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F mount lenses on Nikon Z bodies
May 5, 2023 16:37:12 #
ALL MY OLD NIKON LENSES ARE BETTER when mounted to the Z9 because the Z9's IBIS works on lenses that never had image stabilization to begin with.
May 5, 2023 16:45:21 #
TomHackett wrote:
I'm sorry for your misunderstanding. But if more people with Z cameras would do as you did, it would be a windfall for other Z owners. We'd happily purchase those F mount lenses to use on our Zs.
Your comment also applies to Nikon owners who leave Nikon for Sony and other brands. I have benefited from such heavily discounted sales of Nikon F mount lenses.
May 5, 2023 17:41:57 #
Alphabravo2020 wrote:
I'm in the same boat with mostly manual focus F le... (show quote)
It's not typical but the FTZ and FTZ II relays information to the camera. I believe the Z has different protocol so there is a protocol conversion in the adapter.
The camera does know what lens it is if the lens has the chip (CPU lens). With unchipped lenses you have to enter the lens focal length and maximum aperture but the camera only knows that much and records that much in the exif. It doesn't record the actual aperture used for unchipped lenses.
The camera sets the aperture for chip lenses. The lens aperture ring if there is must be set at minimum aperture.
The camera can determine exposure for both chipped and unchipped lenses. With unchipped lenses it only works in A and M mode and it meters in stopped down mode. S and P modes require chipped lenses.
If the lens has buit in motor like AF-I, AF-S, AF-P then the lens can AF. And yes the lens must have the focus motor for AF.
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May 5, 2023 18:33:29 #
BebuLamar wrote:
It's not typical but the FTZ and FTZ II relays inf... (show quote)
Thanks all. Sorry for piggy backing all my questions on the OP.
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May 7, 2023 17:15:19 #
Mac wrote:
I haven’t noticed any image quality degradation.
Agree, wholeheartedly.
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May 7, 2023 17:42:32 #
Mac wrote:
I haven’t noticed any image quality degradation.
Why would there be image degradation?
May 7, 2023 17:49:59 #
Architect1776 wrote:
Why would there be image degradation?
There wouldn’t be and there isn’t. My reply was in answer to to the question asked in the original post.
May 7, 2023 17:51:18 #
Architect1776 wrote:
Why would there be image degradation?
Perhaps many may have difficulty manually focus the lens (those that don't AF with the adapter) would have more out of focus images?
May 7, 2023 19:40:40 #
BebuLamar wrote:
Perhaps many may have difficulty manually focus the lens (those that don't AF with the adapter) would have more out of focus images?
That would be user error not camera or lens.
Adapter just places the lens at the design distance from the sensor.
Nothing but air as in the original SLR,DSLR.
May 7, 2023 21:02:26 #
Architect1776 wrote:
That would be user error not camera or lens.
Adapter just places the lens at the design distance from the sensor.
Nothing but air as in the original SLR,DSLR.
Adapter just places the lens at the design distance from the sensor.
Nothing but air as in the original SLR,DSLR.
Even back in the days of us dinosaurs there were focusing aids like a fresnel ring and split screen, so to me, it's more like a manufacturing defect than a user error.
May 7, 2023 22:45:16 #
niteman3d wrote:
Even back in the days of us dinosaurs there were focusing aids like a fresnel ring and split screen, so to me, it's more like a manufacturing defect than a user error.
To be fair there are focus peaking and zooming in to aid in manual focusing. But I know there are people so dependent on AF that without it they may have problem achieve sharp focus. And although there is nothing wrong with the lens the effect is still unsharp pictures.
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