https://pho.tography.org/tags/e-mount/ Recent content in e mount on pho.tography.org Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pho.tography.org/2026/04/12/sony-a6400--minolta-md-50mm-f/1.4-flea-market-glass/ Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pho.tography.org/2026/04/12/sony-a6400--minolta-md-50mm-f/1.4-flea-market-glass/ The Minolta MD 50mm f/1.4 is a lens that predates autofocus entirely. It was manufactured through the 1970s and 1980s, attached originally to Minolta’s SLR bodies, and is now scattered across eBay listings and flea market tables in sufficient quantities that finding a clean copy for $30–$60 is not particularly difficult. Adapted to the Sony A6400 via a $20 MD-to-E mount adapter, it produces something that a significant community of photographers finds genuinely irreplaceable. https://pho.tography.org/2026/04/12/sony-a6700--canon-ef-135mm-f/2l-via-mc-11-sleeper-reach/ Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pho.tography.org/2026/04/12/sony-a6700--canon-ef-135mm-f/2l-via-mc-11-sleeper-reach/ The Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM is one of the most respected telephoto primes ever made and one of the few legacy lenses where the secondary market price has declined meaningfully as photographers have migrated to mirrorless systems and RF glass. Used copies trade in the $600–$750 range — less than they commanded five years ago, and substantially less than the optical quality warrants. The Sigma MC-11 adapter, which communicates the EF protocol to Sony E-mount bodies with high fidelity, adds approximately $199. https://pho.tography.org/2026/04/12/sony-a6700--sigma-30mm-f/1.4-dc-dn-smart-money/ Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pho.tography.org/2026/04/12/sony-a6700--sigma-30mm-f/1.4-dc-dn-smart-money/ There is a version of this review that spends its first paragraph apologizing for recommending an APS-C system with a third-party lens. This is not that review. The Sony A6700 paired with the Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DC DN is one of the most capable and practical camera combinations available for under $2,000, and it earns that claim without qualification. The Sigma 30mm on APS-C produces a field of view equivalent to roughly 45mm in full-frame terms — close enough to the classic 50mm standard to feel immediately natural, wide enough to work in tight interior spaces without distortion.