Hi everybody,I bought this adapter last week and try it with sigma18-35,sigma 10-20 f 3.5,nikon 55-200 f 4-5.6,nikon 200-500 f5.6,yongnuo 100mm f 2.0.All those lenses work nice.I would like to buy tokina 14-20 f2,has enyone tried this lens with that adapter?Thanks you and thanks to you Richard to making me discover this adapter.
It is a pity the Viltrox adapter cannot be mounted on the new OM-1, the m/f button protrudes just enough to prevent this. It worked just fine on the EM-1 but sadly not on the newest camera
I have my eye on a Blackmagic Cinema 4K. I also come from an old history with my manual focus Nikkor lenses. I was looking at this adaptor, and this video answered ALL of my questions, thank you! - Liked/Subscribed
I like Nikon AF-D lenses, because they are excellent for manual focus on other mounts. Trying to get adapted lenses to autofocus on non-native mounts has too many limitations for my liking.
Thanks for the info Would this work with a 200-500mm Nikon lens for birding / wildlife ? By putting the Nikon 200-500mm in the LUMIX GH-7, do I gain extra focal length (400 to 1000mm) ??? Or is that wishful thinking ?
I've recently bought a Viltrox nf-m1 adapter for my Nikon lenses to use with my MFT cameras. But the moment I attach my Af Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 D lens to it, the camera (both Olympus and Panasonic bodies) fails to show the aperture value, instead showing f/0.0 and also no matter how much I change the aperture through the aperture ring in Manual mode, the exposure does not vary at all in the camera!! Does it mean that the camera is treating the lens as wide open! or am I doing something wrong? I knew before it is MF, but this is too much!!
I would guess that Panasonic bodies have the ability to assign focus magnify and focus peaking to a button with non electronic lens so you can still use those features?
Richard, I have a Nikon 55mm F.1.2. Will it work with this adaptor in aperture priority mode? Is the adaptor able to sense what the aperture setting is?
No it doesn't. And i believe the aperture would also always stuck at maximum aperture with this adaptor. So it's better you get one of those cheaper dumb adaptor instead which would at least allows you to change the aperture from the lens
I bought the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K yesterday. I purchased the Viltrox adaptor and all fits well and the image on my old Nikkor glass looks great. Looking forward to finally using my Nikkor 20mm F2.0 now. But I was wondering if turning the aperture on the lenses is doing anything? Being new to mirrorless videography, I'm wondering how you're able to control the aperture of the manual lenses on the BMPCC4K? Or are these lenses always fully open and the exposure is compensated with the camera? Thanks!
Hey Richard. Great video. I a have a Viltrox NF-M43 manual speedbooster and I am planning to use it with Sigma 10-20mm lens. May I ask if out of camera image (unedited) will have much of the barrel distortion?
Well done and thank you Richard! I’ve not seen much about this lens adapter, but wondering what your experience was like with dx lenses - thinking this adapter would be neat with the 18-200mm lens or even the bulkier 18-300mm (particularly interned if there is significant vignetting)
hi @kdzyl2, sorry i haven't try it with any DX lenses but i don't expect the performance would be different from the FX lenses? I think vignetting would be better than used natively on Nikon DX camera as the image circle of the M43 is smaller. If i get a chance to borrow a DX lens I'll try it and let you know! :)
Hi, any idea why my viltrox adapter doesn't work with any autofocus in video mode on GH4? It shows the focus as manual focus, no matter what I do, and no matter which lens I place 😢😢
Thanks, good and very explicit review. For my lens and/or my bodies, however, no luck: Nikon AF-P 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6E ED VR with Olympus E-M1.2, Olympus Pen-F, and (just to see if it was an Olympus-Panasonic thing) the Panasonic GM5 (only Pana I had). Body set on AF-S. Viltrox in A position: black screen. No lens info on screen. Panasonic: "lens transmission failure." Viltrox in M position: finder shows a picture, but not the correct lens info. No reaction to focus ring regardless of lens witch position. I couldn't find any firmware update on the Viltrox website.
Can I add my congratulations for an excellent and wide-ranging review! (Just a shame the subtitles weren't as good as your actual commentary!) Have you tried this adapter with back button focusing? If not, is there any reason why it should not work?
@@chinmayeed Yes some Nikon lenses with OM1. AF works but poorly, needa focus a few times. VR works as well but only for 3-4 second and stopped working. I wouldnt recommend if AF is what you are after.
Hey Great Review I was waiting for some adapter like these.. i have a question.. can you control the focus of the lens through a gimbal if you connect the camera to the gimbal?
Such a shame, I have a sigma 170-500 apo which I believe is an af-d lens. With a lot of practice I manage to get birds in flight sometimes but what a fight! And the focus ring doesn’t help at all. I don’t think the metabones adapter works with af-d lenses either
@@TheRealRichardWong yes it looks like :-/ right now I am using the viltrox NF-M43X and I am very happy with it. But with the auto focus adapter I could use the auto focus to control it with the wheel of my Zhiyun Weebill, that would have been great.
Still it would be great for focus transition feature, Focus Bracketing for Macro Focus Stacking and to control the aperture with the camera... (what am I missing?) A lot of benefits. Hopefully they will make a speedbooster in future which can be mounted on the cage.
One more question....are you aware of an adaptor that reverses this one? I’m looking to use my M43 lens on my Nikon D810. Are there “M43 Len to Nikon f mount camera” adaptors? I can’t find any!!
@@TheRealRichardWong Thank you for that explanation. It totally makes sense. The other thing I was wondering about was image circle. But, I think you are saying the same thing. The flange distance prohibits it from working....
@@TheRealRichardWong I think I solved the problem: deactivated is (image stabilization) /.... Turning/switching af to mf back and forth on the adapter also seems to help. Thanks
@@TheRealRichardWong I think I finally figured it out. Leave autofocus OFF on the lens (and ON on the adapter) at camera power on (as I turn camera on). Then switch back to AF on on the lens. This now works. /it's probably my lens: Tamron 18-270.
Hi Richard. Excellent video as usual with plenty of good information. I came upon this video because I'm considering to buy the Viltrox EF to MFT adapter along with a Tamron lens (EF mount) for my G9. I reckon the appeal of such adapters is to leverage existing ownership of lenses. In my case, I'm looking for a 3rd party lens solution (in this instance, Tamron) where MFT lenses fall short. I have a question and wonder if you might know the answer. As I understand it, lens geometric distortion (GD) is corrected by the Lumix camera (and perhaps augmented by the lens). For JPG and recorded video, GD correction has been applied. I shoot photos in RAW, so I do the GD correction in post editing software. For an adapted lens scenario, such as Viltrox + Tamron, how is GD correction handled for recorded video? Knowledge about focal length and other lens characteristics are needed for GD correction. Is it handled by the Viltrox firmware? Is it handled correctly when changing focal length of a zoom lens during video recording? For a completely native lens scenario, I take for granted it's all handled correctly for video recording. Now that I'm considering an adapted lens situation, it especially makes me wonder. Thanks for any knowledge you can provide.
Hi David, I suspect there is no geometric distortion correction at all when you are using adaptor like this Viltrox. You'll most likely have to apply the correction manually in postprocessing unfortunately.
@@TheRealRichardWong Thanks Richard. No issue with post edit for photos. Not sure how one does that for video, especially with dynamic zooming in the footage.
Hi Richard, Great review, I have a GH5 and have been using my Sigma 18-35mm, 1.8 DC 72 lens with the Viltrox NF-M43X mount (manual) will the Viltrox NF-M1 allow me to use the autofocus feature mounted to this Sigma lens? If you think it will, I'll buy it! Cheers John
Hi john, I have not tried that lens myself but according to viltrox product page, your sigma 18-35 1.8 nikon mount would work with this adaptor. Btw if you use my link in video descriptions above, you can get a 10% discount as well
Thanks for this. Can you tell me if this adapter will work with Nikon 500mm PF , 300mm PF as those lenses would be great, they are sharp and compact. thanks in advance.
Hi, I have a question. I have an analog lens for Nikon and I have a micro 4/3 Mirrorles (LUMIX G7) camera. Is this adapter suitable for my old lens? Greetings from Mexico :')
Great review! Thanks! Viltrox produces really good stuff as far as I am concerned. Also using their 0.71x focal reducer Nikon F to MFT and am very happy with it. Any chance you could test this on an Olympus Body with PDAF? I think that's were such a solution could really shine!
@@purvika2711 there is no AF on the speed booster. Viltrox has three Nikon F to MFT adapters. 1. "dumb" adapter (no AF, no booster), 2. Booster (no AF), 3. AF adapter (AF, no booster). Not sure why there is no booster with AF, maybe a space issue but seems like they should be able to make one
No, at least not if you want to retain infinity focus because of the longer flange distance of the F mount (i assume you mean F mount rather than Z mount)
Thanks for a very complete review! However, it is not clear to me if with AI and AIS objectives the adapter will automatically keep the diaphragm fully open during focusing and close it to the preset value during exposure. This should be technically possible, I think, as the adapter has the motor, and would make AI and AIS objectives a lot easier to focus in everyday use. (At least in principle, even shutter priority auto-exposure could be supported with these objectives.)
With a AI/AIS lens, the aperture is keep fully open ALL THE TIME with this adaptor, even when you take photo. The adaptor/camera is not aware of the aperture setting with the old AI/AIS lens. I would suggest using a dumb adaptor, at least those allows you to change the aperture setting (even it doesn't have auto stop down )
@@TheRealRichardWong Many thanks! This is very useful information. It would be so nice if Viltrox could update the firmware to handle this use case! Until then I will continue using dumb adapters.
Hi mark thanks! Sorry I don't really know as I haven't test it with that lens. But so far every lens I tried works with the adaptor including third party lenses..
Yeah if you have other Nikon it's definitely worth. Let me know if it works or not so I can share with other viewers. Oh you can order using my affiliated link and get 10% discount
@@TheRealRichardWong Just received the adapter, which is well made. With my Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K my quick test showed: Tamron 70-200 f/2.8 G2 (no auto-focus, aperture control only when switching adapter MF to AF for each single f-stop change, IS didn't appear to function) Tamron 15-30 f/2.8 G1 (no auto-focus, aperture control okay, IS didn't appear to function) Nikkor 50G f/1.8 (no auto-focus, no aperture control) It may be the Blackmagic camera that is causing the incompatibility - I've emailed support to check. I'm not too fussed about auto-focus, so at least I can use the Tamrons on the camera (which I couldn't before), shame about the Nikkor though.
Hi Richard, When mounting a ff lens on a m43 body, only the field of view is reduced, not the depth of field, right ? Ex: 50mm becomes 100mm. So, if i want to have the same field of view and depth of field when shooting a ff lens on a m43 camera body, i can just take a few steps back until i get the same frame. My concern is that the depth of field is also reduced due to crop factor, and i cannot get the same background blur, even though i already took a few steps back to get the same frame. Ex: f1.2 becomes f2.4. Please help to advise. Thanks very much.
Hi Nam (is that how I should call you sorry i made a mistake) I guess you raised a pretty interesting question, and it's hard to answer because it really depends on how you look at it. Strictly technical speaking using a FF lens on m43 body does not change the focal length, or aperture or DOF. but because the camera will now only capture the center part of the image, it means: 1. the equivalent focal length is increased (by a factor of 2) 2. the light gathering power is same, unchanged. so exposure settings is not changed. 3. However, since the field of view is more narrow, you would need to step back a lot more to cover the same scene, or use a wider lens if you want to shoot at same place and have same composition. What it means is your equivalent DOF is also doubled i.e. a FF 50mm f/1.4 lens on a m43 will be equivalent to a 100mm f/2.8 lens now in terms of DOF and FOV. (even if you are still shooting at f/1.4) to get the same kind of FOV. Hope it makes sense. If not, feel free to ask more! :)
@@TheRealRichardWong Thanks for the reply, and you got my name correct, it is Nam :). Understood point number 1 and number 2. Continue on point number 3. Now that i don't have the wider lens to shoot from the same position, i am still taking picture with my m43 and 50mm f1.4 ff lens combo (which is equivalent to 100mm f2.8), i already took quite a few steps back from, let's say the A spot to the B spot, because i want to have the same composition/cover the same scene. Does this produce the same amount of background blur as when shooting a ff body with that very same 50mm f1.4 ff lens at the initial A spot ? I only own a m43 body and yet to have a ff body to do this experiment, so it would be super helpful if you could let me know the result of aforementioned shooting scenarios (the amount of background blur), thus giving me more ideas on future camera/lens purchase decisions. Best regards.
Hi Nam, sorry TH-cam is terrible in notifying me when people reply to a reply. Only just saw your reply. It's quite hard to explain it without using photos or videos, but short answer is you can get the same look with the same lens but used on a m43 vs FF body. Composition, field of view, depth of view all changes in different way when you try to adjust one to match one.
Since the adaptor has no optics in it (would be good if it's a turbo booster!!) so it really depends on the lens itself. If its one of those lenses that performs well on the 45MP Z7 and D850, then it would perform just as well (or even better as we don't use the edges) on a 20MP m43 body.
Very informative video. Thank you for making this simple and relaxing to watch unlike others who speak so fast you would think there was a T-34 Tank running after them. Great post!
FINALLY! Was looking for this type of adapter a few years ago. Unfortunate about continuous AF, but then again, Nikon couldn't do it with their own adapter for the Z mount. Hopefully, they'll also create a 0.64X focal-reducer version.
Yeah consider even Nikon themselves can't do a perfect adaptor and this one is to make phase detection lens work on contrast detection camera I think viltrox did a great job already
yes i feel the adaptor performs good enough for a lot of people/usage. Not perfect and not native performance but good enough. oh a 0.64x (or even better 0.5x) focal reducer would be great! But i guess there would be technical challenge as it has AF,VR support unlike just being a manual focus adaptor.
@@TheRealRichardWong thank you for your response. Maybe you have experience with which adaptor I can use with mine f mount Tamron 90mm to fuji x. I would really appreciate if u have a solution
not one off my Nikon lenses work with this adapter on my Panasonic Lumix G100, also not in S Mode, why? Only my tamron 28-75 and its hunting like crazy, useless....why
@@MyFighter2000 The Two Nikon AF D lenses wouldn't work because as mentioned at 10:30 this adaptor only works with the newer lenses with AFS motor. The Sigma 85 1.4 (is that the ART version?) should work though. I haven't test that lens, but I have tested with the Signa 50 1.4 ART and that works very well.
Sigma 85mm f 1.4 not a art and have a build in hsm motor. This 3 are my top portrait lenses for portrait and all does not work, to bad i was so happy to order this adapter . I have much more other Nikon lenses and the Tamron 28-70 f2.8 is hunting and hunting and never find a focus point. What lenses - model you are tested and work?
@@MyFighter2000 Hi, I've tested it with all the Nikon AFS lenses I've and they all work fine. Nikon AFS 28 1.8G Nikon AFS 35mm f/1.4G Nikon AFS 70-200 f/2.8G (the very old first version) Nikon AFS 60mm f/2.8G Macro and some other Nikon AFS lenses. I've also tested with the third party lens like Sigma 50mm f/1.4 ART and that works fine too
Any nikon x m43 shooters here? And if you are interested in buying it, you can get a 10% discount if you use my affiliated link in the description above.
If you "AF" is the old style autofocus motor that requires body AF motor, then it wouldn't work. All DX lenses should work as they use the newer AF-S or AF-P style autofocus mechanism
Your autofocus test is not so clever. Did you set focus + shot mode to make it impossible to see because of flashing screen ? You do it as fast as possible to not to see anything at all ? Do you think the speed of focusing is everything what matters, accuracy, stability, smoothness does not matter. Hmmmm, not so pro.
Finally a Nikon Adapter for MFT with electronic connections. Now Viltrox must make one with Speebooster and then it will be amazing
oh yeah i REALLY want a speedbooster AF adaptor! that would be amazing!
Did he just put the 45mm f1.2 to the table on the rear end without a lens cap?
That is the quality content I think we don't deserve a content creator like him
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
I have the Canon EF version and it works great, the "L" lenses perform amazingly well on the OMDs.
Wow, I've been waiting for this thing for a year. Metabones is too high price for me. 😂😂😂
The Metabones is manual when using f Mount to MFT!?
I’m also looking for one to use on a Z Cam E2 M4.
Hi everybody,I bought this adapter last week and try it with sigma18-35,sigma 10-20 f 3.5,nikon 55-200 f 4-5.6,nikon 200-500 f5.6,yongnuo 100mm f 2.0.All those lenses work nice.I would like to buy tokina 14-20 f2,has enyone tried this lens with that adapter?Thanks you and thanks to you Richard to making me discover this adapter.
Glad to hear the adapter works well for all the lenses you have!!
On what camera body you was trying? I am wondering if panasonic g9 or olympus em1 mark 2 will work fine
Hi, was these DX lenses that you tried?
You mean the 200-500mm lens for birding / wildlife ? Everything worked good ? Sharp ?
It is a pity the Viltrox adapter cannot be mounted on the new OM-1, the m/f button protrudes just enough to prevent this. It worked just fine on the EM-1 but sadly not on the newest camera
Oh! I was about to order one for my new OM-1 II. Good that you mentioned.
By any chance you know if this can fit on Olympus EM-5 i ?
Thank you
I have my eye on a Blackmagic Cinema 4K. I also come from an old history with my manual focus Nikkor lenses. I was looking at this adaptor, and this video answered ALL of my questions, thank you! - Liked/Subscribed
Thanks for the sub Stan! And glad the review helps
I like Nikon AF-D lenses, because they are excellent for manual focus on other mounts. Trying to get adapted lenses to autofocus on non-native mounts has too many limitations for my liking.
Oh this is cool!!! Thanks for the review Richard! Commenting before I even watch the video LOL
Haha awesome Thanks for the support Dan!
Does image stabilization from lens can work on this
Hi. Is autofocus working in movie or just when you taking a photo?
Hello Richard ! Is there any new version now for this adapter? Did you try this on Telephoto lenses? Thank you
Not that I know of. No I haven't try with other lenses
Thanks for the info
Would this work with a 200-500mm Nikon lens for birding / wildlife ?
By putting the Nikon 200-500mm in the LUMIX GH-7, do I gain extra focal length (400 to 1000mm) ??? Or is that wishful thinking ?
Dear Richard
Does it work with the olympus E-M10 first generation (not mark II or mark III) ?
Thanks
hello there sorry i don't know the answer, maybe best to check with Viltrox and ask them for information
In the video it seems like it doesn't find focus with the 70-200mm. Can you confirm that?
I've recently bought a Viltrox nf-m1 adapter for my Nikon lenses to use with my MFT cameras. But the moment I attach my Af Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 D lens to it, the camera (both Olympus and Panasonic bodies) fails to show the aperture value, instead showing f/0.0 and also no matter how much I change the aperture through the aperture ring in Manual mode, the exposure does not vary at all in the camera!! Does it mean that the camera is treating the lens as wide open! or am I doing something wrong?
I knew before it is MF, but this is too much!!
I can't really remember but try use the aperture ring on your D lens to adjust the aperture value and see if it works?
I would guess that Panasonic bodies have the ability to assign focus magnify and focus peaking to a button with non electronic lens so you can still use those features?
Yes you can use those features with the adaptor
@@TheRealRichardWong thanks for the info
Richard, I have a Nikon 55mm F.1.2. Will it work with this adaptor in aperture priority mode? Is the adaptor able to sense what the aperture setting is?
No it doesn't. And i believe the aperture would also always stuck at maximum aperture with this adaptor. So it's better you get one of those cheaper dumb adaptor instead which would at least allows you to change the aperture from the lens
I have just tested it today and it didn't allow me to change aperture.
I cant get this to auto focus in movie mode on any of the settings for 4k/24p only on 60P or 1080...any ideas?
I bought the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K yesterday.
I purchased the Viltrox adaptor and all fits well and the image on my old Nikkor glass looks great. Looking forward to finally using my Nikkor 20mm F2.0 now.
But I was wondering if turning the aperture on the lenses is doing anything? Being new to mirrorless videography, I'm wondering how you're able to control the aperture of the manual lenses on the BMPCC4K?
Or are these lenses always fully open and the exposure is compensated with the camera?
Thanks!
if it's old Nikkor manual focus lens, then yes the aperture ring can be used to adjust the aperture
@@TheRealRichardWong Ahhh, I was using the wrong adaptor. I have the right one now and works great! Love seeing Nikkors in 4K...
Hi Richard! Thanks for this very informative review.
Glad it was helpful!
Ok, i heard that (about the aperture), fingers crossed....
Hey Richard. Great video. I a have a Viltrox NF-M43 manual speedbooster and I am planning to use it with Sigma 10-20mm lens. May I ask if out of camera image (unedited) will have much of the barrel distortion?
The adaptor provides no distortion correction so it's really up to the lens itself
Great video! What about the sigma 300mm f2.8 with Nikon F mount?
I'm not sure i don't have access to that lens sorry
Well done and thank you Richard! I’ve not seen much about this lens adapter, but wondering what your experience was like with dx lenses - thinking this adapter would be neat with the 18-200mm lens or even the bulkier 18-300mm (particularly interned if there is significant vignetting)
hi @kdzyl2, sorry i haven't try it with any DX lenses but i don't expect the performance would be different from the FX lenses? I think vignetting would be better than used natively on Nikon DX camera as the image circle of the M43 is smaller. If i get a chance to borrow a DX lens I'll try it and let you know! :)
thanks Richard!
Great review. Is there an adapter that will accommodate CAF as well?
Hi, any idea why my viltrox adapter doesn't work with any autofocus in video mode on GH4? It shows the focus as manual focus, no matter what I do, and no matter which lens I place 😢😢
Thanks, good and very explicit review. For my lens and/or my bodies, however, no luck: Nikon AF-P 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6E ED VR with Olympus E-M1.2, Olympus Pen-F, and (just to see if it was an Olympus-Panasonic thing) the Panasonic GM5 (only Pana I had).
Body set on AF-S. Viltrox in A position: black screen. No lens info on screen. Panasonic: "lens transmission failure." Viltrox in M position: finder shows a picture, but not the correct lens info. No reaction to focus ring regardless of lens witch position. I couldn't find any firmware update on the Viltrox website.
Oh sorry to hear it doesn't work. Maybe try contact viltrox and let them know? They send pretty good at replying to their customer.
what are the autofocus settings and release modes on this video?
All default
Does it also recognize the aperture?
Can I add my congratulations for an excellent and wide-ranging review! (Just a shame the subtitles weren't as good as your actual commentary!) Have you tried this adapter with back button focusing? If not, is there any reason why it should not work?
Your channel is highly informative. I am recommending your channel to my friends.
Thank you Shang-Hsien
Hi
Will this adaptor work with Olympus OM1 ?
Also is there any adapter which will be usable for continuous autofocus like BIF ?
Thanks
it should in theory, but sorry i havn't test it with a OM1 to give you a solid answer. And no not aware of any CAF adaptor for Nikon F to M43
Own both and not accurate with OM-1. Very bad indeed
@@SnowFoxExplorer Thanks! Does AF work for Nikon lenses on OM1 ? Not looking for any fast action .. fine with average Woking AF .. kindly let me know
@@chinmayeed Yes some Nikon lenses with OM1. AF works but poorly, needa focus a few times. VR works as well but only for 3-4 second and stopped working. I wouldnt recommend if AF is what you are after.
Hey Great Review I was waiting for some adapter like these.. i have a question.. can you control the focus of the lens through a gimbal if you connect the camera to the gimbal?
It seem to work well enough for a lot of usage. Thanks for the review
Yes it does! Not perfect but seems very useable (unless you need continuous autofocus)
Great review! May I ask, does the autofocus work with AF-D lenses?
No unfortunately not
Such a shame, I have a sigma 170-500 apo which I believe is an af-d lens. With a lot of practice I manage to get birds in flight sometimes but what a fight! And the focus ring doesn’t help at all.
I don’t think the metabones adapter works with af-d lenses either
Right now there is a black Friday deal on amazon and Aliexpress. Very good offer, but it does not fit with the GH5 smallrig cage, right?
I was told that is the case..but I don't have a smallrig cage to test
@@TheRealRichardWong yes it looks like :-/ right now I am using the viltrox NF-M43X and I am very happy with it. But with the auto focus adapter I could use the auto focus to control it with the wheel of my Zhiyun Weebill, that would have been great.
Still it would be great for focus transition feature, Focus Bracketing for Macro Focus Stacking and to control the aperture with the camera... (what am I missing?) A lot of benefits. Hopefully they will make a speedbooster in future which can be mounted on the cage.
I am looking for a version of this with a speed booster-do you know of one? I keep trying to find them but no go, it’s bad
Not exist yet sorry i would love to see one!
One more question....are you aware of an adaptor that reverses this one? I’m looking to use my M43 lens on my Nikon D810. Are there “M43 Len to Nikon f mount camera” adaptors? I can’t find any!!
Not really possible that because of the flange distance. You will lose infinity focus, probably can only focus VERY close if there is such an adaptor
@@TheRealRichardWong Thank you for that explanation. It totally makes sense. The other thing I was wondering about was image circle. But, I think you are saying the same thing. The flange distance prohibits it from working....
Do you also get aperture? Does it work with fully electronic lenses WITHOUT an aperture ring?
yes it does
@@TheRealRichardWong I just got mine from Amazon. Sometimes it engages and works and sometimes it doesn't. I'm not sure what the trick is. (.......)
@@TheRealRichardWong I think I solved the problem: deactivated is (image stabilization) /.... Turning/switching af to mf back and forth on the adapter also seems to help. Thanks
Oh I am still a bit confused.. do you mean you have to change the setting when the aperture control on camera suddenly stop working?
@@TheRealRichardWong I think I finally figured it out. Leave autofocus OFF on the lens (and ON on the adapter) at camera power on (as I turn camera on). Then switch back to AF on on the lens. This now works. /it's probably my lens: Tamron 18-270.
Hi Richard,
Will it fit with my GH5S smallrig cage? I am worried about this.
Hmm I don't have a smallrig cage, but that's a good point! If the cage extrudes on the front you will have issue.
Sadly its not fit
Laszlo György Babits Thanks for the heads up
I just got my adapter at friday, and the smallrig and the 8sinn cage is too big for ghe adapter
Laszlo György Babits 😭 I hope the next product will fix that cage problem
But the peaking process doesn't work when using this adaptor?
it still works
Hi Richard. Excellent video as usual with plenty of good information. I came upon this video because I'm considering to buy the Viltrox EF to MFT adapter along with a Tamron lens (EF mount) for my G9. I reckon the appeal of such adapters is to leverage existing ownership of lenses. In my case, I'm looking for a 3rd party lens solution (in this instance, Tamron) where MFT lenses fall short. I have a question and wonder if you might know the answer.
As I understand it, lens geometric distortion (GD) is corrected by the Lumix camera (and perhaps augmented by the lens). For JPG and recorded video, GD correction has been applied. I shoot photos in RAW, so I do the GD correction in post editing software.
For an adapted lens scenario, such as Viltrox + Tamron, how is GD correction handled for recorded video? Knowledge about focal length and other lens characteristics are needed for GD correction. Is it handled by the Viltrox firmware? Is it handled correctly when changing focal length of a zoom lens during video recording?
For a completely native lens scenario, I take for granted it's all handled correctly for video recording. Now that I'm considering an adapted lens situation, it especially makes me wonder. Thanks for any knowledge you can provide.
Hi David, I suspect there is no geometric distortion correction at all when you are using adaptor like this Viltrox. You'll most likely have to apply the correction manually in postprocessing unfortunately.
@@TheRealRichardWong Thanks Richard. No issue with post edit for photos. Not sure how one does that for video, especially with dynamic zooming in the footage.
Hi Richard,
Great review, I have a GH5 and have been using my Sigma 18-35mm, 1.8 DC 72 lens with the Viltrox NF-M43X mount (manual) will the Viltrox NF-M1 allow me to use the autofocus feature mounted to this Sigma lens? If you think it will, I'll buy it!
Cheers
John
Hi john, I have not tried that lens myself but according to viltrox product page, your sigma 18-35 1.8 nikon mount would work with this adaptor. Btw if you use my link in video descriptions above, you can get a 10% discount as well
@@TheRealRichardWong Thanks Richard I do appreciate that. Hope you guys are safe and well amidst the Corona Virus :) Cheers
Does it work wih non-Nikon lenses, TAMRON for example???
Yes.. I haven't test with tamron, but the sigma 50 art lens works great
@@TheRealRichardWong Thanks a lot.
Would it be a NF-M2 version coming (like those for canon EF)?
Thanks for this. Can you tell me if this adapter will work with Nikon 500mm PF , 300mm PF as those lenses would be great, they are sharp and compact. thanks in advance.
hey Bobby, i "think" they should but don't have either of these lenses to test and confirm for you sorry
Hi, I have a question. I have an analog lens for Nikon and I have a micro 4/3 Mirrorles (LUMIX G7) camera. Is this adapter suitable for my old lens?
Greetings from Mexico :')
Not suitable for old manual focus lens. For those you should just get a cheap "dumb" adaptor
@@TheRealRichardWong Ok, thanks a lot. :')
Lens was forgotten to gain over IL and crop factor. Awaiting the Metabones real competitor!
Will this work with the Nikon E lenses? Like the 24-70 VR?
I've not tested as i don't have an of those lenses myself, but my guess would be yes. Maybe someone can confirm that here?
does this adpater compatible with Lumix g85?
yes i've show the performance in the later part of the video :)
@@TheRealRichardWong I am watching your video right now
@@TheRealRichardWong will it work with Nikon AF-P NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6E ED VR ?
hi! can I use it to connect my sigma 18 35 mm nikon on the gh5?
In theory you can. Maybe check viltrox website and see if the lens is listed as supported lens there?
@@TheRealRichardWong ture. i 'll do that. thanks
Great review! Thanks! Viltrox produces really good stuff as far as I am concerned. Also using their 0.71x focal reducer Nikon F to MFT and am very happy with it. Any chance you could test this on an Olympus Body with PDAF? I think that's were such a solution could really shine!
Hi there.. I do not have easy access to olympus body unfortunately but will give it a try for sure if I have the chance!
@@purvika2711 there is no AF on the speed booster. Viltrox has three Nikon F to MFT adapters. 1. "dumb" adapter (no AF, no booster), 2. Booster (no AF), 3. AF adapter (AF, no booster). Not sure why there is no booster with AF, maybe a space issue but seems like they should be able to make one
Great review
Thank you!
Thanks for a very good review!
Paul thanks for watching!!
Everyone uploading videos about micro four thirds camera with Nikon lenses... but is there any option to use Nikon apsc camera with M43 lenses ???
No, at least not if you want to retain infinity focus because of the longer flange distance of the F mount (i assume you mean F mount rather than Z mount)
@@TheRealRichardWong thanks ... yes I was asking for F mount
are you able to do a review of the speed booster adapter canon to nikon
Which one is it? Can't you post a link please thanks
@@TheRealRichardWong viltroxstore.com/products/viltrox-ef-z2-speed-booster
Oh interesting! Let's see if I can arrange a review of that!
I had no idea this thing existed
Haha now you know
@@TheRealRichardWong just bought. Thank you!
Thanks for a very complete review! However, it is not clear to me if with AI and AIS objectives the adapter will automatically keep the diaphragm fully open during focusing and close it to the preset value during exposure. This should be technically possible, I think, as the adapter has the motor, and would make AI and AIS objectives a lot easier to focus in everyday use. (At least in principle, even shutter priority auto-exposure could be supported with these objectives.)
With a AI/AIS lens, the aperture is keep fully open ALL THE TIME with this adaptor, even when you take photo. The adaptor/camera is not aware of the aperture setting with the old AI/AIS lens. I would suggest using a dumb adaptor, at least those allows you to change the aperture setting (even it doesn't have auto stop down )
@@TheRealRichardWong Many thanks! This is very useful information. It would be so nice if Viltrox could update the firmware to handle this use case! Until then I will continue using dumb adapters.
What about Nikon AF-P FX lenses?
I would assume they work too. But I have not tested any
Great video Richard, thanks!
Would you know if a Tamron 70-200 f/2.8 G2 works with the adapter?
Hi mark thanks! Sorry I don't really know as I haven't test it with that lens. But so far every lens I tried works with the adaptor including third party lenses..
@@TheRealRichardWong No problem at all, I think I'll give it a shot as I have a few Nikkors as well. Always watch your videos, thanks!
Yeah if you have other Nikon it's definitely worth. Let me know if it works or not so I can share with other viewers. Oh you can order using my affiliated link and get 10% discount
@@TheRealRichardWong Thank you, I'll order one and let you know (I also have a Tamron 15-30 f/2.8 G1 to try)
@@TheRealRichardWong Just received the adapter, which is well made.
With my Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K my quick test showed:
Tamron 70-200 f/2.8 G2 (no auto-focus, aperture control only when switching adapter MF to AF for each single f-stop change, IS didn't appear to function)
Tamron 15-30 f/2.8 G1 (no auto-focus, aperture control okay, IS didn't appear to function)
Nikkor 50G f/1.8 (no auto-focus, no aperture control)
It may be the Blackmagic camera that is causing the incompatibility - I've emailed support to check. I'm not too fussed about auto-focus, so at least I can use the Tamrons on the camera (which I couldn't before), shame about the Nikkor though.
Hi Richard,
When mounting a ff lens on a m43 body, only the field of view is reduced, not the depth of field, right ? Ex: 50mm becomes 100mm. So, if i want to have the same field of view and depth of field when shooting a ff lens on a m43 camera body, i can just take a few steps back until i get the same frame.
My concern is that the depth of field is also reduced due to crop factor, and i cannot get the same background blur, even though i already took a few steps back to get the same frame. Ex: f1.2 becomes f2.4.
Please help to advise.
Thanks very much.
Hi Nam (is that how I should call you sorry i made a mistake) I guess you raised a pretty interesting question, and it's hard to answer because it really depends on how you look at it.
Strictly technical speaking using a FF lens on m43 body does not change the focal length, or aperture or DOF.
but because the camera will now only capture the center part of the image, it means:
1. the equivalent focal length is increased (by a factor of 2)
2. the light gathering power is same, unchanged. so exposure settings is not changed.
3. However, since the field of view is more narrow, you would need to step back a lot more to cover the same scene, or use a wider lens if you want to shoot at same place and have same composition. What it means is your equivalent DOF is also doubled i.e. a FF 50mm f/1.4 lens on a m43 will be equivalent to a 100mm f/2.8 lens now in terms of DOF and FOV. (even if you are still shooting at f/1.4) to get the same kind of FOV.
Hope it makes sense. If not, feel free to ask more! :)
@@TheRealRichardWong Thanks for the reply, and you got my name correct, it is Nam :).
Understood point number 1 and number 2.
Continue on point number 3. Now that i don't have the wider lens to shoot from the same position, i am still taking picture with my m43 and 50mm f1.4 ff lens combo (which is equivalent to 100mm f2.8), i already took quite a few steps back from, let's say the A spot to the B spot, because i want to have the same composition/cover the same scene. Does this produce the same amount of background blur as when shooting a ff body with that very same 50mm f1.4 ff lens at the initial A spot ?
I only own a m43 body and yet to have a ff body to do this experiment, so it would be super helpful if you could let me know the result of aforementioned shooting scenarios (the amount of background blur), thus giving me more ideas on future camera/lens purchase decisions.
Best regards.
Hi Nam, sorry TH-cam is terrible in notifying me when people reply to a reply. Only just saw your reply. It's quite hard to explain it without using photos or videos, but short answer is you can get the same look with the same lens but used on a m43 vs FF body. Composition, field of view, depth of view all changes in different way when you try to adjust one to match one.
Will this work with BMPCC?
I believe it "works" but no autofocus support
What about IQ? When you use FF on crop bodies the IQ is generally lower.
Since the adaptor has no optics in it (would be good if it's a turbo booster!!) so it really depends on the lens itself. If its one of those lenses that performs well on the 45MP Z7 and D850, then it would perform just as well (or even better as we don't use the edges) on a 20MP m43 body.
Very informative video. Thank you for making this simple and relaxing to watch unlike others who speak so fast you would think there was a T-34 Tank running after them. Great post!
Glad you enjoyed it! A fast pace video usually does better on youtube, but i do prefer to make my a little bit slower
@@TheRealRichardWong I look forward to more of your videos. Cheers from Vancouver BC, Canada
FINALLY! Was looking for this type of adapter a few years ago. Unfortunate about continuous AF, but then again, Nikon couldn't do it with their own adapter for the Z mount. Hopefully, they'll also create a 0.64X focal-reducer version.
Yeah consider even Nikon themselves can't do a perfect adaptor and this one is to make phase detection lens work on contrast detection camera I think viltrox did a great job already
yes i feel the adaptor performs good enough for a lot of people/usage. Not perfect and not native performance but good enough. oh a 0.64x (or even better 0.5x) focal reducer would be great! But i guess there would be technical challenge as it has AF,VR support unlike just being a manual focus adaptor.
@@TheRealRichardWong Yes, 0.5x would be much better!
The Z mount adapter (FTZ) supports AF-C
do this adaptor useable on xt3 fuji?
No sorry it's for m43 cameras only
@@TheRealRichardWong thank you for your response. Maybe you have experience with which adaptor I can use with mine f mount Tamron 90mm to fuji x. I would really appreciate if u have a solution
Which version of tamron 90 macro is it do you know
@@TheRealRichardWong TAMRON SP 90MM F / 2.8 MACRO DI VC USD NIKON
Ok I believe fringer makes a smart adaptor for nikon F to fuji x that is perfect for you. Note. I have not try that myself
Has the term changed?
sorry what term?
@@TheRealRichardWong Will the range of lenses change? For example, if I use a 60 macro lens, will the range change?
It seems to have missed focus at 11:58, 12:01, 12:04. Otherwise, pretty good.
not one off my Nikon lenses work with this adapter on my Panasonic Lumix G100, also not in S Mode, why? Only my tamron 28-75 and its hunting like crazy, useless....why
hmm that sounds a bit weird. What Nikon lenses (full model name) have you tried?
2 examples here>>>. Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f 1.4 D. also >>>>>>. Nikon - AF Nikkor 50mm F 1.8 D, also Sigma85mm f1.4 GD HSM ans so on....?
@@MyFighter2000 The Two Nikon AF D lenses wouldn't work because as mentioned at 10:30 this adaptor only works with the newer lenses with AFS motor. The Sigma 85 1.4 (is that the ART version?) should work though. I haven't test that lens, but I have tested with the Signa 50 1.4 ART and that works very well.
Sigma 85mm f 1.4 not a art and have a build in hsm motor. This 3 are my top portrait lenses for portrait and all does not work, to bad i was so happy to order this adapter . I have much more other Nikon lenses and the Tamron 28-70 f2.8 is hunting and hunting and never find a focus point. What lenses - model you are tested and work?
@@MyFighter2000 Hi, I've tested it with all the Nikon AFS lenses I've and they all work fine.
Nikon AFS 28 1.8G
Nikon AFS 35mm f/1.4G
Nikon AFS 70-200 f/2.8G (the very old first version)
Nikon AFS 60mm f/2.8G Macro
and some other Nikon AFS lenses.
I've also tested with the third party lens like Sigma 50mm f/1.4 ART and that works fine too
This adapter does not auto focus with dx lenses.
really??? I see Viltrox listed a number of DX lenses as compatable. Which lens do you use?
THANK YOU so much for this review
No probs. Glad you like it :)
Does this adapter work with the 200-500mm F5.6E?
I can only guess it would. As it seems to work well with all the nikon afs lenses I have tested. But I haven't test this myself
@@TheRealRichardWong That's what I want to know too. Or I just get NF-M43X Manual focus instead for most of my lenses.
Sorry I can't answer that, hopefully someone with this combo can answer for you guys
Dx lens working or not
sorry i have not tested
camera's open sensor on the table bothers me much
Any nikon x m43 shooters here? And if you are interested in buying it, you can get a 10% discount if you use my affiliated link in the description above.
Yeah me
It seems to work with my DX lenses and not my regular Nikkor AF
If you "AF" is the old style autofocus motor that requires body AF motor, then it wouldn't work.
All DX lenses should work as they use the newer AF-S or AF-P style autofocus mechanism
Can never understand why reviewers love having loud music playing while they're talking....
Your autofocus test is not so clever. Did you set focus + shot mode to make it impossible to see because of flashing screen ? You do it as fast as possible to not to see anything at all ? Do you think the speed of focusing is everything what matters, accuracy, stability, smoothness does not matter. Hmmmm, not so pro.
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*Does this work with the GH5 & Sigma lenses for autofocus?*
I tested gh5 with sigma 50 1.4 and that works very well
@@TheRealRichardWong And there's no autofocus for video?
Does this work on the older Nikon AF D lenses?
No it doesn't because there is no motor inside the adator