Photoclubalpha

Ohooo... well spotted

That's not unique. The same auto-focusing 1.6× tele converter for manual-focus lenses also exists in a Minolta version. It auto-focuses Rokkor lenses on A-mount bodies, and also enables full-aperture metering with most MC and MD lenses. It's made by Sigma, and optical quality is pretty good---much ...

Granted, Roger, that auto focusing manual lenses is unique, but you're still stuck with the bad side-effects. I wish there was a way to just take my MD lenses and remove the MD mount and replace it with an Alpha mount. I could get some nice glass back, and wouldn't care that I had to manually focus...

There's a similar converter available for the Minolta MC/MD lenses that will mount it on A-mount bodies. Dusty Yes there are plenty of adapters available to fit various lenses to the MAF ... but the uniqueness of this Yashica one is that it auto-focusses manual focus Zeiss lenses ... must be intere...

There was a series of Yashica AF cameras with this mount. AF200, AF230, AF270 and AF300 made between 1987 and 1994. There were slightly different names in various world markets. They were not re-badged from any another make. There were about a dozen lenses including independents. Also a clever AF Co...

PhotoTraveler wrote:In this case though it's not just similar design, but an actual modified A mount variant.

Yes that was my point, they are so similar but not interchangeable . Nice comparison photo.

Digging through my old lenses I found one from when I had a Yashica AF230 many years ago. Looking at the mount I was surprised to see just how very similar it is to the MA mount. It is so close that I feel there must have been some collaboration between the companies over the design. Does anyone kno...

... and don't forget it will probably zero your photos/shutter count ... well it did on mine (and with all previous firmware upgrades too)
After upgrading, if you want to keep your numerical sequence, put a memory card in with the last photo you took before the upgrade still on it.

Thanks David, nice one . .. I knew there had to be a reason NOT to have all low energy (fluorescent) bulbs in the house

Sony 100mm 2.8 macro much of the time ... closely followed by the Sony 70-300mm G SSM

Must agree with Simon. I also have the 35-200mm xi and can get on fine with the power zoom

Dusty wrote: It used to be, it you wanted really good photos, you had little choice than to buy and learn to use a SLR. That gave you a decent sized format, good glass and lots of options.

In my youth it was Leica or Contax rangefinder cameras top of the heap ...

Happy Christmas everyone

I used my 16-80mm at a wedding earlier in the year and was shattered to find that the focussing was all wrong when later looking at the shots on the computer screen. Of course they'd looked fine on the camera LCD and, as I had no reason to suspect a problem, I didn't magnify the image to check close...

Excellent shots Murph, specially the first!