Working with Nikon lenses at DVinfo.net

Giannis Pass · March 27th, 2011, 01:13 PM

Hello,
is is accepted to work with Nikon Lenses?
I mean is there any quality issues?
I have a lot of expensive Nikon lenses with IS and i am wondering, if it is possible to work with them, with an adapter.

Panagiotis Raris · March 30th, 2011, 05:48 PM

yes, you need at minimum a mechanical adapter and non 'G' Nikkor lenses. there ARE some adapters that work with 'G' (G lenses have no manually adjustable aperture ring) lenses, but they cost around euro 100.

i use nikon lenses on my T2i's.

John Wiley · March 30th, 2011, 10:03 PM

Yes, it's entirely acceptable.

Seeing as auto-focus is pretty useless in Movie mode with these cameras, you really don't lose much by having manual-only lenses. In fact, limiting yourself to manual-only lenses opens up a whole world of cheap, quality options particularly for prime lenses.

As Panagiotis said, it is preferable to have Nikon lenses with an aperture ring on the body (non-G lenses) for use with Canon bodies. There are adaptors available for G lenses but they are much more fiddly and expensive (espescially if you want one for each lens).

Spiros Zaharakis · March 31st, 2011, 04:06 AM

Nikon lenses will work fine but unless I'm missing something VR will not work.

March 27th, 2011, 01:13 PM	#1
Giannis Pass Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 120	Working with Nikon lenses Hello, is is accepted to work with Nikon Lenses? I mean is there any quality issues? I have a lot of expensive Nikon lenses with IS and i am wondering, if it is possible to work with them, with an adapter.

March 30th, 2011, 05:48 PM	#2
Panagiotis Raris Major Player Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Reading, PA USA and Athens, Greece Posts: 269	Re: Working with Nikon lenses yes, you need at minimum a mechanical adapter and non 'G' Nikkor lenses. there ARE some adapters that work with 'G' (G lenses have no manually adjustable aperture ring) lenses, but they cost around euro 100. i use nikon lenses on my T2i's.

March 30th, 2011, 10:03 PM	#3
John Wiley Trustee Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Byron Bay, Australia Posts: 1,155	Re: Working with Nikon lenses Yes, it's entirely acceptable. Seeing as auto-focus is pretty useless in Movie mode with these cameras, you really don't lose much by having manual-only lenses. In fact, limiting yourself to manual-only lenses opens up a whole world of cheap, quality options particularly for prime lenses. As Panagiotis said, it is preferable to have Nikon lenses with an aperture ring on the body (non-G lenses) for use with Canon bodies. There are adaptors available for G lenses but they are much more fiddly and expensive (espescially if you want one for each lens). Last edited by John Wiley; March 31st, 2011 at 05:48 AM.

March 31st, 2011, 04:06 AM	#4
Spiros Zaharakis Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Chania Crete Greece Posts: 171	Re: Working with Nikon lenses Nikon lenses will work fine but unless I'm missing something VR will not work.

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