Exakta to Nikon adapter

[patrickh]

made by Nikon! During the '50's I believe there was a technical alliance between the two companies, which did not achieve a great deal (although I understand that nikon did in fact make some exakta mount lenses). What I do know for sure is that they made an adapter to allow exakta lenses to mount on the nikon body (F mount). Here is my copy of this rare bird on a novoflex/exakta bellows, allowing it to be used on a nikon body. At the front is the exlei adapter by novoflex, allowing an M39 lens to mount on an exakta body. Just a bizarre historical note:




patrickh

[mo]

Nice find and thanks for sharing. I do like looking at these old adapters.

[Orio]

Very interesting, Patrick.
Unless it's the Exakta 66 lenses that the adapter is for, and unless there's an optical element in the ring,
this adapter must have allowed only the macro use - my Exakta adapters have trouble reaching infinity
on my Canon cameras, whose register distance is much shorter than Nikon's.

[patrickh]

You are correct Orio. No way it can reach infinity. That is why I restrict its use to this neat bellows.



patrickh

[Jesito]

Thanks for sharing, Patrick!.

Very interesting.

Regards.
Jes.

[Attila]

I am unsure this is a genuine one, perhaps quality DIY work, I had one also that was DIY made , but looks factory made I did recognize common Chinese made adapter as rear part.

[kds315*]

Spiratone sold such adapters many years ago, I have one that looks similar (there was also a "reverse" version of that).