Will Minolta A mount lens work fully with Sony Alpha DSLRs? Aperture, shutter and autofocus commands from camera's body?
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Minolta A mount lenses should work on an Alpha, they do have the same mount. I have a 26 year old 50 mm f1.7 that works perfectly on an Alpha 300, perfect AF with full program and auto functions. There are some third party lenses (sigma, tokina etc) however that came out around the time the first Maxxums were introduced in 1985 that do not have AF, and aperture control with Alphas although they may work perfectly with Maxxums. The reason that Sigma gave for this is that the chip in these early A mounts are not compatible with Alphas. You can still use them in full manual mode, you have to focus manually and there is no way to change the aperture though, but in a pinch they will take a picture. Shutter speed is an in camera function, and since you are shooting in full manual, you have to select your shutter speed yourself.
If you have an old A mount lens, check the link below to see if that particular model is compatible with an alpha
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