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Katastrofo
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Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:28 pm Post subject: Nikon>M42 adapter? |
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Katastrofo wrote:
Haven't found one of these, suspect it's mechanically unsound. This is mounting a Nikon lens to M42 adapter to old M42 35mm camera. |
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Orio
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 29545 Location: West Emilia
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Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:15 pm Post subject: Re: Nikon>M42 adapter? |
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Orio wrote:
katastrofo wrote: |
Haven't found one of these, suspect it's mechanically unsound. This is mounting a Nikon lens to M42 adapter to old M42 35mm camera. |
In theory, it should work, as the register distances allow for a Nikkor lens to M42 camera adaptation.
In practice, I think that the chances for a M42 camera owner to buy a Nikkor lens are not many, for a series of reasons:
1- there is no digital camera made with M42 mount (unfortunately)
2- M42 cameras were much cheaper than Nikon's, so, financially speaking, there were more chances that a guy with Nikon camera would want to buy an M42 lens, than the other way around.
3- finally, and most importantly, a M42 camera user does not have a real urgence to buy Nikkor lenses, because he has access to a vast array of lenses that includes Zeiss Jena, Takumar, Pentacon, The Russian!
Anyway, I think that some of these reasons were more valid for a time past. Nowadays, since most manual stuff, including Nikon's, is available only through secondhand, the price differences have flattened, and it would start to make sense to buy say a used Nikon FM2 and wanting to use it with used Zeiss Jena lenses.
Who knows - if we keep pushing the manual lenses movement, maybe someday some guy in some Chinese factory will make one!
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Katastrofo
Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 10405 Location: USA
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Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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Katastrofo wrote:
Orio,
What you say makes sense, and I don't thrive on disappointment.
Maybe someday there will be such an adapter, I certainly didn't come
across one on ebay. I have 3 nikkor lenses and several M42 35mm
cameras, it would be nice to have this versatility. |
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Attila
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 57849 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
Why not make an adapter by your self ? To mount Nikon lenses you need a cheap blaster camera body or teleconverter to take out Nikon mount and one M42 adapter and one M42 extension ring + some strong liquid glue. It will be not allowed to infinty because can't really make for precise, but for portraits, close-up etc. will be ok.
I did Nikon-Exakta,Konica-NIKON adapters it works,200mm focal length works as 135mm etc. For temporary solution for testing I use a CZJ Tessar end + duck tape and here we go I have an universal camera mount
Cheers,
Attila _________________ -------------------------------
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Katastrofo
Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 10405 Location: USA
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Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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Katastrofo wrote:
Attila wrote: |
Why not make an adapter by your self ? To mount Nikon lenses you need a cheap blaster camera body or teleconverter to take out Nikon mount and one M42 adapter and one M42 extension ring + some strong liquid glue. It will be not allowed to infinty because can't really make for precise, but for portraits, close-up etc. will be ok.
I did Nikon-Exakta,Konica-NIKON adapters it works,200mm focal length works as 135mm etc. For temporary solution for testing I use a CZJ Tessar end + duck tape and here we go I have an universal camera mount
Cheers,
Attila |
I'd like to see a pic of this, thanks! |
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Attila
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 57849 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
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I'd like to see a pic of this, thanks! |
So first Meyer-Optik Görlitz Telefogar 90mm f/3.5 Altix mount converted to M42 with piece of extension ring an red duck tape
Exakta lens adapter to Nikon body from Exa camera lens mount+M42 Nikon adapter
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Katastrofo
Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 10405 Location: USA
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Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:59 pm Post subject: |
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Katastrofo wrote:
That's cool looking with the red duct tape! And it works just fine except
for infinity focus, will have to shop around for a few parts and try this,
thanks! |
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Attila
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 57849 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
katastrofo wrote: |
That's cool looking with the red duct tape! And it works just fine except
for infinity focus, will have to shop around for a few parts and try this,
thanks! |
Your very welcome ! Best duct tape is "special Chinese one" perhaps most cheaper in the store, not too much glue on it, so not make much dirt on lens tube than normal quality duct tape _________________ -------------------------------
Items on sale on Ebay
Sony NEX-7 Carl Zeiss Planar 85mm f1.4, Minolta MD 35mm f1.8, Konica 135mm f2.5, Minolta MD 50mm f1.2, Minolta MD 250mm f5.6, Carl Zeiss Sonnar 180mm f2.8
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Attila
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 57849 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:07 am Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
Perhaps lens quality too I wish to try for portraits, just I didn't find a chance yet I always tested more important lens than this. So hopefully I able to report soon. _________________ -------------------------------
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DSG
Joined: 04 Mar 2007 Posts: 544 Location: London, UK.
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 9:50 pm Post subject: Re: Nikon>M42 adapter? |
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DSG wrote:
katastrofo wrote: |
Haven't found one of these, suspect it's mechanically unsound. This is mounting a Nikon lens to M42 adapter to old M42 35mm camera. |
Sounds like you need a Roxsen Nikon-M42 adapter.
You can find them on ebay form time time to time and they go very cheap...Here is an old link to an old Roxsen Nikon-M42 auction on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Nikon-Lens-to-all-M42-mount-camera-adapter-Pentax_W0QQitemZ180084833676QQihZ008QQcategoryZ30059QQcmdZViewItem
I got mine months ago as an alternative to my JTAT Nikon-SA adapter for fitting Nikon-F lenses on my Sigma SD10 DSLR, though I did'nt really need it.
However Sigma have insideously modified the SA mounting plate on their new SD14 DSLR to prevent the use of Nikon lenses via the JTAT Nikon-SA adapter so the Roxsen adapter will be the only way SD14 users will be able to fit Nikon lenses onto it...But of course without infinty focus. (which sucks!)
Anyway the Roxsen adapter is worth every penny IMO, as its well made and very cheap. |
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Attila
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
Nice to see you here DSG ! _________________ -------------------------------
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Katastrofo
Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 10405 Location: USA
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:59 am Post subject: |
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Katastrofo wrote:
Thanks, DSG, and welcome!
Roxsen has a number of them offered on ebay.co. UK! Every time I see
the name "Roxsen" the Police (Sting) song "Roxanne" goes thru my
head! Anyway, got one I'm watching, none are BIN, and 16 hours
to go. Thanks again!
Bill |
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all50mm_com
Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 11 Location: Russia
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:43 am Post subject: |
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all50mm_com wrote:
I some times bought adapters at Roxsen. It not the most bad adapters, in good packings. But I do not stop on it. It will wanted to me to find adapter M42-Canon which the best. A difference in distances of the register 1,5 mm. I have bought all adapters which saw, approximately 20 pieces, and have measured thickness the exact device. Thus I have found the best adapter with thickness of 1,45 mm. The lens is focused on infinity. |
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Retro
Joined: 02 Feb 2008 Posts: 173 Location: Krautland
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Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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Retro wrote:
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@Attila: Nice to see you here DSG ! |
I want to join this greetings.
DSG for me you one of the most important members at dpreview. _________________ Cameras: Sigma SA300 - Sigma SD9 - Sigma SD10
Lenses: Sigma 15-30/3.5-4.5 - Vivitar 28/2.5 - Carl Zeiss Jena Pancolar 50/1.8 - Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 58/2.0 (black) - Carl Zeiss Jena Triotar 135/4 - Sigma 28-70/2.8 - Sigma 70-300/4.0-5.6 - Vivitar 28-210/3.5-5.6
Equipment: Lightmeter Gossen Lunasix - Tripod Linhof/Schiansky Kugelkopf-Panorama-Stativ, Modell 161 - Rightangle Viewfinder Minolta VN - B+W Greygradientfilter BWG 501 - B+W Circular-Pol-Filter 52E - Photo Bag Crumpler Ben's Pizza XL
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spiralcity
Joined: 02 Oct 2008 Posts: 1207 Location: Chicago, U.S.A
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Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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spiralcity wrote:
ROXSEN sells adaptors that allow a Nikon lens to mount to a M42 camera?
I have never seen such an adaptor. I have a Roxsen that allows my M42's to monut to my Nikons, it has a glass element that allows infinity focusing. |
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Screamin Scott
Joined: 13 Oct 2007 Posts: 1014 Location: Dallas, Georgia USA
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Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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Screamin Scott wrote:
Happened to find one on eBay....Mounting Nikon lenses to M42 mount cameras
http://cgi.ebay.com/Nikon-Lens-to-all-M42-mount-for-d80-d300-d3x-d3-d40-d60_W0QQitemZ250333368326QQihZ015QQcategoryZ30059QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem _________________ Cameras-Nikon D300, D7100,D610,FE2,FTN ,FT2,N90s, Olympus Pen EP-3 & Olympus OM-D E-M10
Nikkor AF Zooms=28-105/3.5D,28-70/3.5D,35-135/3.5, et al
Nikkor AF //50/1.8,//Nikkor MF//50/2ai,50/1.8ais 50/1.4ai,24/2.8ais,28/2.8ai,28/3.5ai,55microAis/2.8,105/2.5ai,200/4ai,300/4.5ai35-135/3.5Ais,et al
Kiron /Kino made lenses//70-210/4ai,28-105/3.2ai,30-80/3.5ai,Viv 28/2ai,35-85/2.8aiVivS1,105/2.8Ais Dine,24-48/3.8ai VivS1,50-150/3.8aiViv,28-85/2.8aiViv,100/2.8Nai Viv,70-210/3.5Nai Viv,28/2.5ai Viv Komine made Viv//24/2Ais,135/2.8aiCF,28-50/3.5ai,28-90/2.8ai Viv S1,80-200/4.5aiCosina made Viv 19/3.8 Ais...Also Sigma 24/2.8 Ais Tokina made24/2.8ai VivAF Sigma 21-35/3.5,& other lenses... A link to some of my Flickr albums...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/screaminscott/albums |
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Attila
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Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
Excellent find ! Thank you! _________________ -------------------------------
Items on sale on Ebay
Sony NEX-7 Carl Zeiss Planar 85mm f1.4, Minolta MD 35mm f1.8, Konica 135mm f2.5, Minolta MD 50mm f1.2, Minolta MD 250mm f5.6, Carl Zeiss Sonnar 180mm f2.8
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spiralcity
Joined: 02 Oct 2008 Posts: 1207 Location: Chicago, U.S.A
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Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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spiralcity wrote:
AMAZING!!!!
Thats the first adaptor of this type that I have ever seen. I was looking for something like this about a year ago and came up empty.
I wonder if this allows infinity focusing? From the thickness of the flange it leads me to believe that this may not be possible. I didnt see this info stated.
I added it to my watch list.
Thanks for the heads up. |
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Screamin Scott
Joined: 13 Oct 2007 Posts: 1014 Location: Dallas, Georgia USA
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Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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Screamin Scott wrote:
Not a problem...Glad I could help...Happened upon it searching for other adapters. _________________ Cameras-Nikon D300, D7100,D610,FE2,FTN ,FT2,N90s, Olympus Pen EP-3 & Olympus OM-D E-M10
Nikkor AF Zooms=28-105/3.5D,28-70/3.5D,35-135/3.5, et al
Nikkor AF //50/1.8,//Nikkor MF//50/2ai,50/1.8ais 50/1.4ai,24/2.8ais,28/2.8ai,28/3.5ai,55microAis/2.8,105/2.5ai,200/4ai,300/4.5ai35-135/3.5Ais,et al
Kiron /Kino made lenses//70-210/4ai,28-105/3.2ai,30-80/3.5ai,Viv 28/2ai,35-85/2.8aiVivS1,105/2.8Ais Dine,24-48/3.8ai VivS1,50-150/3.8aiViv,28-85/2.8aiViv,100/2.8Nai Viv,70-210/3.5Nai Viv,28/2.5ai Viv Komine made Viv//24/2Ais,135/2.8aiCF,28-50/3.5ai,28-90/2.8ai Viv S1,80-200/4.5aiCosina made Viv 19/3.8 Ais...Also Sigma 24/2.8 Ais Tokina made24/2.8ai VivAF Sigma 21-35/3.5,& other lenses... A link to some of my Flickr albums...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/screaminscott/albums |
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