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Zach Love May 31st, 2008 04:14 AM

Alpha mount adapter
 
Has anyone seen the Sony SLR Alpha mount adapter for the Z7 / S270 for sale yet? Or any info on it?

Zach Love June 2nd, 2008 11:17 AM

no one? no replies? do people even know what I'm talking about?

Stephen Eastwood June 2nd, 2008 11:31 AM

ability to mount the old minolta lens is nice if you have some, but on such a small chip they are very long, great for some telephoto work.

Zach Love June 2nd, 2008 05:32 PM

Since the stock lens is only 12x I'd like a cheap way of having a longer telephoto lenses.

I already have an old Minolta 35mm SLR & lenses, so I've been waiting for this adapter.

Gary Nattrass June 2nd, 2008 05:41 PM

I have the nikon mount but havent heard anything about the sony alpha mount:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...4052008042.jpg

Vincent Oliver June 3rd, 2008 01:38 AM

Where did you get the Nikon mount from and how much was it?
What magnification does it have?
Any light loss?
Any other problems, i.e. strain on the camera body with long Nikkor lenses?

Thanks

Gary Nattrass June 3rd, 2008 03:35 AM

Its a mike tapa mount and gives X7 magnification so the 70-300mm lens is a 490-2100mm on the Z7.

I can not see any light loss and it works great, I did a moon shot here:http://www.vimeo.com/1034579

And you can order the adaptor from MTF services here:http://www.mtfservices.com/

I paid £217 delivered inc vat

Vincent Oliver June 3rd, 2008 03:38 AM

Thank you, it looks like an intersting addition to the camera, especially as I have 18 Nikon lenses.

Vincent

Gary Nattrass June 3rd, 2008 03:42 AM

It is very well made and you will not be disapointed with the resulting footage, I originally got it to use my nikkor 50mm f1.4 and 105mm f2.5 but have found that the more modern zoom lens works fine as well.

A couple of my other zooms from my D300 arent as good but for most of the lenses it is fine.

Vincent Oliver June 3rd, 2008 03:50 AM

I have a Nikkor 500mm f8 Mirror lens and also wanted, by coincidence, to film the moon.

I am waiting for my Z7 to arrive, but have been using my own Canon XL1s and XH A1 for some time, but after two recent jobs with the Xl1s the tape let me down so I was looking for a tapeless option, the interchangable lenses comes as an added bonus. I have looked at a FireStore drive, but this seems to be a total RIP off - £900 for a 80gb drive, no thanks.

Vincent
www.photo-i.co.uk

Chad Dyle June 3rd, 2008 07:48 AM

I have a Nikon 50mm 1.4 lens that I just purchased for my D300. Obviously with the mount it will fit the camera, but has anyone had problems with their lens seeing the handle or microphone?

Vincent Oliver June 3rd, 2008 08:02 AM

Love your site Chad

Gary Nattrass June 3rd, 2008 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chad Dyle (Post 887680)
I have a Nikon 50mm 1.4 lens that I just purchased for my D300. Obviously with the mount it will fit the camera, but has anyone had problems with their lens seeing the handle or microphone?

I dont think there is any chance of that as the X7 magnification will make even a 50mm lens 350mm.

Chad Dyle June 3rd, 2008 10:01 AM

Vincent,

Thank you for the compliment. We are planning on changing the site very soon. We are shooting everything in widescreen format, but the site only supports a 4:3 window. The new one will look much better. I would love to switch to a blog format, but I haven't seen anything that I like yet.

Is Sony going to release their own adapter anytime soon?

Luc De Wandel June 3rd, 2008 01:54 PM

Is there an adaptor for Canon EF-lenses too?


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