nikon adapter quality - are some better than others?

Yikes, ordered 5, and they charge shipping on each item.. Guess they ship them separately,... but wow, 25 dollars for shipping seems way over kill compared to 1 costing only 5 bucks....
 
I couldn't wait any longer so I bought an overpriced one locally made by Cesco #ADR-NI-CA so it says. It is relatively easy to take on and off the Nikon lens, infinity focus is off, but it does have the advantage that I didn't have to break the tab off the back of my 50mm f1.2, which I didn't want to do.
 
Got this one yesterday and the infinity is off too. Not quite as much as the other one I have, but still off. No real big difference between the two otherwise.
 
PaPa said:
Gunna go ahead and give this one a shot. So basically, unless you're willing to spend hundreds on an adapter, none of these guys will give you critical focus at infinity correct?
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All of my KAWA adapters focus PAST infinity... suck...
 
I've always been told (and believe) that it's best to set the lens so that if focuses just a slight hair past infinity.

The theory is that as you are pulling focus, if by marks, you would pull to the infinity mark, and if by eye, you would stop when it hits focus. Also, you would likely stop at the hyperfocal point long before you reach the focus on infinity.

Also it helps with changing back focus situations, say if it temperature changes, you might want that wiggle room to be able to focus on infinity.

-J
 
Guys, with the whole moire/aliasing situation, I consider focusing past infinity a *feature* for wide lenses. That way you can keep your shot slightly out of focus to keep everything outside of the moire danger zone.

Of course, if your plan is to shoot landscape stills by turning the focus wheel until it stops then clicking away... then yeah... it's a problem. :-)

-X
 
So my KAWA adapters just came in

Few things to know:

1) i got 5 adapters for my 5 lenses. Now i need 5 canon rear caps or my nikon glass is exposed!
2) definitely no infinity focus, but not a huge issue

3) and the most important. For some reason, using the nikon glass with the adapter, the camera can no longer recognize exposure. so the exposure meter is completely off! This shouldn't really happen simply because its using another lens. If the image is bright, then tell me it's over exposed, and vice versa!

dang, that last one is quite a drag.
 
oh. also.
Getting one per lens is definitely excessive. It takes a matter of seconds to remove the adapter off of the nikon lens and put it onto another lens... This also prevents the need for one rear canon cap per lens...
 
PaPa said:
and the most important. For some reason, using the nikon glass with the adapter, the camera can no longer recognize exposure. so the exposure meter is completely off! This shouldn't really happen simply because its using another lens. If the image is bright, then tell me it's over exposed, and vice versa!
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I've been fighting with this as well.

I started a thread called 'metering exposure while shooting'
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=185576

I didn't realize it was different as I don't own any EF lenses
 
oh, and for all those folks who recommend getting one adapter per lens.. Really no need. Just FYI. Save the money, its the difference of 10 seconds setup time.
 
PaPa said:
oh, and for all those folks who recommend getting one adapter per lens.. Really no need. Just FYI. Save the money, its the difference of 10 seconds setup time.
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Thanks for that.

Also, I'd like to second the question about the Cinevate adapter. They just added it to their catalogue a couple of weeks ago, so it's possible no one has tried it yet. But Cinevate products are generally well-regarded, aren't they? That suggests this adapter might be pretty good, for $29.
 
PaPa said:
oh, and for all those folks who recommend getting one adapter per lens.. Really no need. Just FYI. Save the money, its the difference of 10 seconds setup time.
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I second that. I've been using this on for my 5dmkii: Fotodiox Nikon F Lens to Canon EOS Camera Mount Adapter. I think I paid $30, but now it's listed at $20. At that price it's not a big deal to have a spare though.

I have a slight problem focusing to infinity. Have to roll back by 1mm or so, other than that works like a charm, metering and all.
 
patssle said:
Emanuel said:
http://haodascreen.com/Nikon.aspx

http://www.flickr.com/groups/eos-manual-lenses/discuss/72157606601097476/

AF confirm makes all the difference -- from manual lenses forum:

http://209.85.129.132/search?q=cach...ite:mflenses.com+"AF+confirm"&cd=6&hlct=clnk#
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Has anybody used the Hoada Nikon to Canon with the 7D and confirmed it works? Also, I thought the Nikon and Canon camera languages for the lenses are different, does this thing translate or something?
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On my third link there. As Google cache, it is not available anymore but here is again:

http://forum.mflenses.com/viewtopic.php?t=15784&start=30

«I was having the same problem with my EOS 10D and a Takumar 50mm lens. It was annoying because most of the time I was trying to capture my 18 month old son, and getting about one out of twenty photos in focus. Then I got an AF confirm M42/EOS adapter, and hey presto! its up to about a fifty percent success rate for photos of quickly moving targets, and pretty much AOK all of the time for stationary targets.»

Takumar 50mm lens... So, no chip. That is, you don't need to be concerned about communication in-between with the right AF confirm adapter.
 
Purchased the fotodiox pro series for newly acquired zeiss ZF lens. Crossing fingers that it has no play room or infinity focus issues.
 
Just got a Novoflex, seems to work great, although it had me confused at first with the 'please ensure lens is attached' message.
 
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