{"id":2289,"date":"2009-03-01T21:40:53","date_gmt":"2009-03-01T21:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/?p=2289"},"modified":"2009-03-02T14:27:04","modified_gmt":"2009-03-02T14:27:04","slug":"the-adaptimax-use-nikon-lenses-directly-on-ex3-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/the-adaptimax-use-nikon-lenses-directly-on-ex3-body\/","title":{"rendered":"Use Nikon lenses directly on EX3 body. Other lenses to come."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mike’s business is this business, he make lens mounts and all sorts of other things, basically it is his business. His website is here<\/a><\/p>\n

So it was Mike who came up with the first EX3 mount for Nikon lenses…A week or so so ago, he dropped the price in half to \u00a3135+VAT.<\/p>\n

Now there is a reason we have 35mm adaptors, putting a Nikon lens onto an EX3 body will not give you 35mm DOF, what it will do it magnify your image by 5.4 times. The reason being is the image projected by lens is way bigger than the half inch sensor of the EX3, so it basically just records a small middle portion. Hence the image is magnified. This is very useful \u00a0for wildlife or anything where you 14x standard lens just can’t do it for you. You really get a superb sharp long lens shot by sticking on say the 80-200mm f2.8 zoom that I own.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Now I haven’t actually had a chance to try it out yet on my EX3 as I have been so busy this weekend testing out the Panasonic HPX 301e. But this is a quality product. You will also get shallower DOF if shot wide open by it’s long lens nature. The Nikon lens I mentioned, the 80 to 200mm on a 35mm adaptor is of course 200mm at the long end, using no DOF adaptor and the adaptor then you suddenly have 1080mm lens at f2.8! Nuts!<\/p>\n

So there are two people selling identical products, MTF<\/a> and \u00a0Steve’s website.<\/a><\/p>\n

MTF have adaptors for Canon lenses too an also make adaptors for 1\/3″ bayonet cameras with a 7x \u00a0magnification factor.<\/p>\n

I will be using it myself next weekend hopefully and will post my results!<\/p>\n

I apologise for not giving credit to Mike for making the huge effort in inventing this thing. Steve has taken the mount and introduced competition which is not a bad thing…<\/p>\n

Have a look at Steve’s video for a good explanation….<\/p>\n

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