I had recently committed to a Canon R6 and was left with the question of what to do with my beloved Nikon 50mm f/1.4 AIS. As a happy accident it arrived within the hour my R6 had arrived and I put it work. The unit itself mounts securely, and the faces are machined true. Within minutes of mounting I'm achieving focus accuracy that I've never observed out of this lens.
A criticism and a concern. The criticism lays with the operations manual. On the R6 you have to enable the camera to take photos with the lens off as this adapter doesn't electronically interface with the camera. I wish this was written somewhere with the adapter. The concern is the weather sealing or more accurately the lack there of so this may be watch out for. Either way I'm quite pleased with the results of this adapter and I'd buy this again.
1) In use adapting the Nikon 50mm f/1.4 AIS on the R6
2) Inside of the adapter
3) A sample photo from the combination.
4) Menu section to get this adapter to work.
A criticism and a concern. The criticism lays with the operations manual. On the R6 you have to enable the camera to take photos with the lens off as this adapter doesn't electronically interface with the camera. I wish this was written somewhere with the adapter. The concern is the weather sealing or more accurately the lack there of so this may be watch out for. Either way I'm quite pleased with the results of this adapter and I'd buy this again.
1) In use adapting the Nikon 50mm f/1.4 AIS on the R6
2) Inside of the adapter
3) A sample photo from the combination.
4) Menu section to get this adapter to work.
26/02/2022
Solidly built, snugly fitting and well-engineered adapter that lets you use classic Contax/Yashica lenses on a Canon R-mount camera. There are no electronic connections, so focus is manual - not a problem for mirrorless cameras with focus peaking and an electronic viewfinder. Use Aperture Priority mode and the camera automatically adjusts Shutter Speed and/or ISO for a proper exposure. I previously used first-generation focus-chip adapters with a DSLR. They worked, but only with a lot of finicky calibration (so you needed one adapter for each lens), and were very fidgety to mount. This new adapter for mirrorless cameras is a major improvement: It's purely mechanical (no electronic connection), but K&F nicely re-invented the mounting mechanics on this adapter (same for K&F's Nikon version) with a button you hold down to quickly twist lenses in and out. It's like having the mirrorless Contax camera that never existed! So much easier on lenses and on your patience. Great piece of kit that smoothly integrates vintage lenses into the latest generation of cameras. Couldn't be happier!
16/11/2021