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MILLIREHM

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Nikon Z - the first third-party mount adapters soon to come
« on: September 18, 2018, 19:10:01 »
Despite Nikon was not officially publishing the Z-mount specification the first adapters to a variety of other lenses will be released sooner than one might have expected (MTF and Novoflex):

https://nikonrumors.com/2018/09/06/the-first-lens-adapters-for-nikon-z-mount-announced.aspx/

https://nikonrumors.com/2018/09/17/novoflex-adapters-for-nikon-z-mirrorless-camera-to-be-introduced-in-november.aspx/
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Ilkka Nissilä

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Re: Nikon Z - the first third-party mount adapters soon to come
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2018, 19:18:19 »
Mechanical adapters. No specs needed, only a caliper.  :)

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Re: Nikon Z - the first third-party mount adapters soon to come
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2018, 19:21:47 »
Mechanical adapters. No specs needed, only a caliper.  :)

Yes, they just needed a specimen :-)
electronical adaptation probably wont work anyway

it will take longer until we see third party Z-lenses
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Re: Nikon Z - the first third-party mount adapters soon to come
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2018, 19:34:43 »
And here the LEICA M to NIKON Z- mount adapter.
https://nikonrumors.com/2018/10/08/coming-soon-shoten-lm-nz-lens-adapter-leica-m-lenses-to-nikon-z-mount.aspx/
Makes it look like a Mirrorless-Frankenstein  :o  No report yet on image rendering from the M lenses,,,
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