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Why do people confuse "mount type" with flange distance?
On Jan 13, 2018, RichA wrote
(in ): "Nikon can't use the F mount for a mirrorless! It's too deep!" WTF has the chrome-plated RING on the camera body where the lens bayonets in got to do with the FLANGE distance? If Nikon is designing a "Z" mount, there are other reasons for it. The bayonet they have now could easily be used. Still, if they build a "Z" mount (it's rumor now) I'm sure they'll have adapters for F lenses since legacy lenses are all that is keeping Nikon afloat. DSLR lenses regardless of manufacturer will always have to take the mirror chamber into account, so Nikkor F lenses will not have a flange distance optimized for a mirrorless with an F mount. If Nikon intends to make their proposed MILC, F lens compatible they will be discarding one of the advantages of MILCs, the ability to design a more compact MILC without the space taken up by a mirror chamber. If this Nikon MILC is going to be successful, it should be provided with a dedicated mirrorless “M”, or “Z” mount and lenses designed, and optimized for that mount. Then as you suggested, they should have an “F-M” adaptor to accomodate the legacy Nikkor glass. The adaptor would accomodate the flange distance differential, in much the same they do for the other MILC adaptors such as the F-X adaptor I use. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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