Really well delivered and clear on a subject that has a lot of people confused. Thanks!

Whoever started the LENS ADAPTER game, BLESS YOU!

Welcome to KZfaq Ken, finally..Thanks for sharing your thorough knowledge of all things Nikon. Your reviews are balanced , informative and very helpful. Keep up the good work.

Good to see you here Ken :) I always check your reviews before buying anything from camera to the lens. You are doing a great job, thanks very much !!

I've been read your website since 2014, then finally you have a youtube channel with pure information rather than fancy style cinematic that any other influencer did

Best Nikon lens video I've seen in a long time. Subscribed.

Great job Ken 👍👍👍 Certainly opens up a whole world of options.

Ken, Thank you for sharing your expertise with us 👍🏼 Nice to see you on YT 😊

Have been a fan of your website for quite some time. You are so knowledgeable about what you are passionated. Please do more videos on other lenses other than Nikon if that's possible. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

Hi Ken, thanks for this video! After a few weeks with my Fringer adapter on the Nikon Z6 I‘m intrigued about this adapter and how well it works with the old Canon EF mount lenses! But with another adapter I now can adapt my vintage Minolta lenses on a Nikon full frame camera. I remember back in 1985, when the Minolta AF system came out, my French teacher, also an owner of Minolta Non-AF equipment, told me: “Ralf, in a few years one can only sell the old Non-AF lenses on the flea marked. Happily times have changed and now they can be used on the latest full frame mirrorless cameras such as the Canon RP and the Nikon Z6. And they deliver stunning results! Best wishes, Ralf

Thank you Ken - subscribed! Tons of interesting and useful info far away from typical mainstream here on y. I actually know you from your website, now I'm glad to see you here.

Wow. I followed your website for years. I didn't realise you had a KZfaq channel too! This is the second video I've watched and I'm really enjoying it.

GREAT TEST thank you Ken ! Despite all the jalous comments on dpreview, I follow your website and amazing reviews since many years and find them extremely well done and usefull for the photography community.

Oh god, the king of SEO has hit KZfaq! Very helpful demonstration. The Z mount is wonderful, just waiting for some better bodies. You can also adapt Sony e mount and someone’s even currently developing a canon rf adapter. As the Z is so wide and shallow, theoretically anything can be adapted

Long life nikon, great presentation!

Thank you so much Ken, You're awesome! I always learn a lot from your website, this video was very informative too! God bless you and good luck!

Great video Ken! That's what great about mirrorless over DSLR - the ability to adapt almost any lens ever made.

Wow! This post is the real deal. First class education.

Thanks! I'm thinking of getting a z-50 , and learned a lot here :)

I’ve been reading the website for years. Glad to see you on the tube.

Good stuff. Hope you continue sharing your camera know how.

You are the best. Thanks for all you do.

Wahhh, awesome kenrockwell. I love your cameras n adapters. Nice video. Thank you.

I will buy myself a Nikon Z50 sometime between this year and beginning of 2022, I will buy it with the Nikon F adaptor, but you've given me a whole new world of ideas of what to buy and why, very good video, and I get that you're a Canon person, but we Nikon people thank you profusely

Great video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

Thank you for this awesome video and information

Simply WOW !!! Want to see your camera & lens collection in future episode.

Thank you. What an eye opener . I have a Nikon 24-85 F 2.8 D lens works great on my on my Nikon D 7100. I shop mostly refurbished from Adorama, B&H and ebay.

One thing that was probably not mentioned is you must set the camera to shoot without a lens. I can't remember if on the Nikons if this is set (ON) by default or not, but I think it is set to OFF forcing you to attach a lens before you can release the shutter.

This video deserve more than a comments and a like; Thank you for those informations

Wow! This was insane. Very very cool.

And hey, a few moments ago I purchased the Fringer adapter! Many thanks for the recommendation!

Speechless my friend thanks for the context. I will get the new Z6II

Ken is a wizard! Full stop!

Thank you so much for those precise informations!

Thank you for the very informative video! It’s really gonna help for my choice what I’m gonna make. Like your website is really great! I only have one question left, do you have a list of lenses which works with AF on the Nikon Z (with FTZ adaptor) of other companies, like Tamron, Sigma etc. I have a Tamron SP 24-70 mm F2.8 Di USD VC (Generation 2012) and I’m reading different things on the internet about the AF what will or will not work on the Nikon Z series. That would definitely give the last shot to go for a Nikon Z7

awesome video, I have a NIkon S rangefinder waiting for me, can't wait to shoot with it!

The day I’ve found out Ken Rockwell has a youtube channel!!! Great news 👍🏼

I bought one of those Russian bullet proof things I think has Leica M mount. Will check all this out. I was actually looking for ways to 3D print adapters but now with this video I don't need to worry. I have a Z61 and just a beast of a camera. Image quality for photo & video straight from camera just brilliant.

Awesome and informative video 👍

Fantastic video. Very interesting, informative and clear. When you shoot Z camera on aperture priority, as you stop aperture down and finder becomes darker, will the Z camera light meter adjust the shutter speed and ISO automatically to get the correct exposure ? (This is what the Sony a6000 does and results are excellent. Sony A6000 also has no idea what aperture I set on the manual Nikon AI lens). Thanks !!

Thanks for this piece. Could you share any experience you have adapting Contax G lenses to the Z bodies? In general could you also show some samples of how use of Nikon and third-party adapters with rangefinder lenses, including the Contax G series, affects image quality? Thanks again!

Hey Ken, great video here I'm moving to the Z7ii from years with DSLR Nikon's and cannot wait to give it a go. I wanted to ask you a question regarding this video. Years ago I sold my Contax 139 quartz kit and would love to buy a used 50mm 1.7 plannar and use the Leica adapter mount you mention here, is this a good idea?

I love your review in your web. I sub.!

I had no idea all these adapters existed, I'm waiting for my Z50 to arrive and I'm gonna have fun with all my old lenses.

It is amazing , thanks for this important informations

Like some other comments here - you were one of the original independent reviewers for years, and now finally you're on YT. Welcome! Subscribing to help drive some traffic up!

Klasse ifo und Tipps. Dankeschön

Great video once again

Hi Ken, I have been using my medium format (Mamiya 654) lenses with my Nikon D810 for years now, with great results... and can't wait to try them out with the next mirrorless Nikon model, who knows maybe they'll put a medium format sensor in the Z mount. What do you think?

Thanks. Very helpful

Thanks Ken for the information, can I get the list of adapters from your web site, especially the Leica screws mount, as I have the Summitar, 50mm, 1:2 (f2) and Elmar 90mm 1:4 (f4) from my 3c Leica. I would love to try out these lenses. Thank again for a great video.

Wow 😳 great work great video 👍 Your good man

Loff Fonseca, Lisbon. My congrats for this video.

good knowledge good video please do more

Thanks., very helpful

Thank you for this video!

Hi Ken, thank you for the informative video. I'm wondering if any of the older lenses from Leica or Voigtlander would cause vignetting on the Nikon Z full frame cameras?

Thanks Ken ! it really helped, i'm thing of going with a Z5 as first camera.

Thank you - a good idea and the nice: video and......... tenor voice !!! (+ a correct vocal emission). BRAVOOOOOO !!!! BISSSSSSSSSSSS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi..if we use non cpu lens like laowa on Nikon z50 then could we able to utilize in-camera exposure meter and histogram display in viewfinder

This helped a lot! Thanks!

Wow.Thank you Ken!

So glad Nikon finally planned for adaptability. So many lenses I would have loved to have used from EF, M42 and other mount that are just too difficult/not possible. Between that and IBIS it might get me over from the D850

Great info! Thanks 😊

The main reason I'd consider mounting Canon to a Z6 would be for the IBIS. I wish Canon had included IBIS! 🙁 Thanks for this great presentation.

I have auxiliary wide angle and telephoto lens , how can I screw them on to my 16-50 lens please help

Thanks again! Is there a reason why Nikon still didn’t released a 1.4 lens for the Nikon Z series? Is the quality of their 1.8 Z mount that good, it is competing with their 1.4 F mount lenses? Or are coming the next couple of years?

Hi Ken, salutation from the chilean patagonia. The question is that my Nikon 80 400 vr, old version zoom lens, does not work in my Nikon z5 with the viltrox adapter, but it. work with my 150-600 Tamron perfectly. Which is the reason for that ?

Wow, very interesting Ken..!!! Do you think the Fringer EF-NZ adapter will allow me to use a Canon 17mm T&S lens on a Z6 ?

I can use every lens on a Z camera but I lose on most of them autofocus and aperture control with these adapters... I don’t know if it is a good deal but thank you for letting me know I can do stuff like this

Inspiring!! Will any of these work for a Gorlitz Meyer-Optik Trioplan lens? (the old original one). I know there are some adaptors for it but I haveN#t found one for a Nikon yet. I have a D750 and a Z6, I'd love to be able to use it on either of them. Thank you if you have time to asnwer! :)

Hi Ken, Looking for a 2021 update. Is there now an adaptor so i can use AF Nikon lens' with auto-focus? All the best, Simon

Great video!

Hi Ken, would the adaptor work fine for an APS-C camera such as the Nikon Z fc? Would Ai lens be problematic for crop sensor cameras?

I know you're not a great fan of adapting vintage lenses on non native modern cameras but if I wanted a full frame mirrorless just for this job do you reckon a z5/z6 could be the best option or I could try to go for a cheaper solution like an old a7 MK1? I normally shoot with Fujifilm but I recently got some full frame legacy glass and I was wondering if it was worth to get a full frame for them instead of sticking with aps-c

It is very true to say that not adapting a motor in FTZ is a defect.

I am new to mirrorless. Bought a Z7 II and is does not recognize lenses when using the FTZ II adapter. Where in the menu can I make the shutter independent to use my other lenses?

Interesting video! Would love to see some photos shot with these old lenses on Nikon Z ...

Would you bother with the FTZ adapter and a 70-300 VR' or just get the 50-250 Z lens on a Z50? I’m leaning towards getting the FTZ adapter because I have a Tokina 12-24/4 I’d like to continue to use, but I’m trying to figure out if I should get both kit lenses right now. I’m going to get the 16-50 because it is compact and lightweight and would be ideal for backpacking.

Which adapter works for Voigtlander Nokton 58mm f/1.4 SL II S Ai-S Lens on my nikon z7ii?

Thanks Ken! Anybody figured out how to force the Z6 to use the entire sensor with an APS-C lens? I have a Tokina 11-16 DX lens that worked beautifully on my Nikon DSLR cameras at 16m with no vignetting. The mirrorless Z6 senses the DX lens (APS- c) and FORCES you into ‘crop sensor’ mode. About my only complaint with the wonderful z6. Any workarounds out there?

Please what's the cheapest f to z adapter I can get for my Nikon

What about 3rd party lens, which aren't named brand. I have a Samyang 85mm and Rokinon 35mm they are manual focus but capable of metering. Will they work will I still get metering?

Thanks Ken, quick question do you think the Canon EF 100mm MACRO lens would focus faster on close subjects on the Z7II with the EF-NZ converter than the native Z 105mm MICRO lens (even taking into account for the close range focus limiter on the Z lens)? Really looking for a fast focusing macro lens for this camera.

so basically if I buy a Nikon Mirrorless camera and FTZ adapter now they have FTZ version II so I can use old Nikon lenses and no problem,? no focus hunting? no focus picking? also, I can buy any other manufacturer's lens made for Nikon F mount for example Sigma Art lenses or Tamron?

What is the Nikon camera, ca. 40's - 60's which is featured at 7:30, Nikon SP Rangefinder Camera? Does this differ from the Nikon S?

Ken Rockwell is on KZfaq?! A little late to the party, but I always liked your reviews. The FTZ adapter doesn't support AF-D autofocus. I remember Nikon have had compatibility issues that some Nikon lenses won't meter on some Nikon cameras that you had a compatibility chart on your website.

What about pentax lenses????? I have the Pentax SMC 50mm f/1.4 PK? Will it work and if so, which adapter should I use????

Hi, Ken, how to adapt any lens to Nikon DSLR like Nikon d610, is there any brands adapters for it including Canon lens. Please help me ! Thanks!

GREAT VIDEO.

Great video! Any chance of adapting a little Nikon 1 lens to a Z50 Camera?

Hi Ken I have the Z50 with the adapter and use non Nikon lens from older Nikon apsc cameras They all work bar one the Tamron 18-400 any ideas? my other Tamrom leas work fine

Thanks for this.

excellent video! actually I was looking for ideas to find pancake lenses for Z mount, maybe thats an idea for another video. mirrorless should be small and lenses tend to become bigger and bigger....

How do I adapter Nikon screw drive autofocus to my Z6ii?

Mr. Rockwell: I am intrigued by this video because I have been stymied in mounting my ancient Nikon lenses onto my Z 50. I am 74 years old and have been shooting until recently an F I bought in 1967. I bought the Z 50 two lens kit with the FTZ about a month ago. I missed the boat on getting my lenses AI’d when Nikon was doing that kind of thing back in the day but I’m not at all sure that is the solution. You mentioned other adaptors for these lenses but I didn’t get which one or how to get it. I have: 50mm 1.4 NIKKOR-S Auto 55mm 3.5 Micro NIKKOR 28mm 3.5 NIKKOR-H Auto 105mm 2.5 NIKKOR-P Auto and 200mm 4 NIKKOR - This is the only one with the AI since I purchased it in Japan in the 1980s. If you could please steer me to an adaptor that would allow me to shoot these lenses on the Z body I would certainly be grateful. I know I would not get any autofocus or electronic exposure info but I’m pretty accustomed to manual functions with over 50 years on my F.

Do you prefer Sony or Nikon to use old manual focus lenses? Which has better focus peaking?

Ken, you seem like you really enjoyed making this video lol. Thanks for the content.

Can you adapt canon rf lenses to a nikon Z mount? Say someone wants to get a Z9 but had some high end RF lenses 😀