Adaptimax discount promotion on adapters

Steve Shovlar said:
Here's a deal.
B&H sell our products. In fact they sell out within two days of receiving them from us (Wish they would place a bigger order each time so they don't run out but it's not my call). I have an order heading out to them on Monday and it will arrive at their warehouse on Wednesday.

The price of our Adaptimax Plus Nikon to Micro 4/3 at B&H is $399. It's not $380 but you will avoid postage charges if as you say shipping in the States is free.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/751287-REG/Adaptimax_APAPNM4_3_Plus_Nikon_to_micro.html

Can't be more helpful than that. No 10% discount through them but you will pay "US prices".

Hope that helps.
Steve
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Yes, I saw that on bhphoto, $400 free shipping. And if it gets there Wednesday, I'm buying ONLY because the venerated and esteemed members of this blog have peer-pressure-FORCED me to buy it. And I thought that was done with in high school! Kidding, all I know is I want good stuff at a bargain. An extra $100 won't kill me and I can brag about my Bentley or rather the image I'm able to get with my Bentley.

Conversely, some folk are actually happy with that $30.00 adapter, ya know. I wish I could try one of those out and see if it works. My lens aren't cheap and the adapter won't affect the fidelity of my image. Hmmmmmn, decisions. Nah...cough up.
 
Haha yeah "adapter envy" is in full effect. I've read some folks got decent cheapies while others haven't. So it's a consistency thing. My cheapy Minolta to m4/3 has all sorts of play, so I wasn't lucky.
 
dtzfilms said:
Yes, I saw that on bhphoto, $400 free shipping. And if it gets there Wednesday, I'm buying ONLY because the venerated and esteemed members of this blog have peer-pressure-FORCED me to buy it. And I thought that was done with in high school! Kidding, all I know is I want good stuff at a bargain. An extra $100 won't kill me and I can brag about my Bentley or rather the image I'm able to get with my Bentley.

Conversely, some folk are actually happy with that $30.00 adapter, ya know. I wish I could try one of those out and see if it works. My lens aren't cheap and the adapter won't affect the fidelity of my image. Hmmmmmn, decisions. Nah...cough up.
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You knew it made sense. Lol!
Best regards
Steve
 
thumb screw aperture control

thumb screw aperture control

I like the idea of the thumb screw aperture control because I'm keen on Nikon's new 28mm 1.4 lens with no manual aperture. But at the moment I don't have any lenses that require the thumb screw--all my lenses are older manual Nikkors. And so I'm wondering if this thumb screw will just get in my way 99% of the time. If you take out the thumb screw, doesn't it leave a hole for light leak? Or maybe you need to leave the thing in all the time? Thanks for any clarification.
 
sean90291 said:
I like the idea of the thumb screw aperture control because I'm keen on Nikon's new 28mm 1.4 lens with no manual aperture. But at the moment I don't have any lenses that require the thumb screw--all my lenses are older manual Nikkors. And so I'm wondering if this thumb screw will just get in my way 99% of the time. If you take out the thumb screw, doesn't it leave a hole for light leak? Or maybe you need to leave the thing in all the time? Thanks for any clarification.
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I think you mean the 24mm F1.4
The thumb screw was used on aperture control for one of the (third party) Red camera Nikon mounts. I hope this one is improved and will work better because with the Red camera mount you had to be very careful about mounting lenses on camera. If the screw was not in the exact position(screwed in or out too far ) it damaged the lens during mounting. I've seen many lenses damaged this way. Just something to consider and maybe put in the instruction manual for the mount...
 
Yes you do have to be careful, just train yourself to leave it unscrewed most of the way, or always leave it on a lens. But you can remove the screw and put a small piece of gaffers tape over the hole to mitigate any potential for light leakage.
 
Unscrewed makes the aperture closed down, screwing it in opens it. But on aperture ring lenses you need to turn the aperture all the way closed to then be able to have the thumbscrew open it to the desired setting.
 
sean90291 said:
I like the idea of the thumb screw aperture control because I'm keen on Nikon's new 28mm 1.4 lens with no manual aperture. But at the moment I don't have any lenses that require the thumb screw--all my lenses are older manual Nikkors. And so I'm wondering if this thumb screw will just get in my way 99% of the time. If you take out the thumb screw, doesn't it leave a hole for light leak? Or maybe you need to leave the thing in all the time? Thanks for any clarification.
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Hi Sean,
we make two Nikon versions at the moment for the AG-AF100, one with and one without the thumbscrew. Personally I would always advise to buy the Adaptimax Plus to Micro 4/3 (with the thumbscrew) because it makes the adapter future proof and able to be used with all Nikon and thirds party Nikon bayonet lenses.

In our experience removing the thumbscrew when not in use will not let any light through to affect the image but as wbrock says you can put a piece of tape over the whole for piece of mind. However it is really not necassary at all to remove the thumbscrew what ever lenses you are using unless you want to. Remember you can use the thumbscrew on the older Nikon lenses even if they do have aperture rings to get more accurate exposure.

Hope that helps.
Best regards
Steve
 
Just ordered the Adaptimax Plus for my af100. I am looking forward to seeing it in person.

Question:
Do any on you guys who use this adapter put a support on it? Does it add stress to the 4/3 mount? I have the camera on a zacuto base plate and will be using a Zuport lens support. It seems that will properly support the lens as well as the adapter.

Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated.
 
I have the exact setup and you only need support for lenses over 2.2 or so pounds. Meaning nikon 17-35, 24-70, 14-24, etc are all fine without support. 70-200, 200, 300, etc with collar attachments need support.
 
HI all, just thought I would remind everyone there's only just over a week to run on our DVXuser 10% discount promo. If you are looking for a professional Nikon or Canon EF adapter for the AF100, we have them in stock ready to send out immediately.

Just enter the promo code found on the first post of this thread to receive your discounted price at checkout.

Thanks to those of you that have taken up this offer. We hope you have enjoyed using our product.

Best regards
Steve
 
I'm curious if Steve Shovlar has a comment about Optitek's concerns regarding damage caused by aperture-control screws on other Nikon mounts for the Red Camera. Steve, what would cause such damage to a lens, and has your design managed to avoid these pitfalls of other mounts? Thanks.
 
sean90291 said:
I'm curious if Steve Shovlar has a comment about Optitek's concerns regarding damage caused by aperture-control screws on other Nikon mounts for the Red Camera. Steve, what would cause such damage to a lens, and has your design managed to avoid these pitfalls of other mounts? Thanks.
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Out of curiosity, where did you read about that damage? I have heard nothing but good things about the adaptimax. I am kinda curious about this as I am really close to getting the adaptimax having had enough of the crappy klipon adapter. I am between the novoflex and the adaptimax, and like the adaptimax more as I have had problems with the ring moving on its own on some lenses on my current one, and like how the adaptimax iris setting is more secure... but I have a set of really clean older nikon primes that I dont want to see anything happen to.
 
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To clarify, the post regarding the "damage" was not in reference to an Adaptimax adapter. You can see the post in question on the previous page of this thread. I believe the poster (Optitek) is referring to other similar types of adapters (probably non-Adaptimax) that used similar screw-systems to adjust the aperture, and the problem was that these systems tended to damage the lenses if the screw was in the "wrong" spot when affixing the lens to the mount. I'm not sure how the damage occurred, as I've never used such an adapter. But I was curious if Adaptimax had seen this in the field with other adapters and made any modifications to their own system to account for it.
 
Well I can tell you that with the nikon 24-70mm if I don't have it unscrewed when putting it on or off, it will rub on the side of the rear element holder by the little aperture lever, and that definitely causes stiffness in taking it off or putting it on. But has not caused any functional damage. Just slight wear to the finish. So yes, make sure its unscrewed a fair amount before putting the lens on or taking it off. Now keep in mind that some Nikon lenses have tighter tolerances in that regard, the G lenses are a bit tighter.

But what is really great about the adaptimax beyonds its solidity, is that you have infinite control of the aperture. No declicking etc is necessary. A tiny turn of the screw closes the aperture a tiny amount...its very precise.
 
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Oliver,
as I understand it, for your older Nikon primes, you wouldn't need to use the Adaptimax Plus? But having not seen an Adaptimax in person, can the Plus version be used without the iris screw (same functionality as the Original version—when using it for manual lens)?
 
Yes, the plus can have the screw taken out...but it'll even work with lenses that have aperture controls...you just close the aperture all the way down and then the screw will open it up. I have an old 50mm 1.4 that I use it with. Everything is blackened so I ran it without the screw for these quickie videos and didn't have any light leaks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okSgI3teDO4
 
reygun said:
Oliver,
as I understand it, for your older Nikon primes, you wouldn't need to use the Adaptimax Plus? But having not seen an Adaptimax in person, can the Plus version be used without the iris screw (same functionality as the Original version—when using it for manual lens)?
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That is true, but I have a tokina 11-16 in addition to my nikkors to cover the wide end, and there is no aperture ring on it (which is a bummer, but the tokina is such a good lens that I forgive it for that short coming.)

And I am still going to probably get the adaptimax, I was just curious about the issue. Seems like the kinda of problem that loosening the screw and paying attention while changing leses would solve.
 
We have now sold over two thousand Adaptimax Plus adaptors for the PMW-EX3 and AG-AF100 with no problems whatsoever. The thumbscrew is very precise and you will be able to open the iris of the lens to within a fraction of an F stop. Of course if you are using older Nikons with aperture rings you can either chose to use the lens aperture ring or the thumbscrew.

We manufacture everything ourselves and everything is hand finished and tested before it leaves us to the customer. With a no quibble 12 month guarentee if anything did go wrong we deal with it straight away with Fedex International Priority.

I have to say we have been completey inundated with orders for the Nikon and Canon EF to Micro 4/3. We don't go crazy on advertising like our rivals but we have found we don't need to as word of mouth is the very best form of advertising. Once a cameraman compares our adapter to any of the others out there, well it's Adaptimax all the way.

We should have the latest batch ready for next week so if you want one please order now. They really do go fast and we have been struggling to keep up with demand.

Best regards
Steve Shovlar
 
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