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Mort54

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MF Lens Adapter For Nikon Or Canon DSLRs?
« on: April 08, 2007, 11:03:03 am »

Hi All. Does anyone know of any lens adapters that allow MF lenses to be used on either a Nikon or a Canon DSLR? I'm mostly interested in Contax Zeiss lenses and Rollei Zeiss and Schneider lenses.

I'm shopping around for a MF system and I'm wondering what I'm going to use for backup. I can't just buy a second back :-) So I'm wondering if I could just bring along a Nikon or Canon DSLR and an adapter, and use the MF lenses. I'd rather not drag two different lens kits around with me due to weight concerns.

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« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2007, 11:22:42 am »

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Hi All. Does anyone know of any lens adapters that allow MF lenses to be used on either a Nikon or a Canon DSLR? I'm mostly interested in Contax Zeiss lenses and Rollei Zeiss and Schneider lenses.
After a little looking, I found a Novaflex adapter that allows use of Mamiya 645 lenses on Canon and Nikon mounts. The Canon adapeter part number is "MAMRING + CANA-AF" and the Nikon adapeter part number is "MAMRING + NIKA". So far I haven't found an adapter for the Contax Zeiss lenses or the Rollei Zeiss and Schneider lenses.
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« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2007, 11:35:11 am »

Even if you could add a small DSLR as a backup, the crop factor would be so high that your MF wide angles would become telephoto. In other words, if you needed a normal or wide angle for the shot, it wouldn't help.

You may as well get a general purpose zoom for the second camera, rather than try to use MF lenses.

Finally there is no adapter for the Rollei lenses.
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« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2007, 12:26:57 pm »

There is an adapter to use CF lenses on a Nikon (actually there are several vendors of these things). Do a search on Ebay for F mount adapters and you will probably find them.
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« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2007, 04:59:52 pm »

yous should ask mr. zöerkendorfer...
http://www.zoerk.de/
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