Pentax 645 Adapters for Sony A7RII

[PBC]

Sorry as this is a bit between forums but thought this was the best place to post :-)

After having carried my Pentax 645D on trips as a back-up to my 645Z, I had had one of those moments and decided to try something different and so I am going to replace the 645D with a Sony A7RII, allowing me to cut down on the weight I carry around and also (hopefully) to allow some different types of photography.

Not knowing much about this strange new world of mirrorless cameras, etc. I am wondering if anyone has any experience of using adapters that support mounting my 645 lenses on the Sony and if so, how limited is the functionality?   Manual focus is not a problem, but how does aperture, metering and quality fair?

Also, what happens to the "focal length"?  I am assuming the 150mm 645 lens, returned to being a 150mm "35mm equivalent" ?

Hopefully the decision becomes a wise one :-)

All help gratefully received.

Thanks

Phil

[Telecaster]

Photodiox Fotodiox makes some sort of shift adapter for Pentax 645 lenses. Surprisingly Novoflex, Metabones, etc. to my knowledge offer no P645 —> FE adapters. I wish they did as I'd also like one.

As for focal length…it is what it is.    But imagine using your lenses on your 645Z with a 1.2x TC. This is about (ignoring aspect ratio differences) what you'd see when mounting them on a Sony A7x camera.

-Dave-

[PBC]

Thanks Dave

Looking at Fotodiox I see they have an adapter for 645 to Sony mount - See here....

Not sure this is the same one you mentioned as it is not a tilt-and-shift adapter?

Seems reasonably priced (which is a worry); anyone any experience with this?

Thanks

Phil

[Telecaster]

Hmmm, don't know if that's the same one I've seen listed (B&H Photo) or not. I have a similar looking Fotodiox adapter for Mamiya 645 lenses. Seems decently made, but then again I have yet to actually use it…

-Dave-

[Gel]

That's the one Phil.

[PBC]

Thanks Gel, have you any experience with using this?


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[alatreille]

My current thinking is to use my zork P645-Canon with the metabones.....outch, lots of adapters.

Hoping someone brings out a direct adapter as well as perhaps a dedicated shift adapter

I wonder also if there opportunity to have electronic control of aperature?

[cullings]

Sorry as this is a bit between forums but thought this was the best place to post :-)

After having carried my Pentax 645D on trips as a back-up to my 645Z, I had had one of those moments and decided to try something different and so I am going to replace the 645D with a Sony A7RII, allowing me to cut down on the weight I carry around and also (hopefully) to allow some different types of photography.

Not knowing much about this strange new world of mirrorless cameras, etc. I am wondering if anyone has any experience of using adapters that support mounting my 645 lenses on the Sony and if so, how limited is the functionality?   Manual focus is not a problem, but how does aperture, metering and quality fair?

Also, what happens to the "focal length"?  I am assuming the 150mm 645 lens, returned to being a 150mm "35mm equivalent" ?

Hopefully the decision becomes a wise one :-)

All help gratefully received.

Thanks

Phil
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Hi, I use the Mirex shift adapter with my Mamiya 24 and 35mm lenses. It has a Canon fitting which I connect to a Canon/Sony-E adapter to my Sony a6000 camera. It works great.  I see that Mirex also has Hasselblad and Pentax 645 adapters.  see:  www.mirex-adapter.de/tilt_shift_adapter.htm.   The web page is in German, but you can use www.translate.google.com  for a pretty good translation.  I hope to use this combo when I upgrade to an A7 camera.   - John