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Equipment & Techniques => Cameras, Lenses and Shooting gear => Topic started by: buckshot on June 14, 2009, 07:45:43 pm

Title: Canon EOS (body) to Nikon (lens) adapter
Post by: buckshot on June 14, 2009, 07:45:43 pm
A bit confused here - where once there were only a couple, there now seem to be a great number of EOS -> Nikon adapters out there, from the very cheap to the fairly expensive. Could anyone recommend one in particular? I'm hoping to mount Nikon's 14-24mm f2.8 G full frame lens on my EOS 5D II. Thanks in advance.
Title: Canon EOS (body) to Nikon (lens) adapter
Post by: spotmeter on June 15, 2009, 12:26:28 am
Quote from: buckshot
A bit confused here - where once there were only a couple, there now seem to be a great number of EOS -> Nikon adapters out there, from the very cheap to the fairly expensive. Could anyone recommend one in particular? I'm hoping to mount Nikon's 14-24mm f2.8 G full frame lens on my EOS 5D II. Thanks in advance.

I have tried a lot of these adapters for my Zeiss wide angle lenses with Nikon mount on my 5D2.  The cheap Chinese ones have a sloppy fit.  The lens easily moves sideways.

Like everything else in life,  you get what you pay for. I finally settled on Cameraquest adapters for all my Zeiss lenses.

If you are going to mount a good lens, don't buy a cheap adapter. Especially for wide angle, you want an adapter that has a reliable, accurate thickness.  Cheap adapters are cheap because they are poorly machined and there is poor or non-existent quality control after that.
Title: Canon EOS (body) to Nikon (lens) adapter
Post by: buckshot on June 16, 2009, 02:01:44 pm
Quote from: spotmeter
I have tried a lot of these adapters for my Zeiss wide angle lenses with Nikon mount on my 5D2.  The cheap Chinese ones have a sloppy fit.  The lens easily moves sideways.

Like everything else in life,  you get what you pay for. I finally settled on Cameraquest adapters for all my Zeiss lenses.

If you are going to mount a good lens, don't buy a cheap adapter. Especially for wide angle, you want an adapter that has a reliable, accurate thickness.  Cheap adapters are cheap because they are poorly machined and there is poor or non-existent quality control after that.

Thanks for the info. I've had Cameraquest recommended a couple of times - I'll definitely take a look at them.
Title: Canon EOS (body) to Nikon (lens) adapter
Post by: marcmccalmont on June 17, 2009, 05:46:25 am
The lever operated 16:9 is excellent
Marc
http://www.16-9.net/nikon_g/ (http://www.16-9.net/nikon_g/)