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Gear Talk => Camera Talk => Topic started by: MILLIREHM on September 18, 2018, 19:10:01

Title: Nikon Z - the first third-party mount adapters soon to come
Post by: MILLIREHM 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/

Title: Re: Nikon Z - the first third-party mount adapters soon to come
Post by: Ilkka Nissilä on September 18, 2018, 19:18:19

Mechanical adapters. No specs needed, only a caliper.  :)

Title: Re: Nikon Z - the first third-party mount adapters soon to come
Post by: MILLIREHM on September 18, 2018, 19:21:47

Quote from: Ilkka Nissilä on September 18, 2018, 19:18:19

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

Title: Re: Nikon Z - the first third-party mount adapters soon to come
Post by: Erik Lund 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/ (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,,,