The new Nikon mirrorless system

[Jacques Pochoy]

Nice article, Richard, thank you for your insights... 

[michel]

I wonder why Nikon keeps saying that those lenses are incompatible with their mirrorless cameras including the now defunct Nikon 1.

It seems Novoflex builds a "dumb" ring :

https://www.novoflex.de/en/products-637/lens-adapters//adapterfinder-products/nikon-z-mirrorless/adapter-nikon-f-lenses-to-nikon-z-mount.html?rgerg=38

[Airy]

Exactly what they did for adapting Nikon F lenses to OM-D bodies, years ago. Fine with me (except the high price).

[Hugh_3170]

At €169.00, why not just buy the Nikon FTZ adapter - not much more cost and a whole lot more functional?

[golunvolo]

My thoughts exactly

[MILLIREHM]

At €169.00, why not just buy the Nikon FTZ adapter - not much more cost and a whole lot more functional?

no reason to buy a dumb adapter instead of the FTZ for mounting F-lenses
Novoflex and MFT offer dumb adaptations of other different kind of lens mounts

[Birna Rørslett]

One really has to be "dumb" to pay this much for an adapter that essentially does nothing. Get the real thing, the FTZ.

[MILLIREHM]

As there are lots of adapters from other mounts to Nikon F (easy due to the flange distance) it also might be easier to take an FTZ and combine it with some cheaper adapters to use  EOS, FD, or whatever kind of other lenses.

[Birna Rørslett]

Stacking adapters is generally not the best practice. Only use if no other direct approach is available.

I expect inexpensive adapters <brandX>-Z to flood the market as soon as the Z system becomes widely available in the shops.

[richardHaw]

i am inerested to see amedeo adapters for the Z 

too bad he had to flee his country and rebuild his company

[Michael Erlewine]

I have many lenses with an M39 or M42 mount. What I would like to do is mount lenses like the Nikkor “O” CRT lens on the Z7 camera and get a wider field of view than I get with an F-Mount. I see that Novoflex will have many mounts available soon. Which of these adapters would be the best purchase?

[richardHaw]

I will just wait for amedeo muscelli or cosina ones if I were you. novoflex is too much but they are good!

i am surprised that theyre still in business! their competitors mostly died out in the last decade!

[longzoom]

I still have 19, 50 and 180 APO R lenses. Will see how they are performing on 45MP sensor, with IBIS.  LZ

[Michael Erlewine]

This is essentially the same question I asked earlier. Perhaps someone will take the time to explain to me the physics or mechanics of getting a shorter adapter for the various non-nikkor lenses that I have. What happens if we have an adapter for the Z7 that has a Nikon-F mount, but is just shorter? In other words, how do we get a wider view (focus range) out of many of the so-called exotic lenses like the APO El Nikkor 105mm?

[charlie]

In other words, how do we get a wider view out of many of the so-called exotic lenses like the APO El Nikkor 105mm?

Take a few steps back?