Will M42 lens fit on Nikon camera: I have a Nikon F with a Photomic FTN on it. Can I put M42 lens on that camera. I known can't put Canon on it. Also I looking for lens for my Nikon...

Quinn 4

I have a Nikon F with a Photomic FTN on it. Can I put M42 lens on that camera. I known can't put Canon on it. Also I looking for lens for my Nikon, all I am finding is lenses for digital cameras. I known that lenses for that camera are out there, But I can not find them.

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

Quinn 4 wrote:

I have a Nikon F with a Photomic FTN on it. Can I put M42 lens on that camera. I known can't put Canon on it. Also I looking for lens for my Nikon, all I am finding is lenses for digital cameras. I known that lenses for that camera are out there, But I can not find them.

Not without an adaptor

Quinn 4

boberic wrote:

Not without an adaptor

I known that, what kind of adaptor do I use?

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Quinn 4 wrote:

I have a Nikon F with a Photomic FTN on it. Can I put M42 lens on that camera. I known can't put Canon on it. Also I looking for lens for my Nikon, all I am finding is lenses for digital cameras. I known that lenses for that camera are out there, But I can not find them.

Now for Nikon, you will need the adapter with a lens in it (1.4 magnification) in order to get infinity focus but it will mount but there will be additional glass. This is not an issue with Canon as the M42 will mount and focus to infinity with out any additional optics to make corrections to get infinity.

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

Pretty cheap HERE.
Caveats:
-To achieve infinity focus, it has a corrective lens element that boosts the focal length by 1.4x.
How sharp that will be is up for consideration.
-No automatic diaphragm- meaning you have to manually stop down to shooting aperture.

$25? I say go for it!

And you can put older Canon FD lenses on your Nikon with THIS ADAPTER .

(Architect types faster...)

RWR Loc: La Mesa, CA

Quinn 4 wrote:

I known that, what kind of adaptor do I use?

https://www.adorama.com/fdm42nkg.html

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

GoofyNewfie wrote:

Pretty cheap url=https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/p... (show quote)

You are right, I misread this. But the Canon lens also requires a glass element to mount on a Nikon camera.
PS Nikon lenses work beautifully on EOS cameras with an adapter with no glass element required as well. In fact you would be surprised how many different lenses work beautifully on the EOS cameras with an adapter that does not have a glass element.

Photogirl17 Loc: Glenwood, Ark.

Quinn 4 wrote:

I have a Nikon F with a Photomic FTN on it. Can I put M42 lens on that camera. I known can't put Canon on it. Also I looking for lens for my Nikon, all I am finding is lenses for digital cameras. I known that lenses for that camera are out there, But I can not find them.

Here's a Link Quinn I did a search on KEH for used lenses, and this is what they came up with.

https://www.keh.com/shop/catalogsearch/result/?q=Lenses+for+Nikon+F+Photomc+35+mm+SLR+Film+Camera

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

Architect1776 wrote:

You are right, I misread this. But the Canon lens also requires a glass element to mount on a Nikon camera.
PS Nikon lenses work beautifully on EOS cameras with an adapter with no glass element required as well. .

Yep- for infinity focus, you can't get around that correction lens for putting just about anything not meant for a Nikon on a Nikon...except larger format lenses.

BebuLamar

Quinn 4 wrote:

I have a Nikon F with a Photomic FTN on it. Can I put M42 lens on that camera. I known can't put Canon on it. Also I looking for lens for my Nikon, all I am finding is lenses for digital cameras. I known that lenses for that camera are out there, But I can not find them.

Where do you look? There are lots of Nikon lenses that work with your camera on Ebay and KEH.

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

Quinn 4 wrote:

Also I looking for lens for my Nikon, all I am finding is lenses for digital cameras. I known that lenses for that camera are out there, But I can not find them.

Look at KEH Camera for starters.
Link HERE.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

BebuLamar wrote:

Where do you look? There are lots of Nikon lenses that work with your camera on Ebay and KEH.

Perhaps the OP has available M42 mount lenses.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

Quinn 4 wrote:

I have a Nikon F with a Photomic FTN on it. Can I put M42 lens on that camera. I known can't put Canon on it. Also I looking for lens for my Nikon, all I am finding is lenses for digital cameras. I known that lenses for that camera are out there, But I can not find them.

I thought most Nikon lenses could be used on most Nikon cameras, so most "lenses for digital cameras" should work on your camera?

BebuLamar wrote:

Where do you look? There are lots of Nikon lenses that work with your camera on Ebay and KEH.

OP seems to have eliminated consideration of all "lenses for digital cameras"

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

rehess wrote:

I thought most Nikon lenses could be used on most Nikon cameras, so most "lenses for digital cameras" should work on your camera?

Not the G lenses unless you use them at smallest aperture.
You need an aperture ring on the lens to control it.
Here is a trick I found-https://petapixel.com/2015/10/08/tip-you-can-use-nikkor-g-lenses-on-nikon-film-slrs-with-a-piece-of-string/.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

GoofyNewfie wrote:

Not the G lenses unless you use them at smallest aperture.
You need an aperture ring on the lens to control it.
Here is a trick I found-https://petapixel.com/2015/10/08/tip-you-can-use-nikkor-g-lenses-on-nikon-film-slrs-with-a-piece-of-string/.

So, film camera bodies cannot control the aperture?

"G" lenses don't have an aperture ring?