kennethcooke
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I ask because I have one or two friends who have Nikon systems and it would be possible to borrow their lenses occasionally?
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Is there such a thing as an inexpensive adaptor, E-Mount to Nikon F?
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The best "adapter" for Nikon lenses would be a cheap Nikon body; you can pick up one for less than those expensive adapters that don't work very well.
The good old manual Nikkors are easy and cheap to adapt, and work well. The current fully electronic lenses are a different story: designing functional adapters seems to be work in progress.
My guess is that it will be another couple of years before you can just put a Nikon lens on an E mount camera and expect it to work properly.
My guess is that it will be another couple of years before you can just put a Nikon lens on an E mount camera and expect it to work properly.
+1, however you turn it, there seems to be almost always a problem with these adapters, not to mention the prices for these so called 'good' adapters.
I would love to go back to Sony because I loved the camera, the lack of normally prices good E mount lenses and the hustle with half working adapters stops me doing so.
I would love to go back to Sony because I loved the camera, the lack of normally prices good E mount lenses and the hustle with half working adapters stops me doing so.
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I could not disagree more. I have a D200 and my wife has a D5100 and neither works as well for older Nikon lenses as an A7, or even a NEX-7.
On the D200, to use, for instance, a 28/2.8 Ai-S, you have to go into a menu and program which lens you're using, and then you can shoot with it... with no focus peaking or magnification. You do get focus confirmation flashes on the PDAF points and a green dot, but, for me, these are not as good.
On the D5100, you can't even meter with this lens.
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A7-II with kit lens and a number of legacy lenses (mostly Canon FD); NEX-7 converted to IR.
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I have an a7s and own no Sony lenses. 1 emount Rokinon lens.
I shoot video often and always use manual, never autofocus, so I buy older Nikon with full manual options or fully manual Canon lenses that are cheaper and work wonders.
I use the cheap $20 mecahnical adapters and don't have a problem, although most Canon lenses are fully automatic and I can't buy without getting a metabones adapter.
Do realize with the battery limitation, the fact I use fully manual extends my experience of battery life. All these autofocus and servodrives for focusing and aperture burn battery life, and for my purposes are not needed.....
Your friends lenses may or not work depending on the need for an electronic connection (focus/aperture). But that is not an adapter problem, that is a limitation of the lens (won't let you use it without power) IMO.
I shoot video often and always use manual, never autofocus, so I buy older Nikon with full manual options or fully manual Canon lenses that are cheaper and work wonders.
I use the cheap $20 mecahnical adapters and don't have a problem, although most Canon lenses are fully automatic and I can't buy without getting a metabones adapter.
Do realize with the battery limitation, the fact I use fully manual extends my experience of battery life. All these autofocus and servodrives for focusing and aperture burn battery life, and for my purposes are not needed.....
Your friends lenses may or not work depending on the need for an electronic connection (focus/aperture). But that is not an adapter problem, that is a limitation of the lens (won't let you use it without power) IMO.
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