I fear A7(R) customers could drop a screw onto the sensor, or better said the filter in front of it…and couldn’t get the exact torque criss-cross onto the mount.
I’m wondering, does the A7 have the internal structure basis for being stable enough to support a all metal mount? the A7S does have it by design, but neither the A7(R)…and i mind have had reading before, the A7S front panel had been extra designed heavy duty to support a metal mount, and heavy lenses, especially.
Apart from that, good idea…but can’t we just mount a A7S full metal bajonet then, without that silly saying “The Tough E-Mount” – which is really fugly for my taste…of course, when you’ve got a lens mounted, you don’t see this. 😉
Further, i don’t trust the Fotodiox brand that much – could they really produce a Metal E Mount within very slighty tolerances? I doubt it…and i’d say that mod will
void your warranty. As long as you don’t know at exactly what specific torque you’ve to tighten the screws, too.
Started out doing photography at the age of 6 using an uncle's old 1940 kodak brownie box camera. At 15 years of age, I decided to buy my very own 1975 Praktica SLR camera. I now shoot with a Nikon D850. I do unpaid TFP and commercial paid work.