Nikon Adapter to Use Canon Lens: I have seen some dynamite Canon lenses and would not mind having one on my Nikon D5100. I have not seen where one can buy a nice super-telephoto for...

nikonic Loc: Irmo, SC

I have seen some dynamite Canon lenses and would not mind having one on my Nikon D5100.
I have not seen where one can buy a nice super-telephoto for these Nikons.
I have tried at Amazon but no luck even typing everything possible for it to come up.
Adapters ? Yep. For the Canons to retrofit Nikon lenses. I would not mind owning a 70-500mm
or something close.

Has anyone a clue for this idea OR am I shooting towards the sun ?? 8-)

RTFM

You can put Nikon lenses on a Canon but not the other way round.

nikonic Loc: Irmo, SC

RATS !! Wonder why that is ?
Nikon makes a couple of nice red cameras and some great 'big' lenses. Canon make some real nice cameras
and some nice white lenses but, no one can make an adapter for the retrofit of similar lenses ?
Vivitar makes a real neat 2x doubler for Nikon and Canon, third party, no less.
Seems odd, doesn't it ?? 8-)

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

Lens mount flange to film plane on Nikons is deeper than Canon.
You lose infinity focus without a lens to correct for that.

RTFM

It is physically impossible to adapt a Canon EF lens to Nikon F mount due to the Canon EF mount having a shorter back focus and larger diameter mount.

RTFM

You lose infinity focus without a lens to correct for that.[/quote]

I think that is for mounting the old FD lens not EF. Could be wrong.

DOOK Loc: Maclean, Australia

Canon is not the only manufacturer who makes big zooms. Have you considered Sigma? Current generation Sigmas are right up there in quality & performance & very compatible with Nikon-good price, too. A good example is their popular 150-500mm (Bigma). :D :D

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

RTFM wrote:

I think that is for mounting the old FD lens not EF. Could be wrong.

Interestingly enough, the FD lenses have an even shorter flange to focal plane distance. I wouldn't have thought so either:
http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Lens_mounts

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

RTFM wrote:

It is physically impossible to adapt a Canon EF lens to Nikon F mount due to the Canon EF mount having a shorter back focus and larger diameter mount.

You can however mount Canon FD lenses to a Nikon:

http://www.ebay.com/bhp/canon-lens-to-nikon-body-adapter

djtravels Loc: Georgia boy now

nikonic wrote:

I have seen some dynamite Canon lenses and would not mind having one on my Nikon D5100.
I have not seen where one can buy a nice super-telephoto for these Nikons.
I have tried at Amazon but no luck even typing everything possible for it to come up.
Adapters ? Yep. For the Canons to retrofit Nikon lenses. I would not mind owning a 70-500mm
or something close.

Has anyone a clue for this idea OR am I shooting towards the sun ?? 8-)

Sigma 50-500mm for Nikon. You'll love the lens. :thumbup: DJT

Wabbit Loc: Arizona Desert

nikonic wrote:

I have seen some dynamite Canon lenses and would not mind having one on my Nikon D5100.
I have not seen where one can buy a nice super-telephoto for these Nikons.
I have tried at Amazon but no luck even typing everything possible for it to come up.
Adapters ? Yep. For the Canons to retrofit Nikon lenses. I would not mind owning a 70-500mm
or something close.

Has anyone a clue for this idea OR am I shooting towards the sun ?? 8-)

Why Doc ..... why in the world would you even wanna try ?

OnDSnap Loc: NE New Jersey

nikonic wrote:

RATS !! Wonder why that is ?
Nikon makes a couple of nice red cameras and some great 'big' lenses. Canon make some real nice cameras
and some nice white lenses but, no one can make an adapter for the retrofit of similar lenses ?
Vivitar makes a real neat 2x doubler for Nikon and Canon, third party, no less.
Seems odd, doesn't it ?? 8-)

Is it the white lens you want or good glass? Nikon for sure has as good as if not better glass than Canon. For a price...you pay for good glass.

Wabbit Loc: Arizona Desert

OnDSnap wrote:

Is it the white lens you want or good glass? Nikon for sure has as good as if not better glass than Canon. For a price...you pay for good glass.

I'm buying a Rolls Royce Doc ..... and I'm gonna put Walmart tires on it ..... ha,ha,ha,ha

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

nikonic wrote:

I have seen some dynamite Canon lenses and would not mind having one on my Nikon D5100.
I have not seen where one can buy a nice super-telephoto for these Nikons.
I have tried at Amazon but no luck even typing everything possible for it to come up.
Adapters ? Yep. For the Canons to retrofit Nikon lenses. I would not mind owning a 70-500mm
or something close.

Has anyone a clue for this idea OR am I shooting towards the sun ?? 8-)

The Sigma 150-500mm is very popular with members here.

Nikon makes lenses, too.

http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Nikon-Products/Camera-Lenses/Sports-and-Action/index.page

nikonic Loc: Irmo, SC

Perhaps I may have wanted something that was never made or considered in the first place. However that is, I do have a Sigma 70-300mm which is pretty heavy. It's usually mounted along with the tripod.
I do enjoy it however, when I use the Vivitar 2x extender, I cannot use the AF on the lens. It has trouble recognizing the distance of the subject. I have to use the MF to get the absolute greatest distance out of it. On the final pic, there is a slight bokeh around the edges which looks like a vintage shadow frame. It doesn't happen all the time.
The Nikkor lenses are quite nice and I didn't realize the higher end quality of them compared to Canon.
Thanks a lot for making that clear. $6k will buy 9 of my cameras using the Nikkor lens.