Comments on: Announced: Micro Four Thirds adapter for the F mount

By: Nikkorian

Nikkorian — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:41:32 +0000

… although I wonder how they can afford such a large gap to the D90 at 750 Euros. lol. There could easily be another model in between really.

By: Nikkorian

Nikkorian — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:35:21 +0000

Offtopic….

The D300 price has, all of a sudden, dropped by 100 Euros in Germany. Just two weeks ago, there was no serious online store selling it below 1300, now there are several at 1200.

I wonder if it will be sold parallel to the new “s” version. I would expect the new one to start selling at 1500 Euros.

By: Dorus

Dorus — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:13:46 +0000

These kind of adapters where allready available through ebay.
The GH1 was released last month. Philip Bloom used it with a Nikon lens: http://www.philipbloom.net/ .

Cheers!

By: DHM

DHM — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:12:14 +0000

The GH1 has been available here in the UK for over a month, I received mine on the 5th of June. Here it is wearing an 85mm f1.4 Nikkor: http://twitpic.com/9hi4l
GH1 is Panasonic’s second Micro 4/3rds camera. The first was the Lumix G1 which has been shipping since late 2008.

By: alex

alex — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:55:13 +0000

so the sensor.

By: photomic

photomic — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:54:43 +0000

This adapter will work with all Nikkors who have an aperture ring even the pre AI.

note also that the adapter doesn’t (and can’t) have the diaphragm lever, so your lens will be used in stop-down.

No problem for light metering (hoping the camera meter will still work without an electric chip on the lens side)
But is a poor solution for composing & focusing…

By: Jerry M Weneger

Jerry M Weneger — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:12:03 +0000

post something about novoflex too, admin. Otherwise you’re just doing an ad for cosina.

By: Stephane

Stephane — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:33:49 +0000

It’s not as nice as you could believe: The adapter adds significant depth to the lens (the depth of missing mirror box your lens is designed for), and good luck to focus manually using only the fairly poor (by DSLR standards) rear screen of the EP-1.

So… long lens (adapter +lens), tripod for any good focus possibilities… I wouldn’t really call that a walkaround combo! It makes a fun toy for people who absolutely want to reuse their lenses, but, frankly, you NEED real micro 4/3 lenses to take advantage of the small body.

By: Harry

Harry — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:58 +0000

I wonder if manual focusing is easy on EP-1. It is a hit or miss for me on D300′s VF unless I do it really slow.

By: John

John — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:39:53 +0000

Cool… now if some one would make a tilt shift adapter then you could use a Nikon F mount for perspective control shots. Okay it would be a limited audience but I would buy one.
This assumes that when shifted the 35mm images circle would be big enough to cover the micro 4/3 sensor.

By: li

li — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:11:29 +0000

imagine the rather small 50mm 1.8f manual* focus lens on a m4/3 it will become a 100mm portrait lens.

*the m4/3 cameras are excellent for manual focus

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:09:12 +0000

AF, VR and so on won’t be available. Type G lenses won’t work, you need the aperture ring, as the adapter dosen’t carry any electrical signals (only mechanical).

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:52:51 +0000

I believe the reason that only Voigtlander and Zeiss lenses are considered “confirmed” is that Cosina makes those lenses and sees the EP-1 as a good market.

By: WaitingfortheD400

WaitingfortheD400 — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:48:17 +0000

Novoflex also offers 4/3 to F mount adapters:
http://www.novoflex.com/en/products/adapters/adapter-finder/

By: DrB

DrB — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:04:00 +0000

Every Zeiss/Voigtlander F-mount lens from the last decade does have an aperture ring, and is (at least) AI/AIS compatible. Some of the Voigtlanders are also fitted with a CPU. I dont think the intention is that you mount a G lens…

By: Joop

Joop — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:58:00 +0000

Olympus and Panasonic encourege 3# parties to develop such adapters and even complete lenses.
And I like it. The “pen solution” as a walk around camera is great (When do we get a seriuos Nikon compact?).
It’s clear that the adapter is manual focusing and the light metering works by stopping down. I still have the Nikon 50 mm/1.2 for instance. That will become a wonderful portrait lens on a M3/4 system. It schould be nice to test how easy it is in use. (e.g. first focus on a LCD before stopping down?)

If our friends in Japan read this side …. let’s design such a DX compact, full automatic prime and small zoom plus adapter for the good old Ai & Ais lenses. A high resolution viewfinder to complete the camera.

By: [NR] admin

[NR] admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:45:51 +0000

I was wondering the same thing, that’s why I added the text to the post – I know they want to push their own brand (Voigtländer), but still…

By: [NR] admin

[NR] admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:44:15 +0000

the point is that you can use your existing lenses without buying new ones – the body will be smaller than the D40

By: geoff

geoff — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:41:00 +0000

Unless the mount is only designed to work with lenses that have an aperture ring, in which case any G-type Nikon lens (pretty much every design in the last decade) would be incompatible.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:38:24 +0000

How can they confirm that it works with Zeiss and Voigtländer lenses without confirming that it works with all F-mount lenses? Same mount = compatible, no? After all, the adapters aren’t going to allow for AF or features like VR. If you’re going to be manually focusing the lens, then all F-mount lenses should work with the adapter.