A firmware update for this combination has just been announced.
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/01/29 ... nt-systems
I expect it will address the slow retraction as well as distortion issues.
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- Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:22 pm
- Forum: Alpha E-Mount system
- Topic: Sony 16-50 pancake lens on Nex-7?
- Replies: 8
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- Tue Jan 15, 2013 5:19 pm
- Forum: Alpha E-Mount system
- Topic: Focus peaking with LA-EA2 and the Playmemories wifi app
- Replies: 8
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Re: Focus peaking with LA-EA2 and the Playmemories wifi app
Which lenses and camera are you using with DMF and LA-EA2? All native Sony/Minolta lenses do DMF with LA-EA2 with the usual limitations, just as they they do with any a-mount body; which means that SAM lenses can't/don't . With Sigma you are limited to screwdriver, HSM won't do. All-in-all, a LA-EA...
- Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:47 pm
- Forum: Alpha E-Mount system
- Topic: Focus peaking with LA-EA2 and the Playmemories wifi app
- Replies: 8
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Re: Focus peaking with LA-EA2 and the Playmemories wifi app
Googling this subject suggests that some lenses do and some don't support DMF with the LA-EA2. One suggestion was that lenses which do not have an AF/MF switch do support it...but I can't verify this. My Sigma 50-150 does have a MF/AFswitch.
- Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:58 pm
- Forum: Alpha E-Mount system
- Topic: Focus peaking with LA-EA2 and the Playmemories wifi app
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Re: Focus peaking with LA-EA2 and the Playmemories wifi app
Focus peaking absolutely works with LA-EA2 in both MF and DMF, just as it should. And I'm not guessing. i am back home now and so have been checking with my equipment (NEX 7, LA-EA2, Sigma 50-150 f2.8). You are quite right that focus peaking works with LA-EA2 in manual focus mode, but on my gear th...
- Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:53 am
- Forum: Alpha E-Mount system
- Topic: Focus peaking with LA-EA2 and the Playmemories wifi app
- Replies: 8
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Re: Focus peaking with LA-EA2 and the Playmemories wifi app
I am 99% certain that Focus Peaking doesn't work with the LA-EA2 adapter.
Focus peaking works with the cameras internal CDAF system. The LA-EA2 uses the PDAF system in the adapter.
Focus peaking works with the cameras internal CDAF system. The LA-EA2 uses the PDAF system in the adapter.