E mount alternatives
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Little photo dunce help here.
Looking at getting a Sony a5100 or A6000. Whats the alternative to Sony amount lenses is other brands and/or which adapter to get for what lenses. Can I keep the auto focus and how does it effect the settings using an adapter. Do fstops and focal length remain the same.
Looking at getting a Sony a5100 or A6000. Whats the alternative to Sony amount lenses is other brands and/or which adapter to get for what lenses. Can I keep the auto focus and how does it effect the settings using an adapter. Do fstops and focal length remain the same.
I can help a little
One good thing about E mount, is its as close to the sensor as you can get a lens mount. - Meaning any lens can be used, with the right adapter.
A lot of people in the video world, use Sony cameras with E mount, and use adapters to use Canon lenses - I own a Sony FS7 camera, and i regularly use a metabones EF to E adapter to use canon lenses. I've also have a much cheaper 'commlite' adapter that does the same, and costs a lot less.
Most straight up adapters, with no optics in, won't change focal length or f-stop. All they do is position the lens the correct distance from the sensor. I also use, from time to time, a metabones 'speed booster' EF to E adapter. This has an optic inside, a focal reducer- when used with full frame lenses, it shrinks down the image circle slightly, so full frame lenses retain their field of view on a crop size sensor. It also makes lenses brighter- madness. So a Canon L series 24-105mm f4, used through a speedbooster, behaves like a 17-75mm f2.8.
View a speedbooster adapter as turning your crop sensor into a full frame camera. (24mm on a speedbooster on a crop camera, will be almost exactly the same field of view as a 24mm lenses used on a full frame camera)
Simple rule of thumb - a basic adapter won't effect focal length or f-stop. An adapter with optics inside will.
Whether autofocus etc works, depends on the camera, the adapter, and the lens used. I've heard reports that sometimes autofocus can be a bit rubbish, but on a lot of the newer cameras, like the A6500 and the A7sii and A7rii, that the autofocus through adapters is super fast.
I cant report much on autofocus myself - i mostly do video work and manual focus everything.
One good thing about E mount, is its as close to the sensor as you can get a lens mount. - Meaning any lens can be used, with the right adapter.
A lot of people in the video world, use Sony cameras with E mount, and use adapters to use Canon lenses - I own a Sony FS7 camera, and i regularly use a metabones EF to E adapter to use canon lenses. I've also have a much cheaper 'commlite' adapter that does the same, and costs a lot less.
Most straight up adapters, with no optics in, won't change focal length or f-stop. All they do is position the lens the correct distance from the sensor. I also use, from time to time, a metabones 'speed booster' EF to E adapter. This has an optic inside, a focal reducer- when used with full frame lenses, it shrinks down the image circle slightly, so full frame lenses retain their field of view on a crop size sensor. It also makes lenses brighter- madness. So a Canon L series 24-105mm f4, used through a speedbooster, behaves like a 17-75mm f2.8.
View a speedbooster adapter as turning your crop sensor into a full frame camera. (24mm on a speedbooster on a crop camera, will be almost exactly the same field of view as a 24mm lenses used on a full frame camera)
Simple rule of thumb - a basic adapter won't effect focal length or f-stop. An adapter with optics inside will.
Whether autofocus etc works, depends on the camera, the adapter, and the lens used. I've heard reports that sometimes autofocus can be a bit rubbish, but on a lot of the newer cameras, like the A6500 and the A7sii and A7rii, that the autofocus through adapters is super fast.
I cant report much on autofocus myself - i mostly do video work and manual focus everything.
Edited by Fordo on Tuesday 3rd January 17:56
bazza white said:
Cheers great reply.
Not very PH i know but what budget lenses are worth looking at to get going having a play. Stick with canon or an alternative ?
unless you already have the lenses and / or need them for a very specific reason, I would just stick with native e mount lenses... (SONY or other)Not very PH i know but what budget lenses are worth looking at to get going having a play. Stick with canon or an alternative ?
Edited by bazza white on Tuesday 3rd January 19:02
Lynchie999 said:
unless you already have the lenses and / or need them for a very specific reason, I would just stick with native e mount lenses... (SONY or other)
+1 but with the suggestion to add one of the Sony A to E mount adapters, especially if you want something longer than 200mm without spending a fortune.With either the Sony LA-EA2 or LA-EA4 you open up all A-mount lenses.
The EA4 replaced the EA2, so the latter is only really an option as "secondhand".
The EA4 works with full-frame e-mount cameras as well as APS-C, so probably the better buy.
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