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Nikon screw mount lenses info

jdphoto

Well-known member
Greetings,
I was curious about Nikkor screw mount lenses. I was given a Nicca 3-S rangefinder camera with three lenses. One is a Canon 135mm f/3.5, a W-Nikkor-C 3.5cm f/2.5, and a Nikkor -S*C f/1.4, all in screw mounts. My question is can I use a Leica screw mount adapter to Nikon Z to use these lenses? Thanks for any info.
 

Bugleone

Well-known member
If the above kit is leica thread mount then presumably everything would be ok..... The nikon rangefinders were usually Contax mount, with if i recall correctly a slight pitch difference which made use between Contax bodies/ nikon bodies touch and go according to the particular lens, but that should not prevent you from aquiring a suitable adaptor if the lenses are LTM.

One of the best places to mug up on this stuff is the 'Cameraquest' website which can supply adaptors and some good info.

EDIT; It looks like the Nicca was a Leica thread camera (LTM)...see here on the Cameraquest website;

https://cameraquest.com/nicca.htm

So presumably you can just aquire an adaptor (or adaptors for all the lenses) and start using themm on the Z
 
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Bugleone

Well-known member
You probably already know this, but, if the Z is similar to Sony mirrorless then you have to go into the menu and check "use shutter without lens" or something similar...this allows the shutter to activate without any (nikon) lens handshake....then set camera to either manual or aperture priority for semi AE photography.
 
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