Lens mounts · Minolta/Sony A · Discontinued

Minolta/Sony A mount: cameras, lenses & what adapts

Minolta/Sony A is a full frame slr / dslr mount introduced in 1985.

Full frame imaging circle· 44.50mm flange distance· SLR / DSLR, since 1985

Build a Minolta/Sony A kit → Mount Adapting

Cameras

Lenses listed

Native lenses

Third-party

Cameras on Minolta/Sony A

Every body in the catalogue that takes Minolta/Sony A lenses, newest first. Prices are the best new price from a UK retailer we track.

3 bodies

Sony A99 II 2016 · DSLR · 42.4 MP £749 used

Sony SLT-A99 2012 · DSLR · 24.3 MP £454 used

Sony DSLR-A200 2008 · DSLR · 10.2 MP £48 used

Discontinued lens system. Minolta/Sony A lenses are no longer made new. Bodies and lenses still work and are still sold, but the range will not grow.

Lens range

6 Minolta/Sony A lenses in the catalogue. Native means made by a company that also makes Minolta/Sony A bodies; third-party is everyone else.

3 native3 third-party

Laowa 3Sony 3

Best Minolta/Sony A lenses by genre

Top three per genre from the lens engine, scored on this lens's own format. The same scores you see on each lens page; Gear Builder re-scores them for the exact body you pick.

16 of 16 genres

🧑Portrait

1 Sony 500mm f/4 G SSMoptical quality, autofocus 6.8/10

2 Sony Distagon T* 24mm f/2 ZA SSMoptical quality, maximum aperture 6.5/10

3 Sony Vario-Sonnar T* 16-35mm f/2.8 ZA SSM IIoptical quality, autofocus 6.0/10

🌆Street

1 Sony Distagon T* 24mm f/2 ZA SSMfocal length for the genre, optical quality 7.1/10

2 Sony Vario-Sonnar T* 16-35mm f/2.8 ZA SSM IIfocal length for the genre, optical quality 6.0/10

3 Laowa 60mm f/2.8 2X Ultra Macro MFvalue for money, distance scale (zone focusing) 5.8/10

✈️Travel

1 Sony Distagon T* 24mm f/2 ZA SSMoptical quality, autofocus 5.4/10

2 Sony Vario-Sonnar T* 16-35mm f/2.8 ZA SSM IIoptical quality, weather sealing 5.2/10

3 Laowa 15mm f/4 Wide Angle Macro MFsize and weight, value for money 4.4/10

💍Weddings & Events

1 Sony Vario-Sonnar T* 16-35mm f/2.8 ZA SSM IIautofocus, optical quality 6.5/10

2 Sony 500mm f/4 G SSMautofocus, optical quality 6.3/10

3 Sony Distagon T* 24mm f/2 ZA SSMautofocus, optical quality 5.8/10

📱Vlogging

1 Sony Distagon T* 24mm f/2 ZA SSMfocal length for the genre, autofocus 5.4/10

2 Sony Vario-Sonnar T* 16-35mm f/2.8 ZA SSM IIfocal length for the genre, autofocus 5.4/10

🎬Filmmaking

1 Sony Distagon T* 24mm f/2 ZA SSMfocal length for the genre, optical quality 5.0/10

2 Sony Vario-Sonnar T* 16-35mm f/2.8 ZA SSM IIoptical quality, autofocus 4.6/10

3 Sony 500mm f/4 G SSMoptical quality, autofocus 4.0/10

🎥Documentary

1 Sony Vario-Sonnar T* 16-35mm f/2.8 ZA SSM IIoptical quality, autofocus 5.4/10

2 Sony 500mm f/4 G SSMoptical quality, autofocus 5.0/10

3 Sony Distagon T* 24mm f/2 ZA SSMoptical quality, autofocus 5.0/10

⚡Sports & Action

1 Sony 500mm f/4 G SSMautofocus, focal length for the genre 8.1/10

🌄Landscape

1 Sony Vario-Sonnar T* 16-35mm f/2.8 ZA SSM IIfocal length for the genre, optical quality 7.7/10

2 Sony Distagon T* 24mm f/2 ZA SSMoptical quality, focal length for the genre 6.5/10

3 Laowa 15mm f/4 Wide Angle Macro MFfocal length for the genre, size and weight 6.4/10

🦅Wildlife

1 Sony 500mm f/4 G SSMfocal length for the genre, autofocus 7.1/10

📷Casual

1 Sony Distagon T* 24mm f/2 ZA SSMoptical quality, autofocus 4.9/10

2 Sony Vario-Sonnar T* 16-35mm f/2.8 ZA SSM IIoptical quality, autofocus 4.4/10

3 Laowa 15mm f/4 Wide Angle Macro MFvalue for money, size and weight 3.1/10

🍽️Food

1 Laowa 60mm f/2.8 2X Ultra Macro MFclose focusing, focal length for the genre 6.9/10

2 Laowa 15mm f/4 Wide Angle Macro MFclose focusing, bokeh (blades, apodisation) 5.3/10

3 Sony Distagon T* 24mm f/2 ZA SSMoptical quality, maximum aperture 5.2/10

🔬Macro

1 Laowa 60mm f/2.8 2X Ultra Macro MFclose focusing, focal length for the genre 6.2/10

2 Laowa 15mm f/4 Wide Angle Macro MFclose focusing, focal length for the genre 6.2/10

3 Sony Distagon T* 24mm f/2 ZA SSMoptical quality, autofocus 4.7/10

🏛️Architecture

1 Sony Vario-Sonnar T* 16-35mm f/2.8 ZA SSM IIoptical quality, focal length for the genre 7.5/10

2 Sony Distagon T* 24mm f/2 ZA SSMoptical quality, focal length for the genre 6.5/10

3 Laowa 15mm f/4 Wide Angle Macro MFfocal length for the genre, filter compatibility 6.3/10

🌌Astro

1 Sony Distagon T* 24mm f/2 ZA SSMmaximum aperture, focal length for the genre 7.6/10

2 Sony Vario-Sonnar T* 16-35mm f/2.8 ZA SSM IIfocal length for the genre, optical quality 7.3/10

3 Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D MFfocal length for the genre, distance scale (zone focusing) 6.8/10

🤿Underwater

1 Sony Vario-Sonnar T* 16-35mm f/2.8 ZA SSM IIfocal length for the genre, optical quality 7.2/10

2 Sony Distagon T* 24mm f/2 ZA SSMfocal length for the genre, optical quality 6.8/10

3 Laowa 60mm f/2.8 2X Ultra Macro MFfocal length for the genre, close focusing 5.9/10

Flange distance & adapting

A plain adapter is a spacer: it can only add distance between lens and sensor. Glass from a mount with a longer flange distance adapts cleanly onto Minolta/Sony A; glass from a shorter one needs corrective optics.

Minolta/Sony A register

44.50mm

Type: SLR / DSLR
Coverage: Full frame
Crop factor: 1.00×
Maker: Sony
Introduced: 1985

Full adapting matrix →

Lenses you can put on a Minolta/Sony A body

14 other mounts adapt onto Minolta/Sony A without corrective glass. Focus and framing only; autofocus and aperture control depend on the adapter.

AdapterPentax 6x7+40.5mm Hasselblad V+30.4mm Pentax 645+26.4mm Bronica ETR+24.5mm Mamiya M645+18.8mm ARRI PL+7.5mm Leica R+2.5mm Nikon F+2.0mm

ThinOlympus OM+1.5mm Contax/Yashica+1.0mm M42+1.0mm Pentax K+1.0mm Exakta+0.2mm Topcon+0.2mm

Where Minolta/Sony A lenses can go

Current camera mounts that accept Minolta/Sony A glass: 9 with a plain or thin adapter.

AdapterNikon Z+28.5mm · 1 listed DJI DL+27.7mm Fujifilm X+26.8mm · 1 listed Sony E+26.5mm · 2 listed Hasselblad X+26.4mm Micro Four Thirds+25.3mm · 1 listed Canon RF+24.5mm · 1 listed Leica L+24.5mm · 1 listed Fujifilm G+17.8mm

OpticsPentax K-1.0mm ARRI PL-7.5mm

How deep is the Minolta/Sony A lens range?

The lens-ecosystem scores Camera Match uses when it ranks Minolta/Sony A bodies for wildlife, sports, portrait, macro, food, architecture and astro. Scored 0–10 from the native lenses buyable new, with the reasoning shown.

No ecosystem scores recorded for Minolta/Sony A yet.

Batteries, cards & filters for Minolta/Sony A

The battery models and card types Minolta/Sony A bodies use, and the most common filter threads on Minolta/Sony A lenses. Each links to the cameras or lenses that share it and what to buy.

Batteries

Battery model · cameras on this mount

NP-FM500H3

Memory cards

Card type · cameras on this mount

SD2 CompactFlash1

Filter sizes

Thread · lenses on this mount

77mm2 42mm1 62mm1 72mm1

Next step

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