Nikon-to-PL adaptor?

[Shawn Nelson]

Would this even work on Red?

http://cgi.ebay.com/NIKON-LENS-TO-P...14&_trkparms=72:1234|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318

 

[HD Hildebrand]

Only for macro shots.

 

[Paul Hazlett]

my concern with this is FFD. If this was all you needed I would think someone
else would have done it before. I would love to test it though.

 

[Luis Otero]

Would this even work on Red?

http://cgi.ebay.com/NIKON-LENS-TO-P...14&_trkparms=72:1234|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318

If it would have a Buy now, I would purchase it just for test... Maybe I will bid. If I win it, I will report back here.

 

[Mitch Gross]

I've used these before. It turns every lens into a macro because the lens is so far out in front of where it would normally be mounted (about a full inch). But for macro work it is great.

 

[Shawn Nelson]

I've used these before. It turns every lens into a macro because the lens is so far out in front of where it would normally be mounted (about a full inch). But for macro work it is great.

judging by the picture it looks like you could make a Nikon-To-PL such that the Nikon portion is flush to the PL tabs (unlike this one where it rises up another cm or so). That should reduce the impact.

As it is now, how bad is it on the macro? whats maximum focus distance?

 

[Mick van Rossum NSC]

This has come up a couple of times. For normal work it is unusable, f you set the lens to infinty, you still can only focus from a couple of inches away. Only usable for macro work. I have a adapter like this and only us it for that, no way it will work for normal work.

 

[chuck colburn]

I've used these before. It turns every lens into a macro because the lens is so far out in front of where it would normally be mounted (about a full inch). But for macro work it is great.

An inch?

If Arri ffd is 52mm and Nikon is 46.5mm thats only 5.5mm differences which is about .220 inches.

 

[Dominique Grenier]

And what about this, which does the opposite (Nikon to PL Mount adapter)

[link]

 

[Tony Lorentzen]

I looked into making a Nikon to PL adapter a while back and did a lot of testing. I had a very skilled optician with me on the project and he cut some glasses and helped me figuring out what kind of lenses I'd need. But after testing this on my camera I decided that it wasn't worth the effort.

To mount a Nikon lens onto a PL-mount camera would mean that you'd have to extend the backfocus on the lens by inserting an optical element (or two) at the back of the lens. It is possible to do it, but not without also changing the length of the lens - which in turn would change an 18mm into a ~25mm lens.

Another issue is to deliver great image quality with many different lenses. That would require super high quality optics - costing a lot.

So I scratched the project and decided to use the 5 minutes it takes me to swap mounts on the camera.

 

[Mick van Rossum NSC]

And what about this, which does the opposite (Nikon to PL Mount adapter)

[link]

No it does the same, is the same adapter......