Tilta's new auto focus adapter uses follow focus gears to manual lenses

[Aussie Ash]

 

[Aussie Ash]

Viltrox have started selling their adaptor according to their homepage.So the story goes that Sony gave them permission to have an adaptor use their autofocus connections.present adaptor is Sony to manual PL lenses.$599 for one motor or $899 for dual motors.Other brands of  Lens adapters to come ??

 

[Aussie Ash]

here is the link to their site

https://viltrox.com/products/nexusfocus-pl-e-adapter?variant=42993691164738

disclosure-I receive no free products or financial encouragement from  Viltrox

[Aussie Ash]

 

[Aussie Ash]

does it work with zoom lenses. 

 

[Aussie Ash]

Tilta are also considering doing this in RF,Z and L mount.

[Aussie Ash]

If they make an adaptor for Nikon Z is it likely to be PL mount ? At 33 secs he says PL lenses don't cover a full frame sensor so you are limited to APS-C crop mode .Hopefully M42 to PL and Nikon F to PL will give full frame coverage

 

[eatstoomuchjam]

3 hours ago, Aussie Ash said:

At 33 secs he says PL lenses don't cover a full frame sensor so you are limited to APS-C crop mode .Hopefully M42 to PL and Nikon F to PL will give full frame coverage

Some PL lenses don't cover full frame.  Most vintage ones were intended only for use on Super 35, but some have image circles big enough for vistavision/full frame.

[Aussie Ash]

Tilta Nucleus auto focus is scheduled to ship April 27th

Viltrox nexusfocus seems to be getting quite good reviews

 

[Aussie Ash]

This guy in France Shikijo Petroski claims to have modified the Viltrox adaptor to work on a Nikon ZR.He has a lot of videos on Vimeo.

 

[Aussie Ash]

Viltrox has a L mount version on show at NAB

 

 

[Aussie Ash]

This guy (he is wearing a Tilta shirt) has what appears to be Viltrox E to Nikon Z auto focus with PL mount adapted onto that

better still would be Nikon F to Sony E to Nikon Z

 

 

[Aussie Ash]

Unfortunately PL mount is limiting because it was designed for super 35 .Many M42 lenses like Pentax won't fit and only some Soviet lenses fit as the maximum diameter of the rear part has to be less than 53 mm .the early helios 44-2 will fit but not the later 44-M ,44-M6 etc.

Nikon F fits the larger LPL mount but not PL

Canon FD can be adapted to LPL but not PL 

Hopefully there is a LPL version coming as well.

[Aussie Ash]

here is a LPL mount with a PL adaptor in it

[eatstoomuchjam]

7 hours ago, Aussie Ash said:

Canon FD can be adapted to LPL but not PL 

Canon FD is a 42mm FFD and LPL is a 44mm FFD.  A recessed adapter could do that, but I'm unaware of anybody making one.  Do you have a link to somebody making an FD to LPL adapter (that isn't a full mount conversion)?

[Aussie Ash]

RareAdaptors.com  do a Canon FD to LPL for about US $100 but it only works with lenses with a 60mm thread (and they don't list them !)

removing the FD mount looks fairly easy I don't see what problem there is with that ?

Canon FD sets are common amongst Red owners.