New lens or adapt: Might get a Sony A 6400 I have used Nikon gear and have a 18-200 lens Similar lens for Sony is 800.00 Nikon probably heavier Adapters are available ( Neweer) for...

iamimdoc

Might get a Sony A 6400
I have used Nikon gear and have a 18-200 lens
Similar lens for Sony is 800.00
Nikon probably heavier

Adapters are available ( Neweer) for 150.00 or so

Comments on (in) advisability of adapter appreciated

Thanks

camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

I believe you should sell the Nikon 18-200 lens and buy lenses made for your camera. Second hand or refurb is a cheaper option.

evan_moor

camerapapi wrote:

I believe you should sell the Nikon 18-200 lens and buy lenses made for your camera. Second hand or refurb is a cheaper option.

Agreed.

Silverrails

camerapapi wrote:

I believe you should sell the Nikon 18-200 lens and buy lenses made for your camera. Second hand or refurb is a cheaper option.

I agree, get the Lens that goes with the Camera, Sony with Sony, Nikon with Nikon, Canon with Canon, Fuji with Fuji, they all have their own Lens for a reason.

LWW Loc: Banana Republic of America

iamimdoc wrote:

Might get a Sony A 6400
I have used Nikon gear and have a 18-200 lens
Similar lens for Sony is 800.00
Nikon probably heavier

Adapters are available ( Neweer) for 150.00 or so

Comments on (in) advisability of adapter appreciated

Thanks

What does the SONY do that a NIKON won’t?

digit-up Loc: Flushing, Michigan

I agree with that. Adapters are always degrading to images...................RJM

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

iamimdoc wrote:

Might get a Sony A 6400
I have used Nikon gear and have a 18-200 lens
Similar lens for Sony is 800.00
Nikon probably heavier

Adapters are available ( Neweer) for 150.00 or so

Comments on (in) advisability of adapter appreciated

Thanks

I don't like adapters. Aside from the cost, it seems that there is always a downside. Bite the bullet, sell the Nikon lens, and buy the Sony.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

As long as there is no glass in an adapter, why would one degrade the images? Just asking because I use an adapter on my Fujifilm camera that just puts my legacy lenses the correct distance from the sensor - no glass.

Stan

digit-up Loc: Flushing, Michigan

StanMac wrote:

As long as there is no glass in an adapter, why would one degrade the images?

Stan

At the very least it impacts(negatively) on DOF, making “focus” quite a challenge.

eugenehinds

I have had no problem with Nikon refurbs. I also have many old lenses from film days some of which couple to meter. Lenses are marked of in ft/meters which if you have an accurate eye is good as autofocus. I guestimate distance to subject, set f stop and shutter to cover desired depth of field and get correct exposure. The old lenses work fine.

Don, the 2nd son Loc: Crowded Florida

camerapapi wrote:

I believe you should sell the Nikon 18-200 lens and buy lenses made for your camera. Second hand or refurb is a cheaper option.

I have a6000 & a6300 with Metabones (for Canon) and agree. I have good results with macro (manual focus, connected aperture) but spotty in other cases.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

digit-up wrote:

At the very least it impacts(negatively) on DOF, making “focus” quite a challenge.

I don’t understand that. If you use the lens on an extension tube to decrease its close focus point, then you do narrow the DOF within the focus range. But if the lens is mounted on a camera at its normal focal distance from the sensor/film plane the DOF shouldn’t be affected, should it?

Stan

jonsommer Loc: Usually, somewhere on the U.S. west coast.

Hmmm, I’m going to be the contrarian here amidst what sounds to me like I’ll-informed comments. Granted, if cash grew on trees, I would buy, buy, buy all the lenses I could carry, but for me, cash is always in short supply, and it’s for guys like me that adaptors exist. If you want a new body, either because you believe the hype, your old one was lost or stolen, or it’s broken, get the new body, AND get an adaptor so you can use the body with your familiar lenses. Granted, you often give up auto focus but there’s still manual focus (remember that) with an adaptor. But a new body won’t make you a better photographer, if that were so, we would all be shooting Lieca or Hasselblad medium format 100+ megapixel gear because we all really know that talent and training, skill and experience, practice and patience have only a minuscule impact on the photos we take, and the camera and lens, rightly get all the credit.

jonsommer Loc: Usually, somewhere on the U.S. west coast.

Hmmm, I’m going to be the contrarian here amidst what sounds to me like I’ll-informed comments. Granted, if cash grew on trees, I would buy, buy, buy all the lenses I could carry, but for me, cash is always in short supply, and it’s for guys like me that adaptors exist. If you want a new body, either because you believe the hype, your old one was lost or stolen, or it’s broken, get the new body, AND get an adaptor so you can use the body with your familiar lenses. Granted, you often give up auto focus but there’s still manual focus (remember that) with an adaptor. But a new body won’t make you a better photographer, if that were so, we would all be shooting Lieca or Hasselblad medium format 100+ megapixel gear because we all really know that talent and training, skill and experience, practice and patience have only a minuscule impact on the photos we take, and the camera and lens, rightly get all the credit.

pecohen Loc: Central Maine

iamimdoc wrote:

Might get a Sony A 6400
I have used Nikon gear and have a 18-200 lens
Similar lens for Sony is 800.00
Nikon probably heavier

Adapters are available ( Neweer) for 150.00 or so

Comments on (in) advisability of adapter appreciated

Thanks

For an every-day walk-around lens I would go with one from Sony or at least an E-mount lens. An adapter adds complexity and the likelihood that something will be slow or not work quite right. That being said, I have a number of lenses that require adapters but are in some way special-purpose, a heavy but very long lens, a macro lens, etc. These are handy on rare occasions and for those special times I'm happy to have them.