Nikon to PL mount adaptor ? at DVinfo.net

John Harbor · December 21st, 2008, 06:11 AM

Anyone know where I can get one.......
I have bid a few times on the guy on Ebay, but Ebay keeps wiping him and canceling the transaction......He must be sus ?

I would like to get one asap...........

cheers
John

Steve Phillipps · December 21st, 2008, 08:54 AM

Is this for macro work? If you mount a Nikon lens on a PL camera you'll lose infinity focus, just in case you weren't aware.
Steve

Liam Hall · December 21st, 2008, 09:00 AM

RED sell one and I'm pretty sure Les Bosher will sell them too:

RED / Index
Les Bosher - Camera Engineer

Steve Phillipps · December 21st, 2008, 09:10 AM

The RED one is not a Nikon to PL, it's a replacement front for the RED to take Nikons. Les will definitely do one, but as I say you'll not get infinity.
Steve

Tim Dashwood · December 21st, 2008, 10:19 AM

I've looked around for this type of adapter before and I don't think I found anything very promising. I know I asked Les about a reverse PL/Nikon adapter and he said it was impossible.

The main issue with a Nikon/PL adapter is that the flange focal distance of PL is 52mm but Nikon is only 46.5mm. This means that the Nikon lens needs to sit inside the PL mount by 5.5mm to properly focus. A straight up adapter probably exists but as mentioned above likely will become macro because of the FFD discrepancy.

Moving this to alt imaging.

Steve Phillipps · December 21st, 2008, 04:07 PM

You can also do it by including an optic, in fact Optex did it for Nikon to B4, MTF services now has them for sale, and B4/PL FFDs are similar.
Steve

December 21st, 2008, 06:11 AM	#1
John Harbor Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 51	Nikon to PL mount adaptor ? Anyone know where I can get one....... I have bid a few times on the guy on Ebay, but Ebay keeps wiping him and canceling the transaction......He must be sus ? I would like to get one asap........... cheers John

December 21st, 2008, 09:00 AM	#3
Liam Hall Major Player Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London, England Posts: 969	RED sell one and I'm pretty sure Les Bosher will sell them too: RED / Index Les Bosher - Camera Engineer __________________ Writer-Director-DOP www.liamhall.net

December 21st, 2008, 10:19 AM	#5
Tim Dashwood Wrangler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 3,637	I've looked around for this type of adapter before and I don't think I found anything very promising. I know I asked Les about a reverse PL/Nikon adapter and he said it was impossible. The main issue with a Nikon/PL adapter is that the flange focal distance of PL is 52mm but Nikon is only 46.5mm. This means that the Nikon lens needs to sit inside the PL mount by 5.5mm to properly focus. A straight up adapter probably exists but as mentioned above likely will become macro because of the FFD discrepancy. Moving this to alt imaging. __________________ Tim Dashwood

December 21st, 2008, 08:54 AM	#2
Steve Phillipps Inner Circle Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wales Posts: 2,130	Is this for macro work? If you mount a Nikon lens on a PL camera you'll lose infinity focus, just in case you weren't aware. Steve

December 21st, 2008, 09:10 AM	#4
Steve Phillipps Inner Circle Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wales Posts: 2,130	The RED one is not a Nikon to PL, it's a replacement front for the RED to take Nikons. Les will definitely do one, but as I say you'll not get infinity. Steve

December 21st, 2008, 04:07 PM	#6
Steve Phillipps Inner Circle Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wales Posts: 2,130	You can also do it by including an optic, in fact Optex did it for Nikon to B4, MTF services now has them for sale, and B4/PL FFDs are similar. Steve