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p.1 #1 · Nikkors on Sony DSLR


I put a few nikkors on my Sony A900 to get a feel of what it's like for these nikkors in full frame. This is from a home made adapter. As far as I know, there's no commercial adapter for nikon to alpha mount. This will get me by until I save enough $$$ for a D700 or a 5D MK II... or to sell these.

Nikkor AF 200mm f2.8 ED:
http://photos.vietrichmond.org/d/919-2/DSC03365.jpg


Nikkor 135mm F/2 DC:
http://photos.vietrichmond.org/d/896-2/DSC03355.jpg


Vivitar Series 1 135mm F/2.3:
http://photos.vietrichmond.org/d/900-2/DSC03362.jpg


Micro-Nikkor 55mm f2.8 AI-s
http://photos.vietrichmond.org/d/903-2/DSC03379.jpg


Nikkor AF 85mm f1.8
http://photos.vietrichmond.org/d/906-2/DSC03386.jpg


Nikkor 35mm F2 AIs
http://photos.vietrichmond.org/d/909-2/DSC03393.jpg


and back to the root:
Minolta AF 100mm f2
http://photos.vietrichmond.org/d/912-2/DSC03401.jpg




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Jun 28, 2009 at 07:38 PM
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p.1 #2 · Nikkors on Sony DSLR


Are you able to get infinity focus? The only Nikon- Alpha adapters I've seen have a glass element.


Jun 28, 2009 at 08:11 PM
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p.1 #3 · Nikkors on Sony DSLR


I remembered all got infinity focus except for the 35mm f2 which could only go for around 20 feet. I'll try to trim down the adapter a bit more ... I think it will work.


Jun 28, 2009 at 08:37 PM
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p.1 #4 · Nikkors on Sony DSLR


interesting concept. are there anything that stands out in the nikon line over anything from the minolta line?


Jul 02, 2009 at 08:49 AM
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p.1 #5 · Nikkors on Sony DSLR


Jim,
Nothing that I have exceeds the minolta equivalences. However, my goal is not finding somehing are better or minolta/sony doesn't have. I am shooting with multiple systems (canon, minolta/sony, nikon, olympus 4/3) and thought it would be great to share some of the lenses (manual focus of course).
For the above list, I especially intended to use the 135mm F2 DC in place of a minolta 135mm f2.8 STF (that I gave up finding a good price for one). The surprise one is the nikon 200mm f2.8 ed, I think it's a little sharper than my converted minolta MD 200mm f2.8.



Jul 02, 2009 at 12:38 PM
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p.1 #6 · Nikkors on Sony DSLR


135 DC is very different than that STF.


Jul 02, 2009 at 02:02 PM
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p.1 #7 · Nikkors on Sony DSLR


Can you post a picture of the adapter?
I thought Nikkor F mount lenses would have a bayonnet which is too wide for the A-mount?



Jul 02, 2009 at 02:12 PM
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p.1 #8 · Nikkors on Sony DSLR


FWIW, Sony/Minolta mount is the second biggest 35mm mount, behind Canon.


Jul 02, 2009 at 03:59 PM
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p.1 #9 · Nikkors on Sony DSLR


I always thought bigger was better until I tried to stuff a bunch of Canon L-zooms in a Domke F2 and walk around San Francisco for a week. I would have traded back to Nikon in a heartbeat after that.


Jul 02, 2009 at 05:48 PM
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p.1 #10 · Nikkors on Sony DSLR


bigreen505 wrote:
I always thought bigger was better until I tried to stuff a bunch of Canon L-zooms in a Domke F2 and walk around San Francisco for a week. I would have traded back to Nikon in a heartbeat after that.


Stuff the equivalent Nikkors in the same bag and you'll eb equally unhappy. It's the primes (especially the MF ones) where the size win is.



Jul 02, 2009 at 06:50 PM
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p.1 #11 · Nikkors on Sony DSLR


I had a hard time locating my own thread .. but finally found it.

Thanks, douglasf13. After reading more about how DC and STF work, I have to agree. They are quite different. The pics I took with the DC confirmed it.

Wayne,
Here are the adapter pics. I used a reverse adapter (55mm, I think) and it fits tightly over the nikkor bayonet.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2470/3774819289_fdafcaf124.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3492/3774819603_424db92a5e.jpg





Jul 31, 2009 at 12:07 PM





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