Samsung NX mount to M4/3 mount possible?

I have never seen or able to find a Samsung NX mount to M4/3 mount.

Anyone know if it ever get manufactured?

samuser wrote:

I have never seen or able to find a Samsung NX mount to M4/3 mount.

Anyone know if it ever get manufactured?

Probably not!

Primarily because the Samsung lenses, like so many modern lenses, are "fly-by-wire", with an electronically-controlled aperture and indeed focusing arrangement, making them unadjustable when not on a Samsung camera.

If the lens(es) you're hoping to adapt is one of the fully manual aftermarket lenses, you might be able to make something up using a Samsung rear lens cap or lens-mount from a defunct body glued onto an M4/3 body cap, with appropriate spacers in between to get the focussing correct, else you may be able to mount your Samsung lens within something like an M42-M4/3, again with appropriate packing and/or spacing, but you'd need to check your clearances before you start.

In the case of an after-market manual lens, it may be worth contacting the manufacturer to see if they could change the mount for you, assuming the lens is/was also produced in M4/3 mount.

All in all it just may be easier and cheaper to buy a Samsung camera, if the lens is really worth using!

Good luck

The image circle from a mFT lens does not match the (larger) sensorsize of APS-C - that is also why the other way around, NX-lens with a larger image circle on a mFT body, does work.

'nuf said.

Gerrit Snoek

kypfer wrote:

samuser wrote:

I have never seen or able to find a Samsung NX mount to M4/3 mount.

Anyone know if it ever get manufactured?

Probably not!

Primarily because the Samsung lenses, like so many modern lenses, are "fly-by-wire", with an electronically-controlled aperture and indeed focusing arrangement, making them unadjustable when not on a Samsung camera.

That's good advice, though some Samsung NX lenses can be focused manually (the 20-50mm is one, and there may be others). There's a workaround for the aperture, but you need patience and a Samsung NX body.

There's no commercial NX-MFT adapter I'm aware of, but it might be possible to make one using 3D printing, parts from extension tubes and/or other DIY techniques. There's only 6.25mm to play with, and for most lenses (such as the NX 30mm f/2 tagged in the OP's question) you'd also need to incorporate a helicoid for manual focusing.

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3063687

If the lens(es) you're hoping to adapt is one of the fully manual aftermarket lenses, you might be able to make something up using a Samsung rear lens cap or lens-mount from a defunct body glued onto an M4/3 body cap, with appropriate spacers in between to get the focussing correct, else you may be able to mount your Samsung lens within something like an M42-M4/3, again with appropriate packing and/or spacing, but you'd need to check your clearances before you start.

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4119927

In the case of an after-market manual lens, it may be worth contacting the manufacturer to see if they could change the mount for you, assuming the lens is/was also produced in M4/3 mount.

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4157183

Heritage Cameras wrote:

kypfer wrote:

samuser wrote:

I have never seen or able to find a Samsung NX mount to M4/3 mount.

Anyone know if it ever get manufactured?

Probably not!

Primarily because the Samsung lenses, like so many modern lenses, are "fly-by-wire", with an electronically-controlled aperture and indeed focusing arrangement, making them unadjustable when not on a Samsung camera.

That's good advice, though some Samsung NX lenses can be focused manually (the 20-50mm is one, and there may be others). There's a workaround for the aperture, but you need patience and a Samsung NX body.

There's no commercial NX-MFT adapter I'm aware of, but it might be possible to make one using 3D printing, parts from extension tubes and/or other DIY techniques. There's only 6.25mm to play with, and for most lenses (such as the NX 30mm f/2 tagged in the OP's question) you'd also need to incorporate a helicoid for manual focusing.

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3063687

If the lens(es) you're hoping to adapt is one of the fully manual aftermarket lenses, you might be able to make something up using a Samsung rear lens cap or lens-mount from a defunct body glued onto an M4/3 body cap, with appropriate spacers in between to get the focussing correct, else you may be able to mount your Samsung lens within something like an M42-M4/3, again with appropriate packing and/or spacing, but you'd need to check your clearances before you start.

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4119927

In the case of an after-market manual lens, it may be worth contacting the manufacturer to see if they could change the mount for you, assuming the lens is/was also produced in M4/3 mount.

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4157183

You can check the flange distance of different camera mounts here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flange_focal_distance