Sony A mount - LightPoint

The A-mount was originally introduced by Minolta in 1985, the world first integrated autofocus system for an interchangeable camera. In 2005 a joint venture with Sony expanded the adoption of this mount, one year later Sony acquired the all the photo/imaging sector from Konica Minolta.

The A-mount supports both full frame and APS-C size sensor cameras.

In April 2019 Sony discontinued this mount focusing on the new E-mount.

In production

Inner diameter

49.7 mm

Flange distance

44.5 mm

Types:

Name	Sensor format	Sensor crop	AF support	Year
Full Frame	Full frame	1.00	motor in camera, motor in lens	1985
APS-C	APS-C	1.52	motor in camera, motor in lens	2005

Lens models

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