Sony LA-EA5 A-mount Lens Adapter for E-mount Cameras | LA-EA5 adapter with phase-detection AF and AE tracking for A-mount lenses, SSM motors and E-mount bodies

Not going to spend time talking about the benefits of e-mount over a-mount or vice versa. The goal of this adapter is to continue to use Sony/Minolta a-mount lenses on current and future e-mount cameras.What makes this adapter great, is that it is the only Sony adapter the supports SSM & Screw Driven focus lenses AS LONG AS you buy the correct Sony e-mount camera. To date of this review, there are only 3 cameras that will fully work with this adapter, a6600, a7rIV & the a1. Note that at the time of the LA-EA5 release, only the a6600 & a7rIV were compatible and the a1 was added later. (it should also note that the a7siii was released after the LA-EA5 and at the time of this review, still is not supported fully by this adapter.When I say fully supported, I am simply referring to getting auto focus (including Eye-AF) enabled with Screw Driven lenses (SAL135f18z, sal85f14z, sal35f14g, sal100m28,sal16f28,Minolta BeerCan, are just a few to name). If you only own SSM lenses, you can then use virtually any Sony e-mount camera and lose little functionality. It truly is best to pull up the "LA-EA5 : Interchangeable Lens Camera α [E-mount] Compatibility Information" chart and verify for yourself ;)Using this adapter with the a7riv, I can say that my Screw Driven lenses are able to lock on more accurately in good lighting when compared to my a99ii and of course the higher resolution of the a7riv vs my a99ii, the pictures look alot sharper. Using SSM lenses and tracking moving subjects are not hindered by this adapter. I have been able to even use 3rd party lenses, like the Tamron 150-600g2 or my Sigma 15mm Fisheye just fine with this adapter.While I could go into great detail some of the limitations I have seen comparing my a7rIV vs my a99ii, I will stick to what is relevant to adapting lenses. Here is what you lose out of when you make the jump AND use A-mount glass vs e-mount glass;- you cannot use teleconverters. It turns lens into a manual lens, so you cannot AF OR change aperture. If you are big on using teleconverters, you may want to consider buying into e-mount glass- While you get basic AF including AF-C function & Eye-AF (So good!), you lose out of some of the more advanced AF functions in camera. Like, Aperture Drive in AF*, Pre-AF, Eye-Start AF**, & AF in Focus Mag.* Without this feature, if you shoot in silent mode AND not at the lenses widest aperture (ex: shooting at f/5.6 with an f/2.8 lens), you will hear the aperture blades opening and closing during each shoot. Quieter than hearing the shutter but not silent** Eye-Start AF is NOT Eye-AF!!- No Micro Adj. Though so far I haven't seen any issues with my a7riv needing to be calibrated, I do know that using the Tamron 150-600 g2 on my a99ii needed such adjustments.- You may lose out of some performance when adapting. IE: The a1, you can only get 10FPS in AF-C with a-mount vs 30FPS in AF-C with e-mount.I really dont know how you can have a negative review on this adapter. It is designed to do something very specific, help make the jump easier to e-mount cameras if you are a long time a-mount shooter, saving you from not having to invest in new e-mount glass to start using your e-mount camera.Granted, it is a downer that you can't fully use this adapter on any e-mount camera, but it just seems that if you are making the jump from a-mount, the last amount aps-c camera is the a77ii so if one was staying in APS-C world, it makes sense to target the a6600. As with the a99ii, the last full frame a-mount camera. If one was going to jump over to e-mount, the a7rIV would be the logical jump.Sony has been transparent about the LA-EA5's limitations and if people are not willing to do the research prior to purchasing, it is your fault, not Sony's.

I bought this as a present for a family member. She loves it. She said it is easy to use and works well her older lenses.

Firstly, know that i'm coming at this from a "stills" perspective--we dont shoot video. Ive tested several lenses with this adapter, and all have worked great. Here are some of lenses that i have that i have confirmed on the adapter:Classic Maxxum Lenses:50/1.770-210/f4("beercan")75-300/f4.5-5.635-80(kit lens)<--junkModern A-mount Lenses:Sigma 150-500/f5-6.3 APOTokina 11-16/f2.8<--Crop sensor lens, works great(but cam needs to be in crop mode)Tamron 90/f2.8 1:1 MacroAll lenses work well and take advantage of all the focus sensors that the a7iv has. Being able to use a lot of my old glass really saves a lot of money in that i don't have to re-buy lenses. Some lenses focus slower than others(beercan) but they all focus faster than on my previous cameras.I also really appreciate that the focus motor "bump" from the previous adapters is gone. The adapter is lower profile, focuses old glass fast, and take advantage of the camera's advanced auto focus system.I have but only two gripes: 1) the built in AF illuminator on the camera does not work when using this adapter, and 2)The camera will not switch to crop mode automatically when an A mount crop lens is attached, it must be set manually. The auto crop mode function only works with native emount lenses.All in all this adapter works as advertised far as i can tell, and im not upset that it doesnt AF in video--i imagine it would be fairly loud on the video doing so, as the motor does make noise.If you have old Maxxum/Sony A-mount glass you want to use with a newer a7 model camera, do it. It works

I have a few old a-mount lenses and when I purchase the A7S2 several years ago, there weren't a lot of options. the LA-EA3 was reported at the time to not work well with the A7S2, and so I lamented until one day, I was surprised to see the LA-EA4 announced. I grabbed that right quick, and while losing some light was a tiny bit of an issue, and the AF on the LA-EA4 was rather slow, it was okay for what it was. I was never really excited about the LA-EA4, but it got the job done and allowed me to use the a-mount lenses I had...a better-than-nothing kind of situation, and certainly serviceable.Fast forward to today, and I have the A1.A little side bar....My wife uses the A7S2 now, and while she likes the camera body, she only uses the Sony 28-60 because she likes the light weight of the setup. Anything heavier and she just wouldn't take it with her on trips.And so, since my wife wouldn't use the heavier a-mount lenses, and I couldn't see myself using the LA-EA4 with the A1, I genuinely thought my old a-mount lenses were slated for the retirement heap, to be sold on ebay.But then....lo and behold, the LA-EA5 emerges, and i bought it right away. After all, this may be the very last adaptor Sony produces for a-mount lenses, and that could make this a rare item very quickly if it continues to only support the a6600, a7r4, and a1.Well, now it's arrived and what an incredible joy it is to use! Much better than the light losing, slow af of the LA-EA4, and while much much slower than my native GM lenses, there are some old, rather unique lenses that work with a-mount that are just great for photos.Without a doubt, the LA-EA5 is an excellent piece of gear for owners of one of the supported bodies who also own a-mount glass.The adaptor will also continue to breathe life into the used a-mount lens market as well as there are some iconic a-mount lenses that today would cost a fraction of equivalent modern lenses cost, and could be a fraction of the price of even cheaper e-mount lenses.The LA-EA5 breathes new life into my donut bokeh producing mirrored 500mm f8 lens (there's also a little focus breathing, but meh, not a big deal for photos). A type of lens that has a unique look and might not emerge for e-mount lenses, ever, as it was a lens made popular in the 80's and 90's and hasn't been seen much since. That lens alone makes the LA-EA5 a worthy adaptor.Pretty darn happy!

Make my a-mount lenses useful

I purchased this so I could use my Sony A mount lenses with my Sony E mount camera. It is working perfectly and I’m very happy with the results. It is a great alternative to for an amateur or beginning photographer who wants to upgrade their camera body from a Sony A mount body to an E mount with out purchasing new lenses

Excellent adapter! I own the Sony A7R III and I use the adapter with the Sony Zeiss 50mm f1.4 SSM and the Sigma Art 35mm f1.4 HSM with no problems at all. For photography that is. I mainly use single point AF but I'll be testing it in other modes to see how it performs, and then giving an update.

I use this with my new A6600 E mount and it works fabulously with my old Alpha mount minolta and Sony lenses that are screw driven AF lenses. The SONY SAMS do fabulously as well though Tamron PZD drive alpha mount lenses can hunt a little bit more in lesser light. No microadjustments needed like in my A77ii. Also as there is no glass or slt mirror in this adaptor, the is no need to microadjust like you might if you use the Le-ae2 or 4. The focusing metrics are all done at the sensor and the adjustment signals are sent cleanly thru the adapter to the lens. Even with the screw drive motor in the adapter at work, there doesn't apear to be much extra drain on battery life. I'm at 400 shots with 80 percent battery life on the new N 100 battery the A6600 uses. I've had good success using a kalimar 2xteleconverter attached to the laea5 and my tameron 70-300 lens with much better shots out of camera then the tele/lens arrangement mounted on my 77ii camera. My classic Minolta F4 70-210 beercan just comes alive with my a6600 using this adapter. This adapter would still be a good investment even if your emount camera doesn't support the screw drive features. It will drive your other SONY SAM and other on lens motor AF drive alpha glass from sigma and tameron. There are the A7iv camera, the A9 and the A1 that can also use this adapter fully with screw driven AF glass and the newer E mounts coming out most surely will continue to support this adapter fully. The La-ea4 is a good adapter save when the slt mirror gets corrupted. The "5" has no mirror in it's path so no 1/2 stop loss of light! Yay! Included is an image shot from the Camera at night using the a6600, the Laea5, and the minolta f4 35-70 lens. Get this adapter and your old Minolta alpha glass will rise from the dead again!

I have an A7Sii, this adapter is limited on this camera, mostly the fault of the camera. Its very slow to focus my SSM lenses but nonetheless it passes on camera Aperture controls and EXIF data.I recently rented a A7Riv and everything was near perfect. I do believe that my lenses work even better on the A7Riv then they do on their native mount camera, the A900 that I own.Happily any Screw driven autofocus also works with this adapter while on the A7Riv, A7Sii it does not.Photography works perfectly, Video mode operates in Manual mode. There was no auto focus of any kind, I didn't test further to see if there was some setting I was missing.These are the lenses I usedSAL70400G2SAL70200GSAL2470ZSAL16F28The price may seem high, but, it will actually save you money when converting from A to E mount systems.If you already have A mount lenses, there is not many reasons to buy E mount equivalent. Which for me, with what I have, would have been way too much.

Great adapter, has worked well with all my my lens including screw type. has saved me so u can use my old lens instead of buying all new for sony e mount.

I bought this adapter (LA-EA5) specifically for the Sony A7IV as the older LA-EA4 adapter apparently did not work with the new camera. My collection of A-mount lenses work great with the adapter. I notice no performance difference from the older Sony DSLRs or Minolta film cameras. However, if you do not have one of the few models that currently support this adapter (like A7IV, A6600, A7RIV), then you will run into some compatibility issues which will make this adapter pretty useless. Check before you buy.Also, there's no tripod foot built into the adapter (unlike the prior EA3 and EA4 models), which could pose an issue for some of the longer and heavier lenses as the centre of gravity puts more strain on the camera's mount - conceivably a more pressing issue for smaller cameras like the a6600. There are some third-party brackets which are built to fit the contours of the EA5 adapter and thus shift the centre of gravity to the front of the adapter.

It doesn't turn back time. Starting with the Sony A7R4 this adapter offers full compatibility with 'A' format lenses. If you have an earlier camera seek sony support first.I was going to buy the A7R3 and chose the 4 because of this adapter.They are a little 'clicky' but a very elegant size. I bought 2.

Peux adapter tout les objectifs SAL de Sony et ceux de Minolta appareils photo E-Mount mais pas compatible avec l'auto focus de certain objectifs.