Manual focus lenses on Sony A6000, 11 fps?

Can the Sony A6000 be set at "Continuous Shooting: HI" with an adapted manual focus lens, from another manufacturer, to achieve the maximum available burst rate of 11 fps?

 

I am specifically considering using Canon FD and Nikon AIS lenses with one of the many mechanical adapters available such as Fotodiox, Fotga, Fotasy, Neewer, Polaroid, just to name a few. I know the adapter brand and the lens brand won't matter and I know it is stopped down metering and manual focus.

 

Thank-you, John.

This is an example of what I am trying to achieve. This is very difficult to do using manual focus "trapping" and only 5 fps. 11 fps would make this task much easier, considering that I don't even see the car coming until it emerges over the hill. Taken with a Nikon D3300 with Nikon 400mm f2.8 AIS with TC-16a and TC-14B. I now have a Canon FD 800mm f5.6 L to find a camera body for and the Sony A6000 could be a very good choice for both long lenses. Thanks again, John.

Not near the camera at the moment, but I'll try it out for you in the next couple of days. I have a Nikon adapter and plenty of Nikon glassware. Of course it'll also require the weather to co-operate and give me a fast enough shutter speed to bang out 11 fps!

That would be great. Thank-you.

Sorry about the delay John. Finally got time to check out the a6000 earlier today.

 

No problem with 'Continuous Hi' and a manual Nikon lens. The camera rattles along at 11 fps just like it does with a Sony lens.

 

You just need to change the 'Fire without lens' menu option to 'Enable', because with a Nikon adaptor fitted the camera thinks it has no lens attached at all.

 

BTW, I was shooting RAW + JPEG and found that the buffer took ages to clear with a cheap class 10 (not UHS) card. I suspect a faster card or shooting jpegs only would speed things up.

 

You'll need a Nikon lens adapter obviously. I recommend one from K&F concept. They're really well made and don't cost a fortune.

This one allows G type lenses to be used as well as manual Ai/Ai-S/AF and pre AI lenses.

 

Good luck!

Thank-you very much rodeo_joe ! I will check out that adapter. Thank-you for the "fire without lens". I need the speed of 11 fps but I hope to limit each burst to 5 or 6 frames and the bursts should be a few seconds to 30 seconds apart. I will have to manage this part of the picture taking as I learn how the camera works. Thank-you very much for your input. I could not find your experience anywhere on the net.

"I could not find your experience anywhere on the net."

 

- Yes, Sony's manual for the a6000 is near to useless. It doesn't explain anything. So owners are pretty much left with a 'suck it and see' approach to finding out how the camera really works.

Hmmmph!