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Minolta SR lens on a Fujifilm X-mount MILC? How about a Nikon lens on Canon DSLR? Thanks to Lens Mount Converters (also called Lens to Camera Adapters), nearly anything is possible!<\/p>\n

You have a bunch of lenses from the film era in a discontinued mount, gathering dust. Wouldn’t it be great if you could use them on our shiny new Mirrorless Interchangeable-Lens Compact? Or, you have a formidable collection of lenses for cameras made by Company X, but the latest camera from Company Z has everything you ever wanted in a camera, and you are tempted to jump ship. Do you keep the lenses? Or, do you sell them through Adorama’s Used department? Here’s a third option that is growing in popularity: Buy a Lens Mount Converter<\/b><\/a> that will allow you to use the Company X lens on your dream Company Z camera…or give your old dead-mount lenses new digital life!<\/p>\n

Lens Mount Converters, which can range in price from less than $50 to $500 depending on quality (more for adapters to larger-format and cinema systems), offer a substantial savings over the cost of replacing your current lenses with equivalents in the new mounts.<\/p>\n

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Odd Couple? Nikon Lens on Canon DSLR!<\/h3>\n

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You can convert older Nikon F<\/a><\/b> or Nikon G<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>lenses to fit Canon EOS DSLRs. So, if you own a Canon 5D Mark III<\/a><\/b>, for instance, but you have your eye on that fine Nikon 14-24mm f\/2.8G<\/a><\/b>, you can make it so via the ProOptic Nikon Lens to EOS Body Adapter<\/a><\/b>, available from Adorama. Keep in mind, though, that you won’t get full functionality from your converted lens; for that, you’ll need to mount your Nikon lens on a Nikon DSLR. So, this may not be for everybody, but it opens up new possibilities.<\/p>\n

The bad news? It doesn’t work the other way. Because of limits in Nikon’s flangeback design, there currently is no option to mount Canon lenses on Nikon bodies.<\/p>\n

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New Digital Life for Old Lenses<\/h3>\n

But while putting one modern lens on another mount modern camera is interesting, for owners of older optics, Lens Mount Converters offer pre-digital and pre-AF lenses new life on current interchangeable-lens digital cameras. This is especially true if you own a MILC. If you have a collection of manual-focus Canon FD lenses, for instance, you can mount them on an EOS body. A correction lens allows you to maintain focus to infinity. (Scroll down for our 5 favorite old lens mounts brought back to life.)<\/p>\n

Adorama carries over 375 Lens Mount Converters<\/a><\/b> (also known as Lens to Camera Adapters) that convert from and to dozens of lens and camera mounts. Among the most popular: Canon EF to Sony NEX, Nikon G to Micro Four Thirds, Contax G to Fuji X, Leica M to Sony NEX, and Leica M to Fujifilm X mount.<\/p>\n

Now, The Bad News<\/h3>\n

So, whats the downside? Well, get used to manual exposure and focus, because most of the lens’s automation (if it has any) goes out the window when shooting via a Converter. Only you can determine if these are deal-breakers:<\/p>\n