For those that wonder, why M mount? It's very adaptable to other mirrorless mounts. Most people buying the adapter or M mount lens from say TT artisan, will never own an M mount camera nor a native M mount lens. Most don't know about or care about native M mount anything. It's just an easy universal mount without license fees.
Just wanted to pop in and give you my undying gratitude for actually SHOWING how to get this adapter to work with the whole aperture dance to get this thing to expose properly in camera. I nearly chucked this thing into a river. THANK YOU!!!!!
This is my first encounter with true review, not a sales support, on this product. All others just tell the beautiful story of AF on manual lenses. Good job, and I thank you.
That feature with programming the adapter by punching in certain F-numbers is really clever. That way you can apply it in the field. Otherwise you’d have to use the USB dock to make similar changes, which wouldn’t be practical at all. Also quicker than if that thing were to use something like Bluetooth and an app or something. Very clever design. Use the chart. Easy.
Actually, the convoluted setting is really annoying, and unneeded. One can set the Sony IBIS FL setting to a button, which brings up a menu that can be scrolled to the correct FL. As far as I know (but feel free to correct me), the FL setting main goal is to tell the IBIS how to compensate. Longer FL need more compensation as a small shake will be magnified. So instead of taking pictures and having a little table, press C2, scroll to the correct FL, press ok and start shooting. This is the SAME process that one uses with manual lenses (without techArt) to make the IBIS perform correctly, so using the TechArt isn't any more cumbersome that normal manual shooting. The biggest limitation is it's 4.5mm helicoid which for longer FL lenses, as shown in the video, the MFD becomes too long, and you need to pre-focus. And with regards to failing a bit near the corners, it's often the case this happens with manual lenses because they are blurry wide open in the corners. It's a lens issue, not adapter issue.
@@fferreres The programming also allows you to burn in the lens focal length in the EXIF if that's important to the photographer. Still a clever way to do it imho.
Thank you for this very helpful, interesting review! Somewhat relatedly, I have used a Tech-Art Contax G to Sony E-mount adapter and am happy with it. The primary benefit, of course, is being able to use fantastic Contax G lenses on my Sony full-frame. It's not lightning fast and relatedly sometimes misses focus, but overall quite convenient, and offers a manual focus dial as well.
It's a very cool idea. I use my M lenses on my SL2 and my M11. It would be nice if Techart built this for the L mount. There are times however, and reasons that people buy M lenses and that's the "manual" experience for focus, aperture and f-stop. But very few lenses match Leica's glass and this is a good way for Sony users to experience that world.
I have been using the LM-EA7 since it originally got released on my Sony Alpha bodies with great success with my Leica M lenses. I kn ew going in that it wasn't for fast objects, which was fine, Of course, manual focus is quite simple on a modern mirrorless body. But having AF is just so convenient and welcome when you just want to grab a shot. I didn't know there was an update until I stumbled upon this video, so thank you for this. This looks amazing, as yes the original design was clunky and ungainly in size and shape. I will give this a try and see how it goes with my new A7R V. Speaking of which, I can confirm the LM-EA7 does work with the new A7R V, as I have updated it to the last firmware update in 2020 designated for use with the A7R IV.
Well at the beginning of the video I was semi interested in it, then I saw the quality of it then I was less interested in it. Then he said you can adapt different brand manual focus lenses on it and I was pretty interested again, then at the end it just seemed clunky and convoluted, so I went back to being not interested again.
It is great for someone coming into the Sony ecosystem from another system, but otherwise it is of little use, not when there is a huge range of native E-mount AF lenses.
It's great that they've gone back to including some humor and snark in these videos... utterly appropriate to a product like this, which is ingenious, well-designed, and conceptually completely loopy.
I'm not surprised AF performance deteriorated towards the edges. To fix that, a lens needs to tell the camera its exit pupil location, and most users won’t know that parameter for their lenses. Also, you saw what it takes just to tell the camera a common parameter like the focal length: imagine what you'd have to go through to set the exit pupil, even if you knew it. It's also quite likely that the exit pupil location of wide angle rangefinder lenses is too close to the sensor for the outer AF zones to work, even with compensation.
Using the aperture to set the exif focal length is such a comical hacky workaround I love it. Probably a pain in the ass to use in practice, but it doesn't make the adapter any *less* useful than if they had decided not to bother. It would be nice if the next iteration had a tiny screen and some buttons on it to adjust those sorts of settings.
If like me you don't care about the meta data and just want to set the correct focal length for IBIS purposes then I suggest setting the stabilization to manual and setting a shortcut button to manually set the focal length on the camera. its how I do it and it takes only a couple of seconds. Btw I have the LM EA7 and it is not slower than this new version. Only downsides are the size and the battery drain if you keep it attached to your camera overnight. I heard they fixed it in the new version but who knows.
Wow, thank you for review. I saw secondhand one on our local website (M42 adaptor included) and I guess I really need this gizmo because I own bunch of MF M42 lenses.
Do Chris and Jordan have photography classes/videos? If they put out their own online class that went over everything from camera operability to lighting to techniques, I would purchase in a heartbeat. I watch so many of their videos and have learned A LOT. Plus, when I’m feeling down about my progress with photography they pick me right back up.
Another problem with this is that you're not using the focusing of the lens but just moving the lens back and forth. With most lenses that's probably OK but lenses that have floating elements to optimize image quality across the focal range will not have that optimization if you're using autofocus...
The sort of lenses it was made to work with generally don’t have internal focus or floating elements. They're all "unit focusing": they move the entire optical capsule as one "chunk".
@@AManWhoWasntThere Only two out Leica's current 54 M lenses have floating elements. Leica rangefinders only focus down to 65cm, so that mostly negates the need for floating elements. The first lens I had that had them was a Nikon 20m f/2.8 which focused down to 25cm.
I think it's kinda silly to present this as an adapter for Leica M lenses. The only reason they're using the Leica mount is because of the short flange distance so you can practically use any lens on the LM EA9 by using a Nikon/Canon/M42/Olympus/Pentax or whatever mount to Leica M mount adapter.
I already bought e-mount Voigtlanders before I stopped to consider that I should have gotten them in m-mount :( Plus, I've seen a trusted review that indicated there's no loss in image quality adapting the m-mount ones onto Sony. At least I've heard that there's an e-mount to z-mount adapter, so if I go to Nikon I can use them on that.
It would be interesting to have a lens adapter to something like PL. But have it still use the body auto focus information and then the adapter translates this data into an external follow focus motor. since large cine lenses wouldn't do it with tiny motors an an internal helicoid.
Ever tried the ancient Nikon tc 16a converter? I used it for many years with fair success on a d750 and earlier cameras. The trick as you mention was to set the focus in roughly the right area- though it was quite a tight range- and the beautiful old manual Nikon Fs became autofocus. I tended to leave it on with my macro lens for the sake of convenience.
The weight limit is lower then the first version so that's the major drawback to compensate with the more compact and lighter weight. I have been using the first version extensively with Noctilux f0.95 and I am very happy with the result. Unfortunately this new version is not able to hold 700g weight of the lense.
On their website they write: SUPPORTING LENS WEIGHT : 300g for the old version. 500 g new version. So if it works with the first version, it should work better with the new version.
@@juliussternfeld428 that's odd, because the 7 was advertised to support around 750grams... but they did fatigue with heavier lenses and had the wobble.
What I really dont understand is why thses arent spoken about for videpgraphers and instead they have all the lidar technology wireless focus systems... Am I missing something? Isnt this way easier and more convenvient? Or is there a big fault for these with video? Thanks!
The AF area issue seems to be dependent on the lenses. With FD50/1.2 it can AF over the whole frame, while with 7artisans 50/1.1 and VM50/1.2 it's limited to the central area.
It depends of the image quality. When the corners are bad, the sensor cannot detect it's focused. The best combo would be a thin sensor rework on the Sony Alpha
For heavier lens like Noctilux, is it still recommended? Because we only hold the camera, not the lens, so I wonder if it puts strain on camera mount. Also does it consume lots of camera battery power?
I just bought this adapter based on your review and one thing drives me insane. Putting my camera into Manul focus doesn't work like you described. The adapter retracts the helicoid. Same thing happens if I switch to video mode or press record button in photo mode. I hoped I will be able to use the adapter in a limited single af way but nothing works. I've tried the f45 to park the adapter but it has no effect whatsoever and i do any of the above or switch the camera off the adapter parks at infinity. 😢
I have the older one. It is great, with the corks you mention. that one came with an app, wich is obviuosly not supported by anything anymore. BUT the only thing the app really did is a bit of metadata. I use it on a long serie of fast vintage 50, 55, 58. Lovely, but yes, corky AF. and also I lernt something very useful for the future: never buy a len or a piece of gear that needs a phone
9:36 what a coincidence when Chris say that cuz I'm having nose bleeding right now after a surgery :) Even with confusion I'll say it is the least elegant ever design.
I just got mine 5 min ago and i cant figure out how to make it show f0.95 on my sony A74. I did close it down to F10 as the manual but it’s still show F2 as the maximum F stop. But if I turn it to F0.95 on the lens the image is brighter, it just dont show f0.95 on the screen.
I like what Techart are doing, but that interface is dumb. How hard can it be to add a button to the adapter itself? Or even better, a rocker switch, and then you could cycle through pre-registered lenses, with focal length, maximum aperture and name. Now *that* would be awesome.
Yeah, but the aperture setting in the body is not used for anything anyway since it isn't connected to the lenses which don't have Exif support, so why not save on things that costs money and use the aperture wheel on the body to program it with?
I actually think what they did with the apertures is nothing short of genius lol. Also... Blows my mind that someone might find it complicated. Like... If you ever used a microwave oven you should be able to do this 🤣
@@lattesweden Mostly because the whole system is very unintuitive. I have to say that I prefer the Nikon approach there - you could use the camera's f-number setting to put the actual f-number used into the EXIF, for example. Techart's approach doesn't cover all existing M-mount focal lengths, either, and doesn't let you discriminate between, say, a 50mm Summilux and Summicron. I understand that space comes at a hefty premium in their new adapter, but still, the current design is quite user-unfriendly, especially considering that the FL setting is essential for correct IBIS behavior.
@@JeffDvrx It's dumb. Say, if I switch from a 21mm lens to a 135mm prime, I need to spend quite a while rotating the dial, and risk overshooting it (because Sony's interface is kinda crappy in that sense). Oh, and consult their table, or memorize the correct aperture setting for each FL. And then I need to shoot "a couple" of photos, cross my fingers and hope it works? That's bad design, plain and simple.
@@Ildskalli If you do MF with a non Exif lens on Sony you can easy set the focal length for IBIS on the body. But for AF lenses that info gets reported via Exif and the option to set it on the body gets greyed out. Which is how Sony made it and for them this most likely makes sense, the user shouldn't fiddle with IBIS settings on lenses that supports Exif since the user them might change the settings to something that isn't correct. Now this adapter for it to work with AF, needs to pretend to be an adapted AF-lens and then one can't set IBIS focal length on the body since it is greyed out. So they use this kind off cleaver way to set it with the aperture dial on the body which don't do any use anyway.
The manufacturer claims that the product has been significantly improved after long-term development. The price is with customs duty and import tax 500 + Eur. Why does the manufacturer not offer the usual and mandatory 2-year warranty in the EU, but only a 1-year warranty?
... it's unit focusing, of course there'll be focus breathing. The longer the focal length, the more noticeable it will be. It depends on the focal length, not on the lens or the adapter. Focus breathing in modern lenses varies because lenses nowadays usually focus by shifting lens groups within the lens, so according to the design they might be able to maintain effective focal length through the focus range. In older lenses (or in a case like this, where the lens as a whole remains unchanged while youre moving it forwards or backwards) focus breathing is literally inevitable and, like I said before, how bad it is depends on the focal length because of perspective.
With all the gear they have access to, it seems like as soon as the GH6 came out, it became the go-to vlogger. Not the S1H, which does still make an appearance from time to time, not the R5 or the a7s3.
Are you just getting into photography? It's been like that for so many decades with large lenses that have a tripod mount. The lens stays stationary while the camera moves back and forth to focus.
@@Ni5ei "large lenses on a tripod mount" different than walk around lenses in the video. And no, not of my large lenses do as you describe. They all extend at the end or are internal focus. Are you just getting into photography?
Wait, Chris did a whole episode with a 35mm lens and didn't complain once?
That’s what I was just thinking!!!
Because it was a Leica 😃
I never got why he hates 35mm focal length so much
@@dominicus9891 I have an irrational dislike of 28mm, so I kind of relate with him on it.
Just wasn't enough time to complain! But trust me, it sucked. :)
For those that wonder, why M mount? It's very adaptable to other mirrorless mounts. Most people buying the adapter or M mount lens from say TT artisan, will never own an M mount camera nor a native M mount lens. Most don't know about or care about native M mount anything. It's just an easy universal mount without license fees.
The short fange distance means you can adapt pretty much anything to the M-mount.
Just wanted to pop in and give you my undying gratitude for actually SHOWING how to get this adapter to work with the whole aperture dance to get this thing to expose properly in camera. I nearly chucked this thing into a river. THANK YOU!!!!!
This is my first encounter with true review, not a sales support, on this product. All others just tell the beautiful story of AF on manual lenses. Good job, and I thank you.
That feature with programming the adapter by punching in certain F-numbers is really clever. That way you can apply it in the field. Otherwise you’d have to use the USB dock to make similar changes, which wouldn’t be practical at all.
Also quicker than if that thing were to use something like Bluetooth and an app or something. Very clever design. Use the chart. Easy.
I agree. I found this method quite brilliant. If I want a niche lens I would definitely go for this.
Actually, the convoluted setting is really annoying, and unneeded. One can set the Sony IBIS FL setting to a button, which brings up a menu that can be scrolled to the correct FL. As far as I know (but feel free to correct me), the FL setting main goal is to tell the IBIS how to compensate. Longer FL need more compensation as a small shake will be magnified. So instead of taking pictures and having a little table, press C2, scroll to the correct FL, press ok and start shooting. This is the SAME process that one uses with manual lenses (without techArt) to make the IBIS perform correctly, so using the TechArt isn't any more cumbersome that normal manual shooting. The biggest limitation is it's 4.5mm helicoid which for longer FL lenses, as shown in the video, the MFD becomes too long, and you need to pre-focus. And with regards to failing a bit near the corners, it's often the case this happens with manual lenses because they are blurry wide open in the corners. It's a lens issue, not adapter issue.
@@fferreres The programming also allows you to burn in the lens focal length in the EXIF if that's important to the photographer. Still a clever way to do it imho.
crying Jordan is back
This is one of the cleverest pieces of camera tech I've seen in a while, especially the way it handles metadata lol.
The design update is really amazing.
Thank you for this very helpful, interesting review! Somewhat relatedly, I have used a Tech-Art Contax G to Sony E-mount adapter and am happy with it. The primary benefit, of course, is being able to use fantastic Contax G lenses on my Sony full-frame. It's not lightning fast and relatedly sometimes misses focus, but overall quite convenient, and offers a manual focus dial as well.
It's a very cool idea. I use my M lenses on my SL2 and my M11. It would be nice if Techart built this for the L mount. There are times however, and reasons that people buy M lenses and that's the "manual" experience for focus, aperture and f-stop. But very few lenses match Leica's glass and this is a good way for Sony users to experience that world.
I have been using the LM-EA7 since it originally got released on my Sony Alpha bodies with great success with my Leica M lenses. I kn ew going in that it wasn't for fast objects, which was fine, Of course, manual focus is quite simple on a modern mirrorless body. But having AF is just so convenient and welcome when you just want to grab a shot. I didn't know there was an update until I stumbled upon this video, so thank you for this. This looks amazing, as yes the original design was clunky and ungainly in size and shape. I will give this a try and see how it goes with my new A7R V. Speaking of which, I can confirm the LM-EA7 does work with the new A7R V, as I have updated it to the last firmware update in 2020 designated for use with the A7R IV.
how was the ea9? is it worthy of upgrade from ea7?
Holy sh~! Sony users, I'm jealous. This thing is awesome. I wish I would have this on RF mount
this was kinda available since 2017 or so...
this is why canon and nikon su**s
Well at the beginning of the video I was semi interested in it, then I saw the quality of it then I was less interested in it. Then he said you can adapt different brand manual focus lenses on it and I was pretty interested again, then at the end it just seemed clunky and convoluted, so I went back to being not interested again.
It is great for someone coming into the Sony ecosystem from another system, but otherwise it is of little use, not when there is a huge range of native E-mount AF lenses.
pure entertainment whilst we all wait for your next shiny bauble announcement/review!!
It's great that they've gone back to including some humor and snark in these videos... utterly appropriate to a product like this, which is ingenious, well-designed, and conceptually completely loopy.
Beat review yet for this adapter! Thank you! Mine just came in this week!
This adapter is a must have with Laowa lens Zero-D + AF =EPICness
The programming reminds me of the dandelion chips for EF mount. Good to have the option at least, minus some nose bleeding and migraines.
I'm not surprised AF performance deteriorated towards the edges. To fix that, a lens needs to tell the camera its exit pupil location, and most users won’t know that parameter for their lenses. Also, you saw what it takes just to tell the camera a common parameter like the focal length: imagine what you'd have to go through to set the exit pupil, even if you knew it.
It's also quite likely that the exit pupil location of wide angle rangefinder lenses is too close to the sensor for the outer AF zones to work, even with compensation.
excellent !!!! Might enhance my beautiful 8-elements Takumar 50mm f/1.4 from 1964 with autofocus and even eye-focus, what a cool feat 😀
Using the aperture to set the exif focal length is such a comical hacky workaround I love it. Probably a pain in the ass to use in practice, but it doesn't make the adapter any *less* useful than if they had decided not to bother. It would be nice if the next iteration had a tiny screen and some buttons on it to adjust those sorts of settings.
If like me you don't care about the meta data and just want to set the correct focal length for IBIS purposes then I suggest setting the stabilization to manual and setting a shortcut button to manually set the focal length on the camera. its how I do it and it takes only a couple of seconds.
Btw I have the LM EA7 and it is not slower than this new version. Only downsides are the size and the battery drain if you keep it attached to your camera overnight. I heard they fixed it in the new version but who knows.
It seems far easier to just manual focus. Nevertheless, great video! Thanks!
Wow, thank you for review. I saw secondhand one on our local website (M42 adaptor included) and I guess I really need this gizmo because I own bunch of MF M42 lenses.
7:41 my head exploded
I'm super interested in this. Have a bunch of vintage lenses but I rarely leave the house with them.
What about video AF?
Would love to see someone try this thing with a mirror lens or digiscope rig.
Been waiting for this review.
We love the details, only us nerds come to DP anyway.
This is the weirdest adapter I've ever heard of. And I love it
Very cool device. I want one.
all that beautiful helicoid on leica lenses just to not use it, btw great video guys !!!
I wish I could get my Sony PXW X70 to autofocus.
guess it has the same limitations at the first one. only really works on smaller lenses and lenses under 75mm
Do Chris and Jordan have photography classes/videos? If they put out their own online class that went over everything from camera operability to lighting to techniques, I would purchase in a heartbeat. I watch so many of their videos and have learned A LOT. Plus, when I’m feeling down about my progress with photography they pick me right back up.
I'm pretty sure Chris used to teach photography at SAIT but not sure if he still does.
Wait such one for m42 lenses
They need to put buttons and a display on the techart for programming the focal length.
What NSFW had Jordan on the right foot?
Wow it's great one. but not available in India 😢😢 any way such a information thank yoy
Nice tech, of course it is techart
If it is slow, just use AF assist (click button to enlarge pic, click again to enlarge more). could be faster and cheaper
Another problem with this is that you're not using the focusing of the lens but just moving the lens back and forth. With most lenses that's probably OK but lenses that have floating elements to optimize image quality across the focal range will not have that optimization if you're using autofocus...
The sort of lenses it was made to work with generally don’t have internal focus or floating elements. They're all "unit focusing": they move the entire optical capsule as one "chunk".
@@josephwisniewski3673 I thought it was made for Leica M lenses. Plenty of those have floating elements
@@AManWhoWasntThere Only two out Leica's current 54 M lenses have floating elements. Leica rangefinders only focus down to 65cm, so that mostly negates the need for floating elements. The first lens I had that had them was a Nikon 20m f/2.8 which focused down to 25cm.
@@AManWhoWasntThere yeah most Leica M lenses are definitely not in possession of floating elements. 🤣I love Leica glass, but complicated it isn’t
Hi . Is auto focus work for video ?
With that focusing noise, you might be able to attract pigeons. ;-)
I think it's kinda silly to present this as an adapter for Leica M lenses.
The only reason they're using the Leica mount is because of the short flange distance so you can practically use any lens on the LM EA9 by using a Nikon/Canon/M42/Olympus/Pentax or whatever mount to Leica M mount adapter.
I already bought e-mount Voigtlanders before I stopped to consider that I should have gotten them in m-mount :(
Plus, I've seen a trusted review that indicated there's no loss in image quality adapting the m-mount ones onto Sony.
At least I've heard that there's an e-mount to z-mount adapter, so if I go to Nikon I can use them on that.
Well, at least the E-mount Voigtlanders have a lever to turn aperture clicks on and off for video use.
I thought there will be a video section of just Jordan crying. Really disappointed we didn't get that.
What lens was this video shot on? The bokeh is gorgeous!
PanaLeica 10-25mm F1.7 and 25-50mm F1.7. Both stunning lenses
@@dpreview micro fourth thirds lenses? I know Chris loves that GH6
It’s simpler than the Sony a7iii’s menu system. No wonder they made it for E mount.
It would be interesting to have a lens adapter to something like PL. But have it still use the body auto focus information and then the adapter translates this data into an external follow focus motor. since large cine lenses wouldn't do it with tiny motors an an internal helicoid.
Please review voigltander 75 1.5
Ever tried the ancient Nikon tc 16a converter? I used it for many years with fair success on a d750 and earlier cameras. The trick as you mention was to set the focus in roughly the right area- though it was quite a tight range- and the beautiful old manual Nikon Fs became autofocus. I tended to leave it on with my macro lens for the sake of convenience.
yes i did and it's working great. sadly tho, it won't work on the newer nikon z.
I have the og and tbh, it's not that bad
The weight limit is lower then the first version so that's the major drawback to compensate with the more compact and lighter weight. I have been using the first version extensively with Noctilux f0.95 and I am very happy with the result. Unfortunately this new version is not able to hold 700g weight of the lense.
On their website they write: SUPPORTING LENS WEIGHT : 300g for the old version. 500 g new version. So if it works with the first version, it should work better with the new version.
@@juliussternfeld428 that's odd, because the 7 was advertised to support around 750grams... but they did fatigue with heavier lenses and had the wobble.
What I really dont understand is why thses arent spoken about for videpgraphers and instead they have all the lidar technology wireless focus systems... Am I missing something? Isnt this way easier and more convenvient? Or is there a big fault for these with video? Thanks!
The AF area issue seems to be dependent on the lenses. With FD50/1.2 it can AF over the whole frame, while with 7artisans 50/1.1 and VM50/1.2 it's limited to the central area.
It depends of the image quality. When the corners are bad, the sensor cannot detect it's focused. The best combo would be a thin sensor rework on the Sony Alpha
@@maximemasset5297 I feel that the VM50/1.2 has much sharper corners (and center) than the FD50/1.2.
I’ve been a Pentax user for quite a while. It doesn’t bother me that much in terms of focusing speed Lol
For heavier lens like Noctilux, is it still recommended? Because we only hold the camera, not the lens, so I wonder if it puts strain on camera mount. Also does it consume lots of camera battery power?
I just bought this adapter based on your review and one thing drives me insane. Putting my camera into Manul focus doesn't work like you described. The adapter retracts the helicoid. Same thing happens if I switch to video mode or press record button in photo mode. I hoped I will be able to use the adapter in a limited single af way but nothing works. I've tried the f45 to park the adapter but it has no effect whatsoever and i do any of the above or switch the camera off the adapter parks at infinity. 😢
I have the older one.
It is great, with the corks you mention.
that one came with an app, wich is obviuosly not supported by anything anymore.
BUT the only thing the app really did is a bit of metadata.
I use it on a long serie of fast vintage 50, 55, 58.
Lovely, but yes, corky AF.
and also I lernt something very useful for the future: never buy a len or a piece of gear that needs a phone
Sorry, but what did you say from 6:21 until the end? 🤣
Does it AF in video mode? How is the performance?
Did you used this on the A7R5, as you mentioned having dust on that sensor?
If they'd made one for the L mount I would get one!
Chris, can you find an adapter for Nikon manual lenses to get autofocus on Nikon cameras?
Does is work in video mode?
I cant get mine to work in video mode at all, it hunts but can never focus even in a scene where it works perfectly in photo mode :(
Would love if they made these for the Nikon Z mount with M lenses. I have 3 Leica M lenses and having that option added would be amazing.
Search for Megadap MTZ11
@@Ni5ei Thanks!! I'm surprised that other mounts weren't mentioned in the review. Appreciate the head's up.
@@gerryphilpott9766 It's a different brand and not this same adapter with a different mount. So not really surprising they didn't mention it.
Also Techart TZM-01.
@@vocvoc9895 Yes, Techart also makes a Nikon Z adapter. I only discovered this after I posted my previous response.
Lol best intros 😂
Yes love the drama
Will one come out for the Canon RF mount?
What is this institution manuel?
Your kids look so done with being photographed lol
Z mount can use E mount and then can use M mount.
you can put the F-stop nummber on the lens, then you will never need check the table anymore😀
9:36 what a coincidence when Chris say that cuz I'm having nose bleeding right now after a surgery :)
Even with confusion I'll say it is the least elegant ever design.
I just got mine 5 min ago and i cant figure out how to make it show f0.95 on my sony A74. I did close it down to F10 as the manual but it’s still show F2 as the maximum F stop. But if I turn it to F0.95 on the lens the image is brighter, it just dont show f0.95 on the screen.
"One ring to rule them all"
👏🏻
I like what Techart are doing, but that interface is dumb. How hard can it be to add a button to the adapter itself? Or even better, a rocker switch, and then you could cycle through pre-registered lenses, with focal length, maximum aperture and name. Now *that* would be awesome.
Yeah, but the aperture setting in the body is not used for anything anyway since it isn't connected to the lenses which don't have Exif support, so why not save on things that costs money and use the aperture wheel on the body to program it with?
I actually think what they did with the apertures is nothing short of genius lol. Also... Blows my mind that someone might find it complicated. Like... If you ever used a microwave oven you should be able to do this 🤣
@@lattesweden
Mostly because the whole system is very unintuitive. I have to say that I prefer the Nikon approach there - you could use the camera's f-number setting to put the actual f-number used into the EXIF, for example. Techart's approach doesn't cover all existing M-mount focal lengths, either, and doesn't let you discriminate between, say, a 50mm Summilux and Summicron. I understand that space comes at a hefty premium in their new adapter, but still, the current design is quite user-unfriendly, especially considering that the FL setting is essential for correct IBIS behavior.
@@JeffDvrx
It's dumb. Say, if I switch from a 21mm lens to a 135mm prime, I need to spend quite a while rotating the dial, and risk overshooting it (because Sony's interface is kinda crappy in that sense). Oh, and consult their table, or memorize the correct aperture setting for each FL. And then I need to shoot "a couple" of photos, cross my fingers and hope it works? That's bad design, plain and simple.
@@Ildskalli If you do MF with a non Exif lens on Sony you can easy set the focal length for IBIS on the body. But for AF lenses that info gets reported via Exif and the option to set it on the body gets greyed out. Which is how Sony made it and for them this most likely makes sense, the user shouldn't fiddle with IBIS settings on lenses that supports Exif since the user them might change the settings to something that isn't correct. Now this adapter for it to work with AF, needs to pretend to be an adapted AF-lens and then one can't set IBIS focal length on the body since it is greyed out. So they use this kind off cleaver way to set it with the aperture dial on the body which don't do any use anyway.
The manufacturer claims that the product has been significantly improved after long-term development. The price is with customs duty and import tax 500 + Eur. Why does the manufacturer not offer the usual and mandatory 2-year warranty in the EU, but only a 1-year warranty?
what about video autofocus?
First. Boo ya Chris!
I have a tamaron xr diii af 18-200mm 3.5-6.3 (if) macro a14 for nikon. What lens converter should I use for my sony a6500 to enable auto focus?
does it work for video?
Great way to introduce humidity and dust inside the body.
No menton about focus breathing performence!?
... it's unit focusing, of course there'll be focus breathing. The longer the focal length, the more noticeable it will be. It depends on the focal length, not on the lens or the adapter. Focus breathing in modern lenses varies because lenses nowadays usually focus by shifting lens groups within the lens, so according to the design they might be able to maintain effective focal length through the focus range. In older lenses (or in a case like this, where the lens as a whole remains unchanged while youre moving it forwards or backwards) focus breathing is literally inevitable and, like I said before, how bad it is depends on the focal length because of perspective.
@@JeffDvrx ...precisely what we should have seen examples of. How bad etc.
Are we sure its not pronounced te-chart not tech at, as in 'refer to chart'?
New firmware update for sony a7iv came today.can you do a video on this?
Sony have pulled the update as it's causing a lot of problems.
@@richardtargett4128 thank you
This intro proves that you are not well. I love your video.
I’m just gonna manually focus, and deal with my metadata saying “f1.0”.
so nikon couln't geht AF motors inside their adapter but Techart built 4 into it? thats so lame from nikon.... :(
With all the gear they have access to, it seems like as soon as the GH6 came out, it became the go-to vlogger. Not the S1H, which does still make an appearance from time to time, not the R5 or the a7s3.
Whoaa
That intro
A la Contax AX.
R missing in that sign ;)
Holding the lens and watching your camera body move to focus. That would take some getting used to.
Are you just getting into photography?
It's been like that for so many decades with large lenses that have a tripod mount.
The lens stays stationary while the camera moves back and forth to focus.
@@Ni5ei "large lenses on a tripod mount" different than walk around lenses in the video. And no, not of my large lenses do as you describe. They all extend at the end or are internal focus. Are you just getting into photography?
I didn't know the dog whisperer did photography
Haha reminds me of Ben Heck short’s