hey guys Harrison here and today we're going to be checking out the FOTGA sony
e-mount to canon EF mount lens adapter so normally camera lenses will only connect
to cameras from the same brand so for instance this Nikon lens will normally
only connect to a Nikon camera so then what do you do if you want to use a lens
from one company on the camera from another well that's when you're gonna
want to use an adapter like the fotga one here which is specifically for
connecting Canon ef lenses to Sony e-mount cameras like the a6300 so one
of the main features of the FOTGA adapter is that it has built-in electronics
which allows the lenses you connect to talk to the actual camera body and this
allows you to electronically control the lens aperture as well as also get some
basic auto focus let's talk a bit more about autofocus because that's probably
the main reason you'd want to buy the fotga adapter over a cheaper more basic
one for photography the adapter has its pros and it's cons so first off this
adapter is pretty slow to focus so you're not going to be able to use this
for things like sports photography or situations where your subjects moving
past quickly but if you're in a situation where your subjects moving
slowly or still and you've got time to set up your shot then this adapter can
work pretty well landscapes and nature photography are both examples of where
this adapter works pretty well along with things like portrait or product
photography sometimes though regardless of whether you're trying to shoot a
sprinter or a snail the autofocus fails miserably and just ends up hunting
around and never finding anything or sometimes just giving up completely in
situations like that I found it quicker to just switch to manual focus
and focus that way rather than mess around with the autofocus and try to get
that working so while the adapter works pretty well for photography if you're
hoping to use it for any sort of video work then you're gonna be pretty
disappointed so the FOTGA adapter seems to somehow focus even slower in video
mode than it does in photo mode and it also won't continuously autofocus which
means that after you've hit that record button you're gonna have to manually
focus your lenses the fotga adapter also has a few other features besides
autofocus the fotga adapter also lets you control lens aperture from within
the camera body and this is good because some cheaper adapters won't let you do
this so instead they'll have their own sort of dial or ring or some even just
won't let you change aperture at all so it's good the fotga adapter includes
this and it also means that it won't matter whether you're using native or an
adapted lens they're both gonna behave and they're both gonna operate the same
way which means less confusion for you Fotga also says that their adapter
will support the image stabilization found in some lenses but I haven't had a
chance to try it out I imagine though that similar to the order of focusing
the image stabilization would probably be a lot worse than on normal native
lenses but again I'm not a hundred percent sure the fotga adapter is
actually built pretty well the adapter is made of a strong plastic and it has
metal lens mounts on both sides making it overall pretty durable connecting
everything up is super easy you just connect one end of the adapter into the
camera body and into the other end you connect a compatible lens and you're
good to go once everything's connected up it fits together pretty snugly
although there is a little bit of movement between the fotga adapter and
the camera body the fotga adapter also has a tripod mount on the bottom
which is handy if you're gonna be connecting larger lenses
as it'll allow you to connect it at that point to the tripod versus underneath
your camera body and it'll keep everything more stable and more balanced
so overall for around 80 bucks this adapter is certainly not the cheapest
you can buy so you're gonna want to make sure it's right for you if you're gonna
be shooting landscapes or product photography and can afford to slow down
your shooting a bit then maybe this adapter is right for you but if you're
not gonna use the autofocus features then you're probably gonna be better off
just getting a cheaper basic mechanical adapter which you can get for like 15
bucks and certainly if you need fast autofocus either for photos or video
then you're really only gonna be able to use the native lenses for your camera so
that just about rounds up my review of the fotga sony e-mount to canon EF mount
lens adapter if you have any questions don't forget to leave them down below
and while you're there don't forget to leave a like and subscribe also I'd like
to say a massive thank you to my friend Jordan who lent me is camera gear so I
could check all of this stuff out he's actually made a few short films of his
own and I've left the link to one of them down in the video description and
it'll be awesome if you could check that out
apart from that thanks for watching and i'll catch i in the next video