Adapting Camera Lenses: What Works
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So how to the adapters do with video? Are they only really good for photography?
When I think about adapting lenses, I only think vintage. And no, they aren't tack sharp or flawless, but that's actually the reason for using them - unique flaws and characteristics I miss on modern glass, like say, the swirl effect of a russian Helios, soap bubble bokeh of old Meyer-Görlitz etc. Mostly great for "artsy stuff" and portraits where some softness can actually be an advantage (like skin rendering). Not to forget the fun of discovering that you simply like the characteristics of a lens you found for ten bucks on a flea market. It's a great way to try out different focal lenghts on the cheap too before you decide you like the look of a specific prime and buy a "real one".
On Speed boosters, my Mitakon Lens Turbo II was the best buy I did for the above purpose, there's really nothing complicated or problematic with it, works like any other dumb adapter I have, just with an additional lens inside. All my vintage glass works like it should and in general is much sharper and contrasty than on a dumb adapter, with the added benefit of that extra stop of light that turns a mediocre lens into a half-decent low light performer. The most common complaint about it is lack of sharpness in the edges and some vignetting, but those things can also benefit a unique look. Adapters and vintage glass are simply not made for pixelpeepers who want technically perfect pictures. Again, for portraits I think they're simply great.
Your thoughts on adapting vintage lenses were very well put. A healthy dose of realism, along with some encouragement and enthusiasm.
I remember my first camera was an Olympus epl-1 and went crazy with adapting FD lenses to it and I loved it. I still use those FD lenses on occasion with my a6000 and it's still just as fun.
Awesome and timely video as I was looking into canon to sony adapters.
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Thank you for sharing Tony. Great work.
I have a Canon 5D mark II and i'm purchasing a Sony a6000 and this was SO useful!!!!!!! I also have quite a few vintage cameras too!!! Thanks for this video :D
As someone looking for a wider range of lenses for his M4/3, this could not have been a more perfect time for this video! Extremely informative as always.
what did you end up doing
Tony you know your stuff... only someone like you can review the technical aspects of adaptors. Great thanks for this
Amazing technical knowledge.
Tony thanks for covering the technical aspects in your videos. I find the tech information really useful for getting around the marketing hype prevalent on the web. Thanks for being a nerd!
Newer Native Glass is always sharper than vintage but the old has a lot of flaws but has character. Experimenting in a different Genre by using the Leica M8 with that sensor. With Color and variety of differet filters. Love that Classic look too! Cheers!
Another awesome job Tony!
Thanks Tony, great review. I'm an A7ii shooter. I have the Metaboes Mk4 and have been obsessing over whether to buy the gmaster 70-200 or the Canon. I can see myself moving back to canon at some point, but the gmaster look sooo good.
Ah, a topic near and dear to my heart. Great job covering all the bases here. I'd like to second two points in particular. First, I own the Sony fe55/1.8 and on my a6000 it is a CA machine. On my a7 CA is almost non-existent. The crop factor absolutely increases the flaws of this lens. Secondly, while I love shooting vintage lenses from many different makers, there is no doubt that they are not clinically sharp. Outside of nostalgia and character, the advantages come down to feel and in the case of rangefinder lenses, size.
Again, nice job as always!
I'm still nostalgic for the Pentax lens I learned with in high school - for its tactile metal feel
It's interesting to watch videos from a while ago and get impressed by how technology improved in such a short amount of time.
Even more now.
When Leica decided to drop their SLR/DSLR line I switched to Nikon. I adapted 2 of my Leica lenses for my Nikon D300. I bought 2 kits to actually change the Leica lens mount to a Nikon mount. They are quality mounts. Since all Leica SLR lenses were manual focus there is no issue with autofocus. I did notice a lack of sharpness - seemed soft. I should try my Leica 280mm f/2.8 lens on my Nikon D4s to see if there is a difference in sharpness.
I've done mount conversions with M42, Olympus and Pentax lenses to fit on Nikon and have infinity.
Very informative video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
You're right, image character and fun is probably the best reason for using vintage lenses. Researching the history is pretty interesting as well - it's a historic artifact you can still use.
I would like to add one thing that isn't perfect yet would does work, the Techart PRO adapter. With that adapter you can auto focus your leica m lenses on your sony E bodies. You can even adapt other manual slr lenses to the leica m mount and auto focus them too.
Awesome . Great information. Awesome presentation.
Any experience with an adapter to mount a Pentax SMC lens (K mount) to a Nikon APC (DX) body? I purchased a Vello Pentax lens to Nikon body adapter and yes it adapts the two but it seems the correction lens in the adapter that corrects for flange distance ruins the image. Never really in focus. Reviews from users say they like it. Did the job, etc. but honestly I don't like the results. Is this something I'll realize no matter what PK to NK adapter I use? Am I just really wanting this to work and it just won't? You can tell me the truth. I know you will.
MFT is the most user friendly system to date. I believe this part of art will become more popular through MFT standard. Not all of us want to be professional photographers, some of us love to have pretty photos of their own memories.
an ocean of knowledge. Thanks a lot!
very very helpful 👍
I would like to add that it is possible to ignore the flange distance, as long as you realise that you will lose infinity focus. If you, for instance, want to use a lens for macro or studio work, it might not be a problem for you. I bought a very cheap m42 mount 135mm lens for my Nikon, if I put it to infinity focus, the focus really is at around 10 meters. Which is fine for portraits. it's like using a macro ring
Well explained and very useful as usual.
Excellent information. Thank you.
I love your geeky videos Tony and you're right with many things
Hi Tony. Thanks for you nice info. A lot of adapters on a Canon EF-s works perfectly. Also in infinity. I Use a lot of vintage lenses of diffences brands. Only everything is manual. For example: M39, M42, exacta, Pentax KP, Canon ND (correction glass), Minolta (Correction glass),
im looking for a 35mm lens to adapt to my canon 80d can you please recommend me a lens?
I know this is an older video but .. damn ... there is a wealth of good info here.
have you had issues with adaptors and comms pins. It seems I have melted the surround of a comms pin with a cheap adaptor. Can a smart adaptor negate any further damage?
I have been shooting with a Sony mirrorless body for the past year (or so) and my first lenses were (newly purchased) adapted lenses with the metabones adapter. The only complaints I have are balance when hand holding as the combinations are front heavy primarily due to full frame glass being heavier, and loss of autofocus speed and functionality (e.g., eye af).
Tony, have you try Tamron(Sigma) 150-600 mm lens with Sony A7iii for video, I know you have (or had) both, is this is workable configuration, and which adapter will be best.
Also GH5 and which configuration you will think will be better, GH5 or A7iii with Tamron(Sigma).
Nice video! I currently use nikon AI/AIs manual lenses full time, with my a6000 and Speedbooster ultra. Tele lenses definitely tend to work better, but I like using my 105mm macro a lot, and I've still been able to print shots taken on my 28mm. I decided to go with this system since there are barely any sony lenses both and fast and cheap, so I researched the best value nikon lenses and got a few! I'm now looking at getting an a6500 next year, and at some point after, switching to canon lenses (and a canon Speedbooster) This seems like the perfect system for me, though I am cautioned by what you said about using manual focus anyway, I better make this switch gradually and carefully.
Thanks for your dedication. This video was really didactic an useful
Was thinking/hoping this would be about vintage lenses, but it was still very interesting. Thanks.
I have a Minolta MC Rokkor - PF that does well on my G7, but like you said it's not the sharpest and its basically a 100mm lens after crop. Kind of hard to use in doors.
Hi Tony, what do you think about the full automatic Nikon to Sony E adapter introduced recently by Fotodiox? Thanks.
Tony the vintage lenses aren't my grandfather's their mine although it is funny. LOL. I bought a Zenit E with a Hielos 44 lens in 1975 then sold it in 1981 a bought a Contax 139 SLR with a Carl Zeiss 50 mm 1.7 and then 3 other SLR lenses in 1981 and kept them all. Then went digital with 6 compact superzooms 2006 to 2019. Now October 2019 I bought a Sony A7 new & cheap body only when I learnt about the lens adapters for C/Y to E-mount. Tony you mentioned lots of fun with vintage glass and I'm having a blast since I already had 4 vintage lenses and now using them for free on the Sony A7 body is amazing. I love experimenting with the manual setting and focus assist/magnification and the Electronic View Finder helps a lot with manual lenses as you see the finished image. I just set the shutter speed and the F-stop and the camera sets the ISO. Being back into SLR photography again is amazing even better than before after shutting it down in 2005 my last SLR 35 mm film shots. Thankfully digital there's no film or developing costs so I can shoot thousands of SLR shots for free.
Dude - thank you. this is something I have wanted to know for a long time. I bought some low profile adapter one time for my old AE-1 and it got stuck and I couldn't get it to disengage. I have a dozen+ film cameras of all different brands and I have wanted to try the old glass on my 6D and 5D mk II
Tony! Apsc lenses for full frame bodies which have croped video mode! Video, afap please
Hi Tony. Thankyou for the video, it was vary helpful. Can you recommend a couple of EF Canon lenses for a Sony a6500?
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I have a question tony, i have a cannon 90D and a 50 mm full frame lens i use on it any what want speed booster u think u could use to make it a little wider??
from my experience (on Sony E-mount):
adapters for the mounts you use a lot - Fotodiox offers a really nice range of adapters, which all work perfectly with MF (Nikon F lenses lose the AF with all adapters on the market unfortunately).
adapters for the mounts you barely use and are low-tech lenses - K&F Koncept is cheap, but still has a good build quality and the adapters are really good for MF lenses (old lenses).
i would get the Meta Bones only for the mounts you truly use as a standard.
you don't need an expensive adapter for an M42 or FD lens!
Hi, does any know if AF works better with a Sony A to E smart adapter compared to a Metabones V Cannon to E mount adapter?
I have Nikon d5500 I like Rokinon Cine DS EF 85mm T1.5 Lens so how can I adapt it please?
Even the FTZII nikon Adapter or EF to RF Adapter works best in the Native Systems. But if You do not mind manual focusing and use the IBIS in the camera works great. Leica M to Nikon 1, Nikon F to Leica L and M. Sigma has adapters for different camera systems also. I agree that some adapters are lousy but if saving your money until you can afford better native glass it is the cheapest way to utilize the equipment that is owned already. Megadap ETZ21 Pro Sony E to Nikon Z is fantastic. Your favorite Sigma APSC lens 50-100mm on Leica SL2-S I mainly use in 1:1 no vignetting. All other 3:2, 4:3, 7:5 and 16:9 do. Hit & Miss. Love trying though. So when trying Nikon AI, AI-S, D lenses the focusing doesn't work but figuring the distance and having the aperture set correctly from the lens the pics were fantastic most of the time. Some out of focus but by moving forward and backward fixed that. Cheers!
Thanks. I'd like to get one of these Russian 44-2 Helios just for the bokeh. It would go on a Panasonic GH5S. Foresee any difficulties?
Hi! I’ve got a vintage canon fd 1.5 lens and wanted to use it on a nikon. So i bought an adapter without the glass, but when i take photos with it, it wouldn’t focus unless i put it on a certain distance from the subject. It turns out to be working like a macro lens. Any thoughts? Thanks
Tony, can you recommend a dumb adapter for the Panasonic gh4? I am getting ready to purchase a Rikonan 85mm, f1.2 but I don’t know which adapter will fit my camera. Thanks!
Any better luck with the mc-11 post firmware update?
Hi Tony,
I purchased a d5300 6 months earlier and with it I have a 18-55 and a 50 mm lens. I am planning to get a new sharp telephoto lens. I am thinking of going for a 70-200 lens keeping in mind that I will upgrade to a full frame. So is it wise to spend for the lens? Please suggest on how should I proceed.
Thanks
Great video, thank you
When you put on a lens with an adapter., you are supposed to enter the focal length in the settings. I plan to use a Nikon 35mm full frame with a speedbooster on my X-T30 .What lens focal length do I enter? Do I have to change it due to speedbooster?
Tony, great lecture here. I’m on an A6500 and was wondering if I’d have any issues with a speedbooster, namely the Viltrox Ef-e II for Canon EF glass to Sony body WITH a crop lens like the 18-35. Basically, will I get vignetting?
So adaptors that increase the flange distance are just gonna function like very tiny extension tubes though, right? Everything still otherwise optically works right?
Sorry for my dumb question but would anyone recommend getting a Leica lens and a M to F mount adapter?
is there a speed booster adapter that adapts 2 of the same mount, eg, FF E-mount to APSC E-mount. Just to get that FF field of view.
After hearing what you said carefully, I think with my tight budget it's nice to get a low end smart adapter and canon lenses to pair with my A6000. This way I get electronic F stop control and get to play with the most amount of lenses. I'm also getting some T mount lenses which will need converters anyway.
I have Panasonic GH4. I use 3 Voigtlander MFT lenses with it. I also have vintage Prime lenses like the Nikon Nikkor 50mm F/1.8, Pentax SMC 50mm F/1.2, 50mm F/1.7, then Olympus Zuiko 50mm F/1.8, 35mm F/2, 28mm F/2.8, 100mm F/2.8, 135mm F/3.5, and 35 to 70mm F4 Zoom. I don't know which Metabones adaptor to purchase due to the wide variety of lenses I use. Any suggestions?
Question how well do the Fuji system manual focus using a telephoto lens like if I adapted an old Nikon 300mm lens will it manual focus well will the lens even resolve for the sensor
So is it good to put a canon full frame lense to the sony a6000 or the a6300 with an speedbooster or adapter for videos?
I want to switch from canon 80d to a6100 without selling my 50 f1.8, 24 f2.8, 55 250, and 18 55 Stms. Reason 4k 24p and fhd 120p slowmo.
What adapter do you recommend. Thanks.
If use a canon m5 mirrorless with an 0.71x speed booster should I use a full frame wide angle lens like a rokonin 14mm 2.8 or a mirrorless lens like the rokonin 12mm 2.0 for sharper results?
Very good video, thank you!
thanks for the excellent video. I have a number of vintage Olympus (film) lenses that I like to play around with on an Olympus E - 3 (4/3ds) body. purely for fun, family and friends photos. I have not yet found any speed booster for that combination. Does anyone know if any are available? Also, I have one autofocus confirm adapter from some Chinese manufacturer. which works tolerably well with some of the lenses. Not at all with others. Has anyone had any experience with these kind of adapters for 4/3ds cameras and if so are there any that you would recommend are worth buying?
Hi Tony, Which adapter can you recommend for Panasonic Lumix G7 MFT BODY?
Hello Tony enjoy watching your videos and thx for what you do. but Im stuck trying to find a metabone that will fit a Sony len and mount on a GH5 . would you know what adapter will allow a Sony lens on a GH5 ?
Could you confirm if the Metabone booster ultra (-M2?) will work well w/my Canon's 70-200 2.8L and 100 mm L in the body of my new E-M5 II. Thanks for your help
Tony, which adapter should i get if I want to transfer my nikon lenses to sony a7 series?
I have three yashica lenses. 50mm 1.9, 42-75, and a 135mm. I have used these on my Nikon j1 with a dumb adapter with some success. What camera body would you recommend for those lenses? I’m currently leaning towards the Sony a7 or the canon 80d
it would be amazing if you can make a video comparing Z mount vs RF mount and E mount regarding future compatibility, advantages and disadvantages
My mom got me a lens as a present for my camera, a Nikon D3200 but apparently its not compatible. she got the AF. -P NIKKOR 70-30 mm...is there a way I can get some adapter for it..Im trying to take street pics from far away... or could you recommend one for me? that would be compatible?
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Hi Tony. I am not finding the right speed booster for my 80d. I do have EF Lenses and the 80d is struggling under low light for video. Which speed booster will work for me? Any other advice will be greatly appreciated.
is it possible to use some speed booster on ef-s camera with T mount lense? with simple adapter there is only a gap added but i thought it is possible to get some extra glass in there too. (having in mind 500mm f6.3 cheap mirror lense ment for full frame that i put on 700D with T mount adapter)
I tried using some old Nikkor-S lenses (with adapter) for the old 5D Classic. The 50 mm 2.0 works fine, but the 35 mm F2.8 and the 50mm F1.4 have a protruding lip on the back flange that interferes with the operation of the flipping mirror. I have no idea why Nikon made the flange that way, just wondering if possible to grind that flange smooth to the same shape as the 50 mm F2.0 flange.
Is there an adapter for my Sumit Olympus lens that will work with my Niki n D300s camera body? If yes would you tell me where I can get one. YouThanks
Can you please recommend an adapter to use Carl Zeiss lenses (Contax camera) on the Fuji X-mount bodies? Thanks
when i just thinking about switch to sony this video came out. tony, whats your thoughts on voigtlander 10 5.6. thats the lens make me want to switch to sony. can i use tilt adapter on this lens when mount it on e mount.
Quick question: Say I adapt a 50mm f/1.4 Canon full frame to M4/3 using a speed booster adapter (0.64x). Would my math become 50mm/1.4 x 2 (M4/3 crop) x 0.64 (speed booster)? So a 64mm f/1.79 equivalent?
Or does the speed booster take the x2 crop into consideration already?
Hello? I'm thinking of buying a sony a7r ll with a ultra wide lens mostly for the portrait. Can you suggest me some, with the adapter. Thank you
Agree on your bit on the vintage lens. The FD 50mm f/1.4 looks washed out compared to my EF 50mm f/1.8, which is the cheapest of the lot. But it creates an image that takes you back so that’s why I love my old glass.
I have a 50 and 90 mm summicron. What can you tell me about image quality if I shot these lenses on a 36 MgP Sony E series. Auto focus is moot, but what about focus confirmation and infinity focus?
Hi Tony,
You said putting the full frame lense on a APS-C body will, change the angle of view, (mm x CF), also you said that the aperture would be (1/f x CF). does this mean that only the amount of bokeh is affect or the amount of light as well?.. like your example, 24mm 2.8 on a micro 4/3rd body would mean it would give you similar results of a 48mm 5.6, does that mean it only affects the bokeh or also robs the lense of some light?
Thanks,
Jesal
Is there any speed booster for a Nikor lens to be used on a nikon camera? speedbooster without the converter?
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hey tony great video. I have a question, using full frame lens on MFT brings less sharp image, is it because of lens diffraction?
Unless your using an aperture that is narrow enough to cause diffraction, that is probably not the case. It could be because the MFT camera might not be using the full resolution of the lens and only using the center of the adapted lens for the image so you don't get the full resolution of the lens so the lens won't be as sharp. It could also be that FF lenses are designed for sensors with much bigger pixels than MFT sensors have and don't work as well with smaller pixels. Speedboosters might be better as your getting a less crop on the lens than you'd get with a normal adaptor as you could be using more of the lens.
I have a Sigma 105mm EX DG Macro lens and used to use it with my Canon 600D and kept wondering why it could never produce sharp images like I have seen online, then found out it was a full frame lens I was using on a ASP-C body and would never get the same sharpness I would if I used it on a FF body.
Notes about dumb adapters, however tempting it may be to buy a fotodiox adapter off ebay for $15, don't do it. In my experience, using the cheap adapters work in the short term, but can be detrimental to the condition of your lenses in the long term. I have experience with 5 different adapters, Metabones, voigtlander and novoflex have always provided quality machining and they seem to spend a little extra on the build quality of their adapters. Fotodiox cuts every corner, they wiggle, don't lock correctly, and can deteriorate very quickly with moderate usage. I had a fotodiox adapter I used to go from Leica M to Sony FE. It was a placeholder adapter until I could buy a metabones. In the 4 months that I used it, the cheap metal wore down, leaving metal shavings, dust, and shards all over the mount for the lens. A few actually made their way onto the rear optic. Luckily, the lenses I was adapting weren't summiluxes and summichrons, but I still care about the quality of my gear. Had I not immediately noticed and carefully removed all the metal shavings, they could've easily damaged my lens or even my camera sensor.
TLDR; If you're gonna be mounting your lenses on an adapter with any frequency, make sure to spend extra on a good quality adapter. If not, it may wear down and damage your gear.
I haven't noticed metal shavings on my cheap adapters, but the fit is much better with the Metabones and Novoflex that I use. Cheap adapters do wiggle...which also means you lose contacts if they are smart adapters. I agree, cheap adapters are a waste of money.
K&F Concept are cheap and good in my experience.
I have yet to find a cheap adapter that isn't tight. Not to mention that the cheap adapters are so cheap, I just buy one for each of the lenses I am using them for and leave them there.
My options for adapting M42 to F mount seems a bit limited. Only glassless adapters I found were both fotodiox.
I bought a Fotodiox to use my medium format Bronica 75mm lens on my Canon 5D full frame. I find it excellent quality and very well made..
Tony, Based on you recommendation I went out and got the Sony a7r3 and its fantastic camera on so many levels. But I bought a sigma 150- 600 f5-6.3 lens that I will receive today . I needed to save money because I can afford sony telophoto zooms at the momment I didn't know it,but it's a A mount. So I have to get a adapter. I wanted to get the Sony EALA 3 adapter. I'm not even sure how that lens is going to preform. It already got a low score focusing score on Dxomark coupled with the Sony A99ii camera. So am I going to really suffer in terms of autofocing with this lens , the adapter on my Sony A7r3? Should I return the lens and not get the adapter?
Thank you.
i need help I own a Sony mirrorless camera a6000 I bought a nice 400mm Sigma lens off amazon, now it doesn't fit my e mount. Which adapter would I need....also my budget is about $150 for adapter. Thanks....M
Since you did this review some time ago , have you had any experience with the adapters from Fringer , specifically the one for adapting Nikon to the Fuji XT bodies?
Nice to have this explained in such detail; but I will stay a Canon guy nonetheless. (As an amateur I have a limited budget and will stay with just one ecosystem.)
Hi Tony. Why aren't there Sony E FF to Sony E APS-C (or generally same brand) Speedboosters?
Is this mostly for canon only? because I find that some old nikon lens work great, ie Nikkor F2.8 135mm AiS etc etc
I use a Canadian made Leitz 200mm f/4 Telyt of Visoflex 1 fitting on my Panasonic Lumix GH3 with two adapters - Visoflex 1 to V II/VIII (OUBIO) and then a VII/VIII to M4/3 adapter - it all is solid and works to infinity focus, and gives me an effective 400mm result. The same should work with any old Viso. 1 fitting lens and, with the second adapter only, with any V II/VIII fitting lens.
I know you said you'd cover it in a later video with other slr lens compatibility, but I just wanted to add a few things on dumb adapters, I have a lot of eos adapters with chips that give metadata all lenses are set to 50mm but you can save the info for the fstop on the camera setting from 1.4 to 22 but the real bonus is that it gives you AF confirmation so when you manual focus it will beep when it is in focus. I also have an eos adapter for my mf cameras that has a built in aperture with 8 blades which actually helps with some lenses that only have 5 blades look nicer like the 50mm 1.8 and 24mm 2.8. The Canon EOS system also supports infinity focus on many old SLR lens not just K and F. There are EOS adapters for m39, m42, Yashica, Mamiya CS, Olympus OM, Leica R, Pentax 645. There are even FD adapters made by edmika that with a bit of work can change FD mount to EOS mount but it is initially more work as you have to take some things apart. I mostly agree with the disclaimer at the end that old lenses are not better than newer lenses in image quality in most cases, but remember some canon EOS lenses were made in the film days and are still super sharp, like the Canon EOS 85mm F1.2L made in 1989, the 135 F2L made in 1996, heck even the original 70-200 2.8L no IS came out in 1995 and is still being produced by Canon and according to DXOmark when mounted on the 5DSR is actually sharper than the 70-200 2.8L with IS that came out in 2001 (I would argue still film days as the 5d didn't come out till 2005). Still I do agree a lens from the 60s and 70s is still most likely going to be garbage in image quality, still in video they can be comfortable and inexpensive for fast lenses. I mean ~$50 for most old 50mm 1.4 lenses, 135mm 2.8 lenses for ~$15, I've even got 450mm 5.6 for ~$20. Most are on the struggle bus when it comes to great image quality, but honestly not super awful especially in 1080.