If you own a Sony Nex Camera or your considering a Sony Nex camera and want super fast and accurate Phase Detection Autofocus like the Alpha 65, the Sony A-Mount Lens to NEX Camera Mount Adapter (LA-EA2) is for you! Shoot sports with true accuracy and have a huge boost in performance in low light as the tradition Contrast AF in the Nex cameras just cannot compare. Basically the Nex systems have everything a real dslr has image quality wise, but lacks Phase Detection Auto Focus, because it’s so thin. This adapter allows your E-mount camera to enjoy high speed, accurate TTL phase detection auto focus for both still and video capture, and has a built in focus motor for those A-mount lenses that need one, like the 85mm f/1.4 Carl Zeiss.
Official Features:
- Translucent Mirror Technology Built-In
- The LA-EA2 is the first adaptor in the world to include Sony’s exclusive Translucent Mirror Technology and Phase Detect AF sensor.
- TTL Phase Detection AF for Video and Stills
- Allows your E-mount camera to enjoy high speed, accurate TTL phase detection auto focus for both still and video capture.
- A-Mount Adaptor
- The LA-EA2 Adaptor allows you to attach the full range of Sony A-mount lenses.
- AE Support
- An aperture drive mechanism enables AE with all A-mount lenses except teleconverters.
- Special Notes from Sony
- 1. AF not available with STF lenses and teleconverters.
2. Teleconverter lenses and Minolta Xi lenses are not compatible.
3. Aperture setting for video capture is fixed at the maximum aperture of the lens or f/3.5, whichever is lower (AF-C).
Sony A-Mount Lens to NEX Camera Mount Adapter
Sony A-Mount Lens to NEX Camera Mount Adapter
Check out how the camera morphs when you use the LA-EA2 Alpha-mount adapter on a Nex-5n:
The LA-EA2 Alpha-mount adapter, which provides the NEX series with a truly unique feature: phase detection autofocus.
This is a must have item if your a sports shooter and want to take your Nex on the field for some serious work. And I mean serious as you’ll need an A-mount lens for the job!!
Something like this perhaps??
Minolta MD 1600mm Reflex Lens and Nex-5. Photo courtesy of sonyalphanex.
Minolta MD 1600mm Reflex Lens and Nex-5
Sony A-Mount 500mm f/4 G Lens
Sony A-Mount 500mm f/4 G Lens
Or this lens would make things easy, fun, and it’s a killer long term investment in my opinion!
Sony 70-400mm f/4-5.6 G SSM Autofocus Lens
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Jay
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has this mount been rendered obsolete with the introduction of dual AF that we see in some of the NEX cameras now?
Hi Tony,
No, because the LA-EA2 adapter allows you to use A-Mount lenses also, and the Auto-focus performance is still better than the on sensor hybrid AF.
Jay