C/Y-L Manual Focus Contax/Yashica (C/Y) Lens to Leica SL T Sigma FP Panasonic L-mount digital camera Mount Adapter
SKU: KF06.472
When I ditched my Nikon and switched to the Sony A7IV, I chose this adapter because of the amount of Nikon lenses I already had. Primarily for my Nikon macro lens, on which I focused manually most of the time anyway, it doesn't bother me at all that the adapter is manual. Money was clearly saved here by saving myself the Sony macro. The adapter sits well on the camera and lens, so it fits extremely well and looks sleek. A Nikon lens on a Sony body is always an eye-catcher. The aperture ring is of course also manual and does not tell the camera what aperture level you are at. In the metadata of the photos, it simply shows F--. So you have to develop a feeling for which aperture you have just set. I did notice a little more Cromatic abortion, but that can be quickly remedied in Lightroom by selecting the lens. Images are sharp and the adapter has no downsides other than adding some length to the lens.
04/05/2023
03/05/2023
Precisely milled adapter with chrome-plated bayonet mount. Nothing wobbles, neither on the camera nor on the lens side. That's why the adapter also needs a courageous grip and twist to engage properly. I can't say anything about the long-term durability yet, but due to the design I'm not worried about the next few years. This purely mechanical version does not offer autofocus.
02/05/2023
the question was whether the dolle adapter from sony was worth it to pack my old minolta-compatible ones onto the @6000. the answer: no, it's not worth it, the thing is outrageously expensive for what it can do. so the K&F part had to come from. all af-s become more or less stupid fully mechanical lenses. but with a zebra and a magnifying glass, it shouldn't be rocket science to work with it, unless you have nothing but snapping in mind. an aperture control is also on it, so if you're already out of the automatic mode, you should be able to cope with it and take entertaining photos. the respective bayonet connections are quite tight, tighter than sony imagines, so they also have zero play. is this a permanent solution? no, definitely not, there are still one or the other e-lens coming along. but until then the old minoltas can be used wonderfully. and there is also an a-68 lying around, for which i need the existing stuff. Addendum: Whoever had the outrageously expensive adapter from Sony on it, which ultimately only loops through the lens data and doesn't get anything right, either nothing happens at all or it bangs forever, but it costs a lot, take the k&f right away....
01/05/2023