a6000 with Signstek/Ommlite EF-NEX
As noted earlier in this thread a big concern for me in grabbing a mirrorless camera is the ability to use my Canon glass with reasonable success.
To that end I ordered a Signstek/Ommlite EF-NEX "smart adapter" from Amazon and tried a few of my Canon Lenses out on my a6000 body. The adapter cost about $125, or a bit more than a 1/4 of the price of Metabones equivalent.
Aperture seems to be 100% with both lenses I tried. No issues at all, works just like the native kit lens.
Autofocus is a bit more of a rub. With my
EF 50mm f1.8 it works reasonably well, but it's slow. Not gonna be firing off any of that 11fps sports shots with that auto focus speed. But it does work.
However with my wide angle EF-S 10-18 it's non-existent, or at least seems to be. The camera body seems to try to auto focus, but the lens's STM focus motor doesn't appear to be getting any signal from the camera. So with this STM lens at least, it's all manual focus.
Which with a wide angle doing landscapes on a tripod, is not a deal breaker.
For comparison sake I've tried to take the same basic shot with both my a6000 and my rebel XT from the same spot with the same settings and post processing. But I may have missed the shutter speed a touch.
a6000 w/adapter
Native Mount on Rebel XT
To my eyes it seems the Canon lenses are a tad sharper on the native mount, but end up being miles ahead of the 16-50mm kit lens on the sony. The 50mm in particular smokes the kit lens in terms of sharpness and bokeh. But doesn't take advantage of the "world's fastest autofocus!" on the a6000.
At this point I kinda wish'd I'd skipped the kit lens and tried something with a wider aperture from Sony's lineup, but the camera body itself is still a ton of fun.
For the adapter, reasonable performance and image quality, but I'm glad I didn't drop $400 on it.
tl:dr: Edmonton is no good.