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Cool. I was still wondering if the adapter also works on other Nikon cameras, which were released before the Nikon ZF. As for now, I only found the Neewer adapter if this video and also the TTartisan MTZ 6Bit adapter, which work with non CPU lenses. :-)

Yes, it does. :-)

Well then I should not say, that I recently discovered, that old MF lenses of each and every manufacturer can be combined with different smart adapters and the latest Nikon cameras, so that you will get Eye detection and focus confirmation with green boxes, which makes my fully manual lenses very much useful again. 😉

Pentax Auto 110 Super - a small 110 film fully functional SLR in very tiny. 😃

That is actually a really smart idea. 😊 For my first try i will use a dark room (not a darkroom ;-) ) and see how far I will come. But I will have a look for another set. 😁 thanks.

Gracie! 🤩

Ähm… well thank you very much. 😅

To be honest: I have not really that much comparisson or experience with 3D printing, but the parts seem very solid and work pretty fine.

Sehr gerne. Hat mir viel Spaß gemacht. Die Tage geht es dann mal raus für Panorama Shots. :D Der Dank geht natürlich auch zurück. :-D

Haha! Yes! And there is a lot of material for other seasons on my hard drive. 😅

It is definitely worth a shot. The gods thing is, that the risks are not that high, because you can get it for very low money. :-)

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Nope.

@@manugeee ohh 😔

Thanks. Seems to be true. I found an article about an early 60s Minolta multicoating lens. Pentax got into it only in the 70s so longer ago.

I hope your picture will come out well. :)

Actually I did recently try the TT Artisan 6bit Adapter and it works very similar, even a little better, in terms of changing the focal length for IBIS. The principle is the same. Start from any vintage mount - Go to Leica M Mount via simple adapter - then TT Artisan 6bit Adapter to Nikon Z and then to your camera.

Actually with the last firmware you can program neewer adapter as well, by changing the LENSINFO file (you change focal length - supports also min-max focal length - for zoom lenses also - and max-min aperture). I tested it with my 28mm F2 Voigtlander Ultron and works.

@@stavros.fourfourianakis it seems like the beta firmware is now officially released. I had yet no time to test, but I definitely will. :-)

Thanks for the comment. My Nikon F to Sony E Adapter (I think it’s from K&C Concept) is a pure mechanical adapter and has no electronics inside. It basically just clutches G Mount Glas into E-Mount cameras/ or Emount Adapters. The Nikon FTZ adapter on the other hand is a mechanical connection and has electronic contacts. That means that AF-D ans AF-S Nikon Lenses can communicate with the camera. But the AF-D lenses need an external motor, so they cannot Autofocus with the FTZ adapters (I and II). But since they communicate, they also give the green MF confirmation box. Unfortunately with older AI-S lenses, without a CPU inside, They also cannot communicate through the FTZ adapters and sadly don’t give the green MF confirmation. I only found the newer adapter and lately the TTartisan Leica M to Nikon Z adapter, which provides MF configuration with non CPU lenses.

@@manugeee So, no firmware update yet from Nikon to address this. Thank you Manu for your help! Very much appreciated!

Thanks! The main difference is, that the megadap does not provide manual focus confirmation with non cpu lenses.

@@manugeee okay thank you, looking forward for your next videos.

Not really. The adapter works as i expect it to. The only thing, I noticed, is that when I manually dial in large apertures into the camera, then the camera will overexpose. So I keep the settings in the top mini display of the camera below 5.6. Also the exposure, when the lens is set to large apertures above f11, the camera starts to underexpose 1/3 or 2/3 of a stop. But that not a real dealbreaker and I only notice it when marking aperture series for the videos.

Yes, I think I have to change the title of the video.

Some people said, that it also works with older Z Cameras. I only have the ZF, so I cannot for shure say anything about the others. Do have an Ftz adapter and an older CPU lens for testing? Because there with MF the confirmation also works, but only for CPU lenses. AI-S or older do not have the green box with Ftz adapters.

What? Are you my first bot?

@@manugeee excuse me? I ment where van i buy film for it* or how should i use the camera? I have same one and i want to take it on the vacay...

Thank you very much. 😊😊

It is an indication if the shutter is cocked or not (or not cocked or cocked). :-)

Thanks. Glad you like it. I am actually on my way to the tenth’s episode of the 50 lens tests. :D With APS-C you cut out the filet parts of the lens. But also the higher resolution shows more weaknesses. The older lenses are really very good stopped down a little bit. The Zeiss 55 1.8 is also on my list and will come at some point in future. :D

Hard to say at f1.4 both are pretty soft at f1.4. I would say the canon is a little sharper in direct comparison.

With Nikon AI-S and older non CPU lenses sadly not. But if you take the AF-D or AF-s lenses with CPU, you can also use them for Manual focussing with AF confirmation.

Sehr gerne. Du kannst den Trick auch mit dem TTArtisan M to Z Adapter machen. Musst nur alten Anschluss auf Leica M Adaptieren. Der Adapter ist noch etwas robuster und kann Brennweiten für Ibis per Drehrad ändern. Absolut nützlich. Werde ich auf jeden Fall auch nochmal ein Video zu machen :-)

Ich habe mal noch eine ganz andere Frage an dich als ZF user - ich habe das problem, das mein augenautofocus mit dem 40mm f2 oder anderen Linsen nicht auf meine Augen scharfstellt, sondern an meinen Augenbrauen hängenbleibt . Das passiert mir sehr sehr oft. Ist dir die Problematik bekannt? Viele Grüße

Hmm… maybe you had a bad copy? Once I had a EF canon 50mm 1.4 which was soft all the way. Even with manual focussing with a mirrorless camera there was no sharp spot. On the other hand the Nikkor is also really nice. The canon I don’t know (yet). 😈😈😈

​@@manugeee Thank you for your response. Really appreciate your work and videos. I ve been collecting film cameras and lens for +20years. This pentax SMC 50mm F1.4 M is the lowest resolution lens I ve came across. Even against my old nikkor rangefinder lens from the 50s...I don't really know what a bad copy means. There might be some variation across lens but it shouldn't justify something in particular. Interestingly, I love the colours, contrast and overall rendition of this lens. I also like the feeling and build quality. Even more interestingly, I find the performance in low light at F2 quite good but the the lens never really gets sharp. I just created a flickr account and upload three test rolls for you to see, in case it interests you. Just random photos to try the lens one more time. All photos taken with a Pentax LX and Ultramax 400mm film. flic.kr/s/aHBqjBEvpK flic.kr/s/aHBqjBEAgF flic.kr/s/aHBqjBEAhN

Your welcome. Nice to hear that the video may help you at some point. :-)

Thanks for your compliment. :-) I have looked up a couple of images of the Rom mount and it seems that they really do have the 3-cam. If you want to buy a rom lens for your R8, then check out the mount, if it it really there. Because I am not shure at the moment if there are also rom-only lenses without the cams.

​​@@manugeee superthanx ! I am very proud that the clear explanation of R/R8 system comes from a German. My Opa was German, my Granma from my mother side too. My Opa and Oma always explained everything German style so that no additional question was necessary in order to clarify.

@@vedranr.glavina7667 hmm… that is definitely not how I would describe German style, but thanks. 😉

You´re welcome. :-) Yes, I also rechecked this. The Series-E should have a couple of weaknesses, as I have read. One is the only single coating, then the build quality is almost all plastic and what I really would name a deal breaker is the only 0,6m or 2ft close focus distance. Sharpness wise, it should be comparable. How would you rate yours in terms of wide open sharpness?

@@manugeee Since it is a vintage lens, it has to be really bad AND I don't like it for me to notice how soft or sharp it is. if it's a vintage lens and it's really bad and i DO like it - i don't care. in this case, it seemed to be sharp enough for the images I've taken with it - night shots using a tripod, mostly. I don't remember having any complaints at all.

Engineers!!! 👨🏻‍💻😁

Thank you 😊

Yes, exactly! The trick is, to convert the Nikon into an E-Mount bayonet camera with the newer adapter. The electronic controls are between Nikon and neewer. And now you can use any old lens and get an adapter from „old lens“ to E-Mount.

The shop is called Ausgeknipst. They have an own store recently. ausgeknipst.de/ I would recommend the cells box due to the voltage issue with 6V Px27A adapters. With the box you have on the other hand the problem, that after half a year or so, the cells are empty. Also you have to wait a little for the reaction when you open the cells seal, and after some short time the voltage is correct and stays correct a long time. So the cells box is better.

Hi there. Glad, that the video helps you. No, the K&F is only used for the mechanical connection. All the electronics are in the Neewer adapter and the camera. So if you have a sony E-Mount manual focus lens, than you can directly attach it and get focus confirm. Cheers. :-)

@@manugeee Thanks for the quick reply. I ordered the newer adapter!

Just got the neewer etz adapter and try the manual focus confirmation. It works! Thanks for the tips! One more question, the manu of the adapter says that you should remove the lens then remove the adapter when you remove it from the camera body. Wonder if the order is important? Can we remove adapter with lens together from the camera body before decpule of the lens from the adapter?

@@qicheng3342 i also have no idea why it is written in the manual. Usually I donut as described, but i also unmounted both together and had no problems. 🤷‍♂️

:-) Nice to hear, that i brought you some nice memories back.

That´s a nice combo. I am not totally shure about the film anymore. Is already a year ago. But I am pretty shure, that I brought some Kodak Gold 200 with me to greece. But most of the images for the real testing, I shot adapted on the Sony A7III.

@@manugeee oh, I’ve got the a7iii as well and was just wondering if these lenses could be used….

@@MWSCologne yes of course. The great thing about mirrorless cameras is, that they have no mirror anymore. So the flange distance from mount to sensor is much smaller. Therefore SLR lenses just need an adapter that provides mechanical connection and the right flange distance. Just look for Nikon F to Sony E Adapters. They come in basically every combination.

@@manugeee thanks

Sehr gerne. Viel Spaß damit. :-) Ich hab jetzt bald mein erstes Video mit nem Objektivtest fertig, dass nur damit geschossen wurde und es ist wirklich ne ganze Ecke angenehmer. Aber rumhüpfende Kinder bleiben auch damit stressig. ;-) Ich hoffe es wird bald auch noch ein offizielles Firmware Update kommen. Ich hab vom Neewer Support noch ne Beta Firmware bekommen, die auch IBIS unterstützt, weil dann die Brennweite zur Kamera übertragbar ist. Ist zwar harkelig in der Beta, aber macht vor allem die Fokuslupe nochmal angenehmer.

I have made an update video on this adapter and features provided with a beta firmware version. But to make it short: It works, as explained. I only noticed, that i cannot set up high apperture values on the camera, because then the exposure gets off. Also high apperture values on the lens let the exposure change a little with automatic exposure setups. A little strange, but you can compensate with the exposure compensation dial.

First the one hand it is said in the manual to unmount first the lens, then the adapter. But i did not notice any problems when unmount both at the same time. But for the case of using it with different focal lenght you need to attach it with the computer and therefore you need to unmount the adapter from camera and lens.

It should be. But I have heard, that there is a next beta firmware 1.7.0 which did not work that well anymore.