Fotasy Leica R Lens to Nikkor Z Mount Adapter, Leica R Z Adapter, LR Z Mount Adapter, Compatible with Nikon Z Mount Mirrorless Camera Z 30 Z 50 Z 5 Z 6 Z 7 Z 6II Z 7II z fc Z 9

I have two of these Leica M to Nikon Z adapters. The first one felt like it was built well and the lens clicked in firmly.The 2nd one, the lens feels loose and I'm noticing now that there is some rotational play in the mount both at the lens side as well as the body. This is NOT the case when using Nikon's own S lenses on the z mount as they are super firm.This is an issue because you will feel the lens move if you're turning a stiff focus ring.Another offender is the light leak. The example picture is 6 second exposure with the lens cap on at f16 (to rule out lens cap leak) so you wont see it this bad normal shooting. However, on a sunny day it will be creeping into your shots affecting it a little.The solution for the light leak is a rubber o ring 42mm inner diameter, 52mm outer diameter with 5cm width. It removes all light leak.The lens moving around in the adapter.. no fix there as the tolerances are just not as tight as they need to be.

tl;dr this thing is heavy (165g, 5.82oz), sturdy when not using the helicoid, wobbly when using the helicoid, relatively crudely made, but still a lot of fun, and its appearance compliments vintage lenses and the Z7.The other day I came across an old friend, my "first good lens" a mid 1960s Pentax 50mm f1.4 Super Takumar that has been with me for about 40 years. There are a lot of 50mm f1.4 lenses out there, but the Super Tak has a certain something (20g of radioactive thorium, lol) that allow an optical design way ahead of the Zeiss Planar "clones" being pumped out by mid 60s Nikon, Canon, Olympaloopas, etc. A combination of critical sharpness and excellent bokeh.So, I wanted to break it out and have some fun. I took a quick look at M42 to Nikon Z adapters and found a ton: Kipon, Novoflex, FotodioX, Fotasy, Vello, etc. that basically looked interchangeable. They ranged from around $15 to over $200 (not mentioning who that was. Nope. You can't make me say Novoflex. Not gonna do it). They all had a similar awkwardness, like they had the needed large flange at the Z body, but tried to get down to a skinny tube ASAP, so a lens looks like the end of a Q-tip.But then I saw this thing. And I thought of how much time that Super Tak had spent on extension tubes and said "why not". Around 36 hours later it was sitting on my workbench. Not doing an unboxing video.First impression, the thing is a brute. It's heavy, 165g (5.82oz). Put 230g worth of Super Tak and you've got 395g (13.93oz). Looked the mount over, and it looked well enough made to entrust my Z7 to it. It felt right mounting up. Screwed on the Super Tak. The focusing line was about 5 degrees off center. Remembered my M42 etiquette, unscrewed the lens, cleaned the lens's back flange and the adapter's front flange, remounted it, and it was fairly well centered. Looking good, and I mean that literally. The adapter's helicoid ring has an interrupted ridge texture that nicely complimented the Pentax lens, the extra girth means you taper down toward the lens so you don't get the Q-tip effect, it feels nice against the palm of your hand, and from most angles you see the shiny chrome ring of the Z mount and the shiny chrome ring of the lens.Powered it up, played around a bit, then took it outside and checked infinity focus (about as good as any adapted lens). I need something wider to really check if infinity is off. Took some shots. Then I decided to give the helicoid a try. That was disappointing. You don't expect the smooth manual focusing of a vintage Nikon, Leica, or Zeiss lens. But this thing is rough. Fearing for the safety (or at least cleanliness) of my camera, I headed back in the house, dismounted everything, racked the helicoid all the way in and out a few times. Tapped the adapter over white paper, but didn't see any crud through a magnifier, so it's not throwing shredded metal around. It just doesn't feel smooth. And, with the helicoid extended even a little, it wobbles a bit. Fully retracted it feels as solid as you could want.So I gave it a try indoors. After all, it's an f1.4 lens, and I've got awesome stabilization, right? Wrong. Everything looked shakey. I thought "is that wobble a problem even with the helicoid fully retracted. It felt OK. Then it dawned on me, I had not set up a manual lens configuration for a 50mm f1.4. And looking at what I had last done, manual was set for 180mm. (I had a 100mm macro racked out to high magnification). At that setting, instead of reducing vibration, the camera was amplifying it by about 3x. Set it right, and things looked prety good. I won't say a Super Tak is sharp enough in the corners to impress at 46mp, but it looked pretty uniformly off in all four corners, so it wasn't screaming that the mount was out of alignment.Using the full helicoid plus focusing the Super Tak as closely as possible, I got to about 0.9x magnification, which puts the helicoid at about 32mm of extension. Not bad. Am I going to trust it for critical macro work? Not a chance, but then again I'm not going to trust a 40-year-old Super Tak with critical work, either. This is just for fun, and it totally delivers.p.s. I got another Fotasy adapter in this shipment: Leica M to Nikon Z. It is definitely higher build quality than this M42 helicoid, so the quality problems appear local to this adapter.

I bought this thinking the Nikon FTZ adapter was too expensive. But this simply didn't work. All I got with it was an almost black image. I could not figure out how to get it to work on my Nikon Z50. I gave up and purchased the Nikon FTZ adapter instead, which works exactly as it should. This was a complete waste of money.

Recently bought Nikon Z50 APS sized sensor; have some old M42 (Pentax Thread) some over 50 years oldThis very well built adapter lets us play at being photographers again!Very well built solid metal well machined. Do not loose or discard tiny Allen wrench in package; you may need to assure lens settings show up on top, could have better instructions.No optics, as opposed to Nikon F to M42 adapters so no distortions.Well dimensioned; focuses at infinity as it shouldWorks well with most M42 lenses I have, must be fully manual; fixed not Auto ISO; you only set shutter speed in cameraAs in old time cameras you manually focus wide open then stop down to adjust exposure.On preset lenses and those with manual/auto switch just use switch to step downExposure is the most fun, no match the needle, just follow histogram changing speed as neededBest results an old Pentax SuperTakumar 50 mm becomes a portrait lens.Only problem a Sun 24-40 Zoom that has f/ stop ring against back; it binds with adapter and difficult to useCheap fun; M42 lenses are plentiful and some are excellent

I am accustomed to the Nikon high point pentaprisms of old (and on the current line of pro level bodies) when I shot professionally. However my now photography hobby doesn’t justify the expenditure for pro level bodies. I do however miss several features of the pro line including better eye pieces. With my jump to a Z6, I was glad to find this aftermarket eyepiece. I wasn’t sure about the asymmetric design, but after using it on a 3-week trip abroad, I can say I am defiantly sold on this as opposed to the stock eyepiece. It does a great job isolating the viewfinder as one would expect and the cutout in the top allows for flawless functionality of the sensor that switches between the viewfinder and rear display. The only reason for less than a perfect rating is the unfortunate fact that it has an occasional tendency to pop up on the eye piece. Generally it happens more frequently when putting the camera in or pulling it out of my bag, but it did happen once or twice as well when it rubbed/bounced off of my body. It never popped completely off, but there is a bit of concern for that to occur. With the size of the eyepiece, I’m not sure how you overcome this, but at the pricepoint for this, I guess it’s a fair trade is one happens to pop off and get lost once in a while.

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After I lost my lens cap I purchased this 67 mm pinch cap and they came fast, and fit perfectly. With a string that I’m able to attach to my camera this will keep those roving caps in plain view😁

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They do work well and are a lot cheaper than the brand name ones.

Fits fine