Nikon D and G lenses on a Fuji X - adapters info required please

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Hi, I have loads of Nikon DX and FX lenses in D and G series. I also have a Fuji XE2. What sort of adapter would I need to use these on my Fuji please? What are the limitations and any other info I would need to know.

I'm aware there are really expensive adapters (Metabones? at £300 plus - out of the question at that price - Novoflex seem to go around £120 ish secondhand - Kipon about £70ish - Ebay generic branded £9.95 (and some that look very similar but with a brand name Paragon £29.95) :-) ) I'm happy to focus manually.

Thanks for any enlightenment.
 
BlackCloud said:
Hi, I have loads of Nikon DX and FX lenses in D and G series. I also have a Fuji XE2. What sort of adapter would I need to use these on my Fuji please? What are the limitations and any other info I would need to know.

I'm aware there are really expensive adapters (Metabones? at £300 plus - out of the question at that price - Novoflex seem to go around £120 ish secondhand - Kipon about £70ish - Ebay generic branded £9.95 (and some that look very similar but with a brand name Paragon £29.95) :) ) I'm happy to focus manually.

Thanks for any enlightenment.
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Hi, Any of the cheaper adapters from Ebay will do the job, I paid about £10.00 for mine, but when purchasing one make sure it's one that allows you to focus at infinity as not all of them do. The (D) lenses will be the easiest to use as they have an aperture ring and you'll need to focus manually and then stop the the lens down to whatever aperture you want to shoot at. You'll be able to use aperture priority & full manual modes only. I use a number of (D) lenses on my X-T1 and they perform really well.

As for the (G) lenses you can get an adapter to take them and it will enable you to stop the lens down but it is not very acurate as they work with a kind of slide on the side of the adapter to alter the aperture and there is no exact way of telling which aperture is set. Once again you would have to focus manually and would have aperture priority & manual modes only.

The best option in my opinion and the easiest would be to use your (D) lenses.

Hope this helps.,

George.
 
Thanks, the Kipon (from photos) looks the same as much cheaper ones... seen any others to compare? I don't mind paying for quality and features, but am averse to paying for a brand name on a rebadged product. I've never seen any of these adapters yet in real life, simply going on photos and prices.
 
I've not actually seen or handled any of the others, but given that an adapter is essentially just an open tube with a male/female bayonet fitting at either* end I couldn't see how spending two or three times the cost of the Kipon jobby could be justified.

* Granted it has to be a pretty accurately machined and assembled tube but the principle remains. :)
 
That's what I was thinking having looked at pictures. The £9.95 ones look the same as the £25 ones... the Fotodiox G version however looks to have a different 'grip' I can't see replicated on other brands, and the aperture closure appears to be in 4 stops... I was happy to go for an 'F' version, then remembered I wanted to try and use a Nikon ultrawide I have in G!
 
Thanks, will see how it goes, I m back at work tomorrow for 6 days... think knowing me I'll have one before the weeks out :-)
 
Graham W said:
I've not actually seen or handled any of the others, but given that an adapter is essentially just an open tube with a male/female bayonet fitting at either* end I couldn't see how spending two or three times the cost of the Kipon jobby could be justified.

* Granted it has to be a pretty accurately machined and assembled tube but the principle remains. :)
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And there is the reason to pay more, I've had issues with just about all the cheap adapers I've ever had:

Metabones Nikon G - Sony FE : Spot On
Novoflex Canon FD - m4/3: Perfect
Kipon Canon FD - FE: Useless. Lenses couldn't be mounted, fixed by my own engineering solution
Kipon Pentax K - Sony FE: Worked though felt loose. Lens could jump the locking tooth and rotate in the bayonet if turned too hard.
Kiwifotos M42 - Fuji X: OK. Mount had to be turned round in the adapter before use, supplied Allen key didn't fit.
Kiwifotos FD - Fuji X: Worse than terrible. Same problems as Kipon one plus infinity focus not achieved correctly.
ebay Konica AR - Sony FE: Mount loose on adapter, screws holding it down too long for threaded hole.
ebay Nikon F - Sony FE: For some reason had ahorrid glare/light leak effect. Couldn't find source of fault.
ebay Rollei - Sony FE: mount screws kept coming loose.
ebay OM - FE: So tight you can barely get a lens on there, god help getting it off again!

These are just the ones I can remember, I've had loads more!

I'd suggest starting with a cheapy, then if you decide you like adapted lenses go for good ones!
 
BlackCloud said:
That's what I was thinking having looked at pictures. The £9.95 ones look the same as the £25 ones... the Fotodiox G version however looks to have a different 'grip' I can't see replicated on other brands, and the aperture closure appears to be in 4 stops... I was happy to go for an 'F' version, then remembered I wanted to try and use a Nikon ultrawide I have in G!
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I have the cheaper ones in M42 and Canon FD mount. With the M42 one, there are grub screws holding the inner ring, (the ring which allows you to line up lens). With this one I have seen swarf on the ring as it's aluminium. (spl) where the grub screws have been tightened up. I wrapped in PTFE to stop it happening agin. I dont use this often as it for a 50mm lens and tubes.

With the Canon FD one there is approx 5mm movement when the adapter is fitted to the body, It's nice and tight against lens.

I dont now if I'm unlucky or all of them are like this? I would expect the Kipon or Novoflex ones to be much better on tolerances, I suppose you get what your paying for. I would get better ones but I'm considering changing back to a DSLR from my XT1.

Edit: Alan has just posted his experiences as I was typing.
 
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Thanks Alan. Daugirdas... eh? :-) Never mentioned those lenses... I was thinking of trying to use a 50 1.4, a 10.5mm, maybe a 14mm.

Appreciate the comprehensive reply Alan, very helpful.
 
Alan Clogwyn said:
And there is the reason to pay more, I've had issues with just about all the cheap adapers I've ever had:

Metabones Nikon G - Sony FE : Spot On
Novoflex Canon FD - m4/3: Perfect
Kipon Canon FD - FE: Useless. Lenses couldn't be mounted, fixed by my own engineering solution
Kipon Pentax K - Sony FE: Worked though felt loose. Lens could jump the locking tooth and rotate in the bayonet if turned too hard.
Kiwifotos M42 - Fuji X: OK. Mount had to be turned round in the adapter before use, supplied Allen key didn't fit.
Kiwifotos FD - Fuji X: Worse than terrible. Same problems as Kipon one plus infinity focus not achieved correctly.
ebay Konica AR - Sony FE: Mount loose on adapter, screws holding it down too long for threaded hole.
ebay Nikon F - Sony FE: For some reason had ahorrid glare/light leak effect. Couldn't find source of fault.
ebay Rollei - Sony FE: mount screws kept coming loose.
ebay OM - FE: So tight you can barely get a lens on there, god help getting it off again!

These are just the ones I can remember, I've had loads more!

I'd suggest starting with a cheapy, then if you decide you like adapted lenses go for good ones!
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Perhaps Kipon have QC issues and I'm just lucky, mine looks well engineered, fits well with no play and focuses just fine.
 
essexash said:
Ive one of these off Amazon, no idea the make of it but it works, fits well and does what i need it to.
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I've got the same one (bought off TP classifieds), and it works just fine. Incidentally, I find using Nikon manual focus glass on a Fuji X easier than a Nikon DSLR; I really do like optical viewfinders, but modern optical viewfinders can be very difficult with manual focussing.
 
Xpro1, Kipon adapter and Nikon 85 1.4 D

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I would add that the Metabones Nikon G adapter has quite a useful feature if you want to shoot video with lenses with aperture rings - if you set the adapter to minimum aperture you can then set the aperture on the lens and get click stops, or if you set the lens to minimum aperture you can use the adpater to control the aperture without any click stops. Unlike the cheapies you get a scale to work off too so you can roughly choose a full stop of aperture rather than it being a complete guess.
 
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