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Exactly. I think TTartisan really makes a couple of great hits the last time. Especially for us vintage lens lowers. 😁

@@manugeee I agree on vintage lens lovers

@@chriscard6544 ;-)

Ha! That is cool!!! I didn´t knew this. Just tested with the TTArtisan 75mm f/1.5 and the Neewer ETZ Adapter. Set camera to AF-S with these Settings and it works. Press the Shutter and wait until something is in focus. Thanks for pointing me on to it. [Custom Settings Menu] a2 AF-S priority selection > Focus a6 AF activation > AF-ON only > Out-of-focus release Disabled

Yes, you have to train yourself the manual focusing. It has to get in your muscle memory. And especially when you’re wide open, then the critical focus is a matter of tiny adjustments on the lens. The focal length is necessary for the ibis and the settings in the camera seem to not being used for the ibis. The max aperture is not transferred to the camera. You can set it with the dial manually to max f5.6, but it is not needed for anything in terms of how the pictures will come out. You only have the settings in the exif files. But I don’t keep track on these numbers. Too much micro managing. I like manual focussing also only on old lenses. With my AF lenses, I never even think about that at all. But it opens a world to a lot of interesting lenses and since it is not that easy, it means for me that I have worked and earned the final image. That’s at least my own motivation. But I can see that thisnis clearly not everybody’s thing. But try it a little. You will see, you will get better over time. 😁

@@manugeee I am experienced with MF, no issues there…it’s the subject detection I am not used to. No matter how many people say automation is good it’s never quite as predictable as they claim, hence why I like MF…the control is all mine. And ibis is fine for me with this adapter, it’s always on whether I push the button or not. 😎

Yes, adapting on from one to the same works only with changing the flange distance. I only knowing from macro rings. In the Atralab case I have also ordered a 50mm lens for Sony E Mount, so that I can adapt it to Nikon and have MF confirm. But till my order I have not heard anything from them in terms of delivery.

Thanks. ☺️

Thank you very much 😊 It definitely fits very well to your F2. I use it with my FM2 and it is a great SLR travel combo. 😄

Exactly. The contax 167 came in a bundle from a set I bought a while ago. Did not test this camera, but definitely will some day. :-)

Definitely very unique. And I really like the A -Mode. Makes shooting much faster and easier. :-)

That is actually a little bit a weird thing. First and quickly: The answer is no. I cant change the values with the TTArtisan Adapter above f5.6. But the questions go further for me: I have not really figured out, what the camera algorithms are doing, but they are behaving strange with the Neewer ETZ and the TTArtisan adapter. With the TTArtisan I can change values in camera up to f5.6. The value is decoupled from what is actually set on the lens and does not change anything noticeable on the exposure. When I start stopping down the lens, I see, that at f/11 to f/22 the exposure of the image gets darker and I have to adjust by exposure compensation. Below the value up to f8 I see no influence of the apperture to the chosen exposure of the image. With the Neewer adapter I have a similar behaviour. When I change the physical lens apperture to high numbers, the exposure gets darker and i have to compensate. Here I can also change the setting in the camera, but when the values of the camera get to f/11 and above, the exposure of the final image is too bright. The live view image is good, but then I make an image and the final file is overexposed. So it seems, that there is some non linear function working inside the camera and phyisical or digital large apperture numbers do negatively effect the exposure of the image. Therefore I have decided with both adapters, that I will not choose values above f/5.6 on the camera. Of course my exif data are then not correct, but to be honest: Since the values are not coupled, i am also to lazy to keep them both equal all the time. Especially, when i am shooting apperture series for my videos. Then I prefer to count the images to know the apperture vaules. ;-)

@@manugeee Amazing, thanks for such a detailed response, super helpful! Yes that sounds like the best approach. Good to know regarding the Neewer adapter aswell. Loving your videos, keep up the great work!

@@BishBashBackup thanks for the compliment. 😊

Haha! Thanks man! 😊 I think, I read in some German photography forum, that someone saw, that somebody else had MF confirmation with an adapter and a non CPU lens. And the I tried to figure out which combination worked and which not. So far the neewer ETZ and the TTArtisan M-Z adapter do for certain. 😁 Actually this only one feature is why I got the ZF. And since I also can adapt my Sony Glas with my, so far the Nikon Z mounting the most versatile of all. But maybe not in the way, Nikon would like it. 😅

Thanks for the info. 😃 I am curious about the pre ai lenses, because I thought ai and AI-S are pretty equal, but as you say, it is very likely that some changes were made between generations. The question of having bad lenses of one type is also bothering me. Because i never know if my test lens is representative or at the edge of quality control from 40 years ago. 😅

To nikon's credit, the old AF-D lenses with CPU work exactly the same way on the FTZ adapters. Only the AI-S lenses are unfortunately no longer supported. What I find very unfortunate is that there is no adapter that can drive the rod AF of the AF-D lenses. They can only be used manually.

Are there Helios lenses with m Mount? I know them with M39 or M42 mount. Nevertheless, if you have any Leica M Mount lens, you can, of course, also put it directly on the TTArtisan adapter. As a matter of fact in the video on the table there is a TTArtisan 50mm f1.4 lens with Leica M Mount visible. I just finally didn’t put it on the lens because I found it to repetitive and it would not add to the video message any more. So in short. If you have any lens, that you can somehow put on a Leica M Mount, then it will work on the ZF camera as described.

@@manugeee I just don't understand if the green squares work when the lens doesn't have electronic contacts? How do these squares work?

The camera does the image processing. It finds subjects like persons and eyes and will also do a "sharpness" Check. Uscually it needs some informations from the lens to work. But this is done by the adapters and therefore the check up and focus confirmation works properly. Now the real lens is just needed to bring the light onto the sensor. It is decoupled from the electronics.

Cool. I was still wondering if the adapter also works on other Nikon cameras, which were released before the Nikon ZF. As for now, I only found the Neewer adapter if this video and also the TTartisan MTZ 6Bit adapter, which work with non CPU lenses. :-)

Yes, it does. :-)

Well then I should not say, that I recently discovered, that old MF lenses of each and every manufacturer can be combined with different smart adapters and the latest Nikon cameras, so that you will get Eye detection and focus confirmation with green boxes, which makes my fully manual lenses very much useful again. 😉

Pentax Auto 110 Super - a small 110 film fully functional SLR in very tiny. 😃

That is actually a really smart idea. 😊 For my first try i will use a dark room (not a darkroom ;-) ) and see how far I will come. But I will have a look for another set. 😁 thanks.

Gracie! 🤩

Ähm… well thank you very much. 😅

To be honest: I have not really that much comparisson or experience with 3D printing, but the parts seem very solid and work pretty fine.

Sehr gerne. Hat mir viel Spaß gemacht. Die Tage geht es dann mal raus für Panorama Shots. :D Der Dank geht natürlich auch zurück. :-D

Haha! Yes! And there is a lot of material for other seasons on my hard drive. 😅

It is definitely worth a shot. The gods thing is, that the risks are not that high, because you can get it for very low money. :-)

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Nope.

@@manugeee ohh 😔

Thanks. Seems to be true. I found an article about an early 60s Minolta multicoating lens. Pentax got into it only in the 70s so longer ago.

I hope your picture will come out well. :)

Actually I did recently try the TT Artisan 6bit Adapter and it works very similar, even a little better, in terms of changing the focal length for IBIS. The principle is the same. Start from any vintage mount - Go to Leica M Mount via simple adapter - then TT Artisan 6bit Adapter to Nikon Z and then to your camera.

Actually with the last firmware you can program neewer adapter as well, by changing the LENSINFO file (you change focal length - supports also min-max focal length - for zoom lenses also - and max-min aperture). I tested it with my 28mm F2 Voigtlander Ultron and works.

@@stavros.fourfourianakis it seems like the beta firmware is now officially released. I had yet no time to test, but I definitely will. :-)

Thanks for the comment. My Nikon F to Sony E Adapter (I think it’s from K&C Concept) is a pure mechanical adapter and has no electronics inside. It basically just clutches G Mount Glas into E-Mount cameras/ or Emount Adapters. The Nikon FTZ adapter on the other hand is a mechanical connection and has electronic contacts. That means that AF-D ans AF-S Nikon Lenses can communicate with the camera. But the AF-D lenses need an external motor, so they cannot Autofocus with the FTZ adapters (I and II). But since they communicate, they also give the green MF confirmation box. Unfortunately with older AI-S lenses, without a CPU inside, They also cannot communicate through the FTZ adapters and sadly don’t give the green MF confirmation. I only found the newer adapter and lately the TTartisan Leica M to Nikon Z adapter, which provides MF configuration with non CPU lenses.

@@manugeee So, no firmware update yet from Nikon to address this. Thank you Manu for your help! Very much appreciated!

Thanks! The main difference is, that the megadap does not provide manual focus confirmation with non cpu lenses.

@@manugeee okay thank you, looking forward for your next videos.

Not really. The adapter works as i expect it to. The only thing, I noticed, is that when I manually dial in large apertures into the camera, then the camera will overexpose. So I keep the settings in the top mini display of the camera below 5.6. Also the exposure, when the lens is set to large apertures above f11, the camera starts to underexpose 1/3 or 2/3 of a stop. But that not a real dealbreaker and I only notice it when marking aperture series for the videos.

Yes, I think I have to change the title of the video.

Some people said, that it also works with older Z Cameras. I only have the ZF, so I cannot for shure say anything about the others. Do have an Ftz adapter and an older CPU lens for testing? Because there with MF the confirmation also works, but only for CPU lenses. AI-S or older do not have the green box with Ftz adapters.

What? Are you my first bot?

@@manugeee excuse me? I ment where van i buy film for it* or how should i use the camera? I have same one and i want to take it on the vacay...

Thank you very much. 😊😊

It is an indication if the shutter is cocked or not (or not cocked or cocked). :-)

Thanks. Glad you like it. I am actually on my way to the tenth’s episode of the 50 lens tests. :D With APS-C you cut out the filet parts of the lens. But also the higher resolution shows more weaknesses. The older lenses are really very good stopped down a little bit. The Zeiss 55 1.8 is also on my list and will come at some point in future. :D

Hard to say at f1.4 both are pretty soft at f1.4. I would say the canon is a little sharper in direct comparison.

With Nikon AI-S and older non CPU lenses sadly not. But if you take the AF-D or AF-s lenses with CPU, you can also use them for Manual focussing with AF confirmation.

Sehr gerne. Du kannst den Trick auch mit dem TTArtisan M to Z Adapter machen. Musst nur alten Anschluss auf Leica M Adaptieren. Der Adapter ist noch etwas robuster und kann Brennweiten für Ibis per Drehrad ändern. Absolut nützlich. Werde ich auf jeden Fall auch nochmal ein Video zu machen :-)

Ich habe mal noch eine ganz andere Frage an dich als ZF user - ich habe das problem, das mein augenautofocus mit dem 40mm f2 oder anderen Linsen nicht auf meine Augen scharfstellt, sondern an meinen Augenbrauen hängenbleibt . Das passiert mir sehr sehr oft. Ist dir die Problematik bekannt? Viele Grüße

Hmm… maybe you had a bad copy? Once I had a EF canon 50mm 1.4 which was soft all the way. Even with manual focussing with a mirrorless camera there was no sharp spot. On the other hand the Nikkor is also really nice. The canon I don’t know (yet). 😈😈😈

​@@manugeee Thank you for your response. Really appreciate your work and videos. I ve been collecting film cameras and lens for +20years. This pentax SMC 50mm F1.4 M is the lowest resolution lens I ve came across. Even against my old nikkor rangefinder lens from the 50s...I don't really know what a bad copy means. There might be some variation across lens but it shouldn't justify something in particular. Interestingly, I love the colours, contrast and overall rendition of this lens. I also like the feeling and build quality. Even more interestingly, I find the performance in low light at F2 quite good but the the lens never really gets sharp. I just created a flickr account and upload three test rolls for you to see, in case it interests you. Just random photos to try the lens one more time. All photos taken with a Pentax LX and Ultramax 400mm film. flic.kr/s/aHBqjBEvpK flic.kr/s/aHBqjBEAgF flic.kr/s/aHBqjBEAhN

Your welcome. Nice to hear that the video may help you at some point. :-)