Ben Horne wrote:
Here's a really horrible solution. It is possible to use the nikon PC-E lenses on a canon with just a standard adapter. However --- as it has been noted, you will not have aperture control. If you were really determined (and possibly stupid), you could purchase a D300, and mount the PC-E lens on the body. Next, set the aperture to whatever you want, then press the black button on the lens which will stop down to the desired aperture. Next, remove the lens, and mount it on the canon. The aperture will stay stopped down. Stupid, yes. But it works.
It would be awesome if someone was smart enough to design an adapter that works with these lenses. It would have to power the lens, and give it the proper communication. However, by the time such an adapter would ever be made, I bet we'll have a new 45MM and 90mm TS-E from canon just like their new 17 and 24....Show more →
Use an F65 or F75 rather than a D300. They can be had for $50-75 and if you're using the manual stop-down button, just as functional (the D300 gets auto-aperture and can select aperture on-camera, neither of which you need for this use).
Never bet against Canon, eh? The Nikon adaptor is doable, but I've put the project way on the back burner until the 24TS II has been tested. I've a strong feeling that it will make adaptation of the Nikon lens redundant. And there's very little wrong with the 90TS . . . even though I prefer the Mamiya 80 Macro on a Mirex adaptor!
mawz wrote:
Those bodies you list can control aperture and stopping down from the body (And the lenses operate like any other lens). On all other VR-capable bodies (And apparently the F4) you have to have to control aperture and stop-down manually from the lens. Bodies which are neither VR capable nor an F4 cannot power the aperture mechanism and thus the aperture mechanism is non-functional on those bodies.
Thanks Mawz for the clarification but if you had a F4 how do you change the aperture on the lens.I thought there is only a stop down contol button on the lens?
Will wait for reviews of the new Canon TS-E 24 and 17 like everyone else and probably get one of the Canons.
Sorry, the way you wrote I thought you were saying both would be controlled by the lens but the F4 can change the aperture electronically just like a D300 but just can't control the stop down at the camera and must use the manual button on the lens.
wayne seltzer wrote:
Thanks Mawz for the clarification but if you had a F4 how do you change the aperture on the lens.I thought there is only a stop down contol button on the lens?
Will wait for reviews of the new Canon TS-E 24 and 17 like everyone else and probably get one of the Canons.
There is an aperture encoder ring on the lens for use with older bodies. You set aperture there then press the stop-down button. But it's electronic like the Contax N and Leica D lenses, not an actual mechanical ring. There's an additional setting on it (A or L, can't recall which) which hands over all aperture control to the body on bodies which can support this (D3X, D3, D700, D300 and maybe D90).
