into focus faster than the Minolta Maxim lenses. For the average photographer not chasing the latest and greatest you can have it all at a price that won't break the bank.

Those Minolta lenses are bloody great! I still use the 100-300 on a film slr.

Great video but can you stop buying all the lenses I can't find any :)

yes i enjoyed ..Thanks

No test shots? No talk on how well auto focus through the adapter works?

I see you have migrated to Sony from Lumix (so have I)

I loved the review. No fluff.

I have been gathering older glass for a long time and believe me,most people will not know the difference..

Will a Tamaron 70-200 G2 lens work with this Nikon D700?

SAN the a4 adapter can focus automatic the other NO

Wy everybody say that the SONY A7Rll Camera has only 24 mp ....its WRONG the A7Rll camera have 42. something mega pixels thank you a ver os machos,,,,,thats how my brother say e never got out of the country Thank You very much....

May I ask how much you paid for that LAEA-4 adapter and why not going with a cheaper one say -3 if to be used for FF or even the cheapest of all, LAEA-1?

I'm doing the same idea, and I've got a nifty fifty which is lovely

Epic effort I've just got the book I'm type 2 overweight so I'm going to give it 100 percent effort 👍👍👍

Is the mic on the d700 better than the one you are using for this video???

Why no test footage?

Hi, my question is, when you use minolta AF lens on Sony A7mark1 with LA-EA adapter, you can photoshooting with AF mode or only manual. And secound question is, can you shooting in 24 mpx full frame mode or only 10mpx aps c mode?

Sir you did a great Job. You can be very proud of your self. I can't convince my father to do the same. He thinks he will die. Good luck for your future.

Another odd duck is the Minolta AF 500mm F8 Reflex. Yes, a mirrorlens with autofocus. No other camera system has this. 500mm focal length in a compact and lightweight package: only 665 grams. It has its limitations: you can only use the center autofocus point (but hey, at least it has autofocus), it is fixed at F8 and the background blur can be pretty horrific sometimes. But is is fun to use and a 500mm you actually put in your bag often, because it is very travel friendly.

..aperture..can't see ..very sharp lens..;-) hahaha. I have all lenses you showing and all are really interesting, especially for the money but newer lenses gives you a way better image ofc for way bigger money. And 17-35 is crap in terms of microcontrast and sharpness away from center, which is only sharp. 28-85 just good, 100-300 average, 70-210 beercan very good but with a lot of abberations. Try any f2.8 or lower lenses from minolta and you will not be disappointed (except af 24mm f2.8...).

The huge selection of "vintage" lenses was the main reason for buying my Sony A58 in 2013 or so. Very fun to experiment and learn using those old goodies. Now I'm using them on my Fuji X-T3 and loving some of them even more (minus AF.)

I found one with a very cheap price but it has 180k ahutter count on it. Should i go for it?

You should try out the Minolta 50mm f1.4.

i had d7100 i sold it & bught this one tank .realy i love it great camera See Some testing clicks with Tamron 24-70 f2.8 g1 www.flickr.com/photos/87398905@N04/40082960843/in/photostream

Why you say sonny? Aargh it hurts! The back catalogue of A-mount lenses is HUGE!

I got it last year for less than 500 euros and it rocks. It one of the best cameras out there. The only thing is really profesianol camera so it means more weight and size. It's so fast that you can truck almost everything. A friend of mine with a panasonic G85/ IBIS make a night shoting comparison with his camera and the D700. It's amazing how the D700 can shoot even in the dark night situation. The panasonic even with IBIS started to saw it's limits of the small sensor.

I love my D700's. They do everything I need a stills camera to do, and nothing I don't. As an old-time film photographer, I tend to compose in the camera while shooting, so the higher megapixel Nikons I have owned haven't really provided anything to me that I need for general photography since I don't crop a lot. I have zero interest in video using a DSLR and don't print bigger than 20x30 inches, so the D700 is just fine for me. I too leave the 24-85 VR on a D700 camera as a "walk around" lens, but am just as likely to use a nice prime lens when I know what I'll be shooting. I also have three older pro-level Nikon 2.8 zooms that seem right at home on the D700. I recently thought to "upgrade" my resolution a bit and bought a like-new D600 with a replaced shutter. It made nice images, but the autofocus was nowhere near in the same league as my D700, and the camera's frame rate was slower than the D700 with the battery grip. I noticed a negligible difference at very high ISO's in favor of the D600, not enough to matter to me. Although the D600 did some cool things, I didn't get the same joy from using it. So I sold it to a budding new photographer to get him started and bought a second D700 body. Just my two cents worth.