Soviet lenses with Nikon mount?

[kyrcy]

I have found a Helios-81n and a Kaleinar-5n that do not have the usual M42, but what it looks like a Nikon mount. Does anyone have experience with them? Can these lenses be used with an adapter on a non Nikon camera without any focusing issues?

[Raxar]

[wolan]

Check this ebay page dedicated to the KP AN adapter: http://www.ebay.com/itm/KP-A-N-Adapter-Mount-A-Lens-to-Nikon-F-Mount-Camera-Jupiter-37A-11A-Tair-3A-3S/172546912063?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D41376%26meid%3Da852ff624a054932810ef37886d9f2dd%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D6%26mehot%3Dlo%26sd%3D391132518317


It shows a list of lenses (those with A or N in their name), who can be adapted on Nikon as AI lenses. Changing the adapter is very easy, I have done it for the Tair and Jupiter lenses.

[zanxion72]

These lenses have already a Nikon F mount, this is what the N designation stands for. You can use them on any digital Nikon SLR without adapters and pro / pro-summer bodies with metering. In entry level Nikon DSLRs you will have no metering at all.

http://allphotolenses.com/lenses/item/c_29.html

http://allphotolenses.com/lenses/item/c_396.html

[BurstMox]

I consider Arsenal lenses (so soviet Nikon mount lenses) to have the worst build quality of the entire union. But I guess I had bad experiences.
It's true that all the "N" lens has this mount, but also the Helios-81M is in Nikon mount.

[kyrcy]

[BurstMox]

Optical quality is as good as other. I talked here only about build quality.