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To buy a Canon to Nikon lens converter? I have a Samyang canon fit fisheye lens manual focus and apature and was just wondering if a converter exsits to allow it to work on my Nikon d300s?
 
No. Nikon to Canon is straightforward, but not the other way round.
 
MartynK said:
No. Nikon [lens] to Canon [body] is straightforward, but not the other way round.
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That's 100% right.

Nikon lenses are designed to stand further away from the sensor/film than Canon lenses. So you can use a simple mechanical adapter to fit a Nikon lens on to a Canon body, and if the thickness is correct then it will work fine. But the other way around, any kind of adapter on a Nikon body is going to push the lens further away, whereas a Canon lens needs to be closer. So the end result is that you lose the ability to focus on distant objects. Or in principle you could get an adapter with corrective optics, which would be expensive and would degrade the image.
 
StewartR said:
That's 100% right.

Nikon lenses are designed to stand further away from the sensor/film than Canon lenses. So you can use a simple mechanical adapter to fit a Nikon lens on to a Canon body, and if the thickness is correct then it will work fine. But the other way around, any kind of adapter on a Nikon body is going to push the lens further away, whereas a Canon lens needs to be closer. So the end result is that you lose the ability to focus on distant objects. Or in principle you could get an adapter with corrective optics, which would be expensive and would degrade the image.
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Thanks for that Stewart, often wondered why....:thumbs:
 
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