Fotodiox 07LAnkeos Lens Mount Adapter, Nikon Lens to Canon EOS Camera

by Fotodiox

• Screwless design for Heavy duty, All Metal Design
• Smooth surface for effortless mount
• Infinity Focus Guaranteed
• Accurate Flange to Focus distances
• 24 Month Manufacture Warranty

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3 x 1 x 3 inches ; 8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001G4QXLE
• Item model number: 07LAnkeos
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (144 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #2 in Camera & Photo > Accessories > Lens Accessories > Adapters & Converters
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 15, 2008

Product Description

If you have a SLR or DSLR camera and other maker/mount lenses, the Fotodiox Mount Adapters allow you to use your lenses on the film/digital camera body. Sharing lenses has some distinct advantages. Certain prime lens just can't be replaced, and you save cost of purchase lenses. íFotodiox offers a range of adapter from large format to smaller format digital adapters. Adapting larger format lens, i.e., large format √ medium format, medium format √ 35mm, excellent edge-to-edge sharpness; and the smaller 24x36 mm image field helps minimize the effects of lens distortion and aberration.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars This works great July 19, 2009

By Ted A. Maurino

Amazon Verified Purchase

I was hesitant to buy this adapter since the few reviews were not very enthusiastic. But I was anxious to try using my 300mm Nikkor lens on my Canon DSLR. And for $30 why not try it?

The lens adapter is all metal and fits nicely between the lens and the camera. The lens has to be used only in aperture priority and in manual focus but I usually use this lens in manual focus when using it on my Nikon F100.

I am quite pleased with the pictures taken using this adapter on my Canon DSLR's (both the 40D and the Rebel XT). I would not hesitate to recommend adding one of these adapters to your camera bag.

40 of 43 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Read this before you buy January 17, 2012

By Tim C

Amazon Verified Purchase

This adapter suffers from a design flaw. I will get to in a minute which Nikon/EOS adapter to get.

When I turn the focusing ring of a manual focus lens, or an autofocus lens functioning as a manual focus, I expect only the ring to move. With the Fotodiox there is excessive play (> 5 deg) between the lens and the adapter. When you turn the focusing ring with a Nikon AUTOfocus lens mounted, the lens will move first with respect to the adapter before the focusing ring does. I don't know about others but to me this is unacceptable. When I turn the focusing ring I expect only the ring to move. With AI-S (manual focus) lenses, the play is a little less (about 2 degrees), but in both cases there is not just rotational play between the lens and adapter which is hugely annoying but will probably not affect the final image, even worse, there is also a tiny bit of play in the angle the optical axis makes with the image plane. This *does* affect image quality as I have verified. Think 'view camera' where the plane of focus is not parallel to the image plane (sensor). At first I couldn't explain the loss of sharpness even with a stellar Nikon lens like the 17-35/2.8 on my 5d, but after some trial and error I pinned it down to misalignment between the focal plane and the sensor. This is simply not acceptable on any lens adapter regardless of cost.

Now that we know what the flaw is, what to do? Well, it turns out are two generic Nikon/EOS adapter designs out there. Most importers (Fotodiox included) order these from China and put their own logo on it. I have an adapter *identical* to the Fotodiox that I got from eBay(tons of those out there) except it doesn't have the Fotodiox name. You can tell this design from the presence of a little black spring loaded lever that you press to unattach the lens from the adapter. This is the flawed design and the one to avoid.

The other (costs about the same) has a little square tab with a hole in the middle which you push/pull to mount/ unmount the lens from the adapter. I own one of these as well. There is almost zero play with the lens mounted on this. It fits tightly and is a pleasure to focus with. This is the one to get. These are also plentifully available on eBay.

Needless to say, my Fotodiox is going back to Amazon.

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars perfectly adequate March 3, 2009

By DP

Amazon Verified Purchase

I used these to attach some Nikon and Zeiss manual-aperture lenses to my Canon EOS 5D Mark II to regain manual control over aperture settings when shooting video. They worked fine, no big issues.

I wish the little tab you use to unlock the adapter from the lens were a bit more solidly-built; it feels like it might break after maybe 100+ operations. This is the reason (among several others) that I'm buying a few more units of this adapter, so I can just attach one to each of my Nikon manual lenses and leave them there.

Overall, for the price they're perfectly fine. I can't justify spending $150 apiece for the competing brands, not right now at least. I'm hoping I won't be proven wrong in the long run :)