Excellent adapter. Now i can use my old nikon lenses on fuji.

Bucking the usual trend of photo enthusiasts jumping on the bandwagon of more megapixels, fancier auto-focus, face recognition, 4k video, etc. I set out to find the modern day digital equivalent of an original Nikon F or Canon A1 that was as fully manual as possible. Of course neither of those companies makes such a camera anymore, although to some degree you can force any DSLR or mirrorless camera into at least a quasi-manual mode. When I found the Fujifilm EX-1 I was pleased with how well its fully manual setting emulated those of ancient film cameras. I was also pleased to find how well the EX-1 (and slightly newer EX-2 and EX-2s) work with old legacy film camera prime lenses, which I have an abundance of.This adapter is nothing more than a mechanical coupling with a Nikon bayonet mount on the lens end and a Fuji X mount on the camera body end. There are no physical nor electronic connections of any kind and therefore the adapter works best with older lenses that have fully mechanical aperture, focus and (if applicable) zoom ring as opposed to the fly by wire linkage common on modern lenses. When used with a legacy lens you the photographer will have full creative control of all of those functions just like back in the early days of photography. The EX-series of Fujifilm cameras are especially well suited to being quickly switched from automated use to turning all settings over to the user.IN USEIf you’ve ever shot with an old film rangefinder or non-automated film SLR you will love the feeling of using this adapter with a legacy prime lens like a 50mm f/1.4 Nikkor lens, being in full control bring back a certain joy to photography that today’s auto-everything digital cameras have all but erased. Considering the price the construction and finish on this adapter and fit to my camera are impressive being all metal and weighing almost 96g, but remember that how it performs is going to depend a lot on the specific lens you use it with and I found it works best with fully manual prime lenses. Before basing your decision on whether others say it is too loose or two tight consider that the adapter may be fine, they are all made identically, but rather their camera or lens may be slightly out of adjustment.DOCUMENTATIONI didn’t expect any documentation and was surprised to get a small but clearly written and helpful instruction sheet that among other things advised how to adjust the camera controls and that if the lens does not have a manual aperture ring it will stop down to its smallest f/stop by default.SUMMARYI put this in the category of an interesting gadget to experiment with, not a serious photography accessory. Giving new life to old legacy lenses that are in some cases better than you can ever hope to buy new these days is a worthwhile cause as is getting back to the basics of shooting without the help of automation. I recommend it.

I purchased a Fotsay Minolta MD, Canon FD, and Nikon F mount to Fuji X-Mount adapter for use on my Fujifilm X-T20 and my opinion is the same on all three, so I am using the same review for all three.These Fotsay adapters work just as well as the higher priced adapters. Sure, they may lack some fancy anodized trim, and rely on textured metal grips instead of a rubber grip, but in terms of adaptability, I've had no issues. Each of these adapters mounts correctly to my X-T20 and each classic lens I've used and I've had no issues. The lenses and the adapter are neither too tight to get stuck, or too loose to fall off or cause light leaks. Since none of these have any optical elements in them, there is no degradation in image quality, and they all focus to infinity correctly.Of course, you need to set the camera to work with no lens (I forget the setting in the camera, but its in the manual) and you need to set the camera to Manual focus, but I find the focus peaking feature of the X-T20 to work really well with these adapters and manual focus lenses.A note about this Nikon adapter is that it will not control the aperture on "G" lenses.In a nutshell, you can spend more (sometimes a lot more) on other brands adapters, and get a nicer looking one that maybe has a nicer grip, or save yourself some money and just get these.If I had one suggestion, its that I wish there was a Helicoid version of these three mounts. I have the Fotsay M42 -> Fuji X-mount Helicoid adapter and it works really well. I wish they had versions of these with that feature.

I'm using this on an X-T1 and it works great. Nikons sensor/film plane is way further back in the camera due to the mirror so there's no magic optical conversion or extraneous glass needed for this adapter. It just moves the lens outwards the proper distance to the Fuji sensor and bam... literally the *exact* same as if it were mounted on a Nikon DX sensor. So it doesn't introduce any fringing, vignetting, softness, or anything else outside of what the lens would normally produce. Using this with an X-T1 with manual focus peaking is a dream come true. Don't get me wrong, I have Fuji glass and I love it. But theres something so satisfying about having the solid tactile feel of the focus and aperture rings. I can focus soooo much faster with this than I can doing manual focus with Fuji's 'focus by wire' system. Five minutes after shooting and I was checking craiglist trying to find old Nikon glass to use for full time shooting.The ONLY complaint I have about this is tolerances for mounting the lens to the adapter are probably off by a few 1000th's. Because of this, it's a little firm twisting a lens on, not buttery smooth like on a real Nikon body. Not really bad for the lens, but it does put a bit of torque on the mount if you still have it on the camera. Because of this, if you have multiple Nikon lenses, I would recommend either taking the adapter off the body before swapping lenses or just buying an adapter for each lens you have because they're so cheap.Lastly, I was a little worried looking at pictures and trying to gauge material finish and quality but when I received it I found that it's machined from a solid hunk of aluminum. In fact, it's better quality than the old Nikkor 50mm lens that I put on it. At the time of this writing there are 3 nearly identical adapters on Amazon, this one costing half as much. I'm almost positive after receiving it and looking at the pictures again that these are identical and just re-branded between different companies. If you're on the fence like I was, go for whichever one is cheaper at the moment.