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The japanse company Rayqual announced a couple of new E-mount adapters with built-in tripod mount. There will be E-mount adapters for Nikon F, M42, Leica R, Olympus OM, Canon FD and Pentax K mount lenses. Rayqual sells their adpaters on their own website Rayqual.com. But sadly it’s only in japanese language. The adpaters will cost around $180-200. We will might find them soon on [shoplink 9029 ebay]eBay (Click here to see the current Rayqual adpaters on eBay)[/shoplink].
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wohoo, so they ask a higher price for their “dumb” adapters then Sony itself asks for the E-mount to Alpha adapter which has aperture control and a tripod mount which is removable and on top Sonys adapter looks far less “home engineered”
officially the LAEA1 is still 249.99 $ here in Canada, but in the Sony Store they offered it for 150,- 😉
Look exactly the same as rj mount in Asia, which is with the tripod holder as well. Stupid price, I don’t know why it needs to start a new article for intoruce this. I have used Rj mount for more than 2 years and its’ price just less than 25% of this one.
You can find this type of adapters on eBay for way less, you can even find those that are tiltable too.
My Kiwifoto ones are very nicely made and cost around $25. I don’t really understand why these cost so much? Even the LA-EA1 are cheaper!
Are they tiltable?
Enhanced flexibility for changing formats is the
biggest point of a tripod mount in my mind?
Never mind the adaptors, I want those lenses.
I have one of those from eBay. Costs me about 23usd plus shipping to Malaysia. Tripod mount and stepless aperture control. So it doesn’t have clicking sounds when aperture is changed.
Why do I have the sensation that the Minolta users are being screwed by Sony!?
Look at these adapters…every possible mount…even Pentax 6×7!
Where is the Minolta MD?
Cheers!
Not at all… The A-Mount is the only path to a fully functional intelligent mounting solution. LAEH-1 & 2 make the A-Mount native… That’s why the “α” appears on every NEX. They are native to two mounts… E & A.
I know the LAEH is labelled as an “adapter”… but with the functionality, it’s really more of an interchangeable mount, and not an adapter at all.
why don’t you check ebay? there are minolta md convertors which work very well and are not expensive. I use this one with my rokkor lenses (mainly my 50mm f1.4) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Minolta-MD-MC-Lens-Sony-NEX-3-NEX-5-Adapter-/300521074985?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45f873b129#ht_2512wt_1071 but there are plenty of others which you can easily find with a search. Usual caveat emptor ebay rules apply.
What’s new here aside from the high price? These have been available on eBay for a year now for $25-$40.
But there’s nothing like having the quality name of “Rayqual” in my hands… WTF?
It’s just the same as the Novoflex and Voigtlander. Of course, they want you to believe that these adapters would last longer than other cheapo adapters. I have heard stories of lens falling off from cheap adapters. Personally, with adapted SLR lens, I would always hold the lens and the camera body at the same time (easier to adjust focus). I think some street photogs prefer to shoot with one hand, and thus putting more strain on the mount.