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Lens Adapters for Sony E-Mount Cameras

Last Updated on August 13, 2021
Table of Contents
  • What are Lens Adapters?
    • How it works
    • Why use vintage lenses?
    • Adapters Galore
    • Price & Quality
    • Special Adapters
  • Lens Adapter FAQ
  • Sony E Mount Lens Adapters (NEX) by Lens Mount
    • Alpa
    • Arri B
    • Arri PL
    • Arri S
    • B4
    • Bronica ETR
    • Bronica GS-1 (PG)
    • Bronica SQ (PS, S)
    • C Mount
    • Canon EF
    • Canon FD/FL
    • Contax G
    • Contax N
    • Contax C/Y (Yashica)
    • Contax 645
    • DKL (Kodak Retina Reflex)
    • Exakta (Topcon)
    • Four Thirds (4/3)
    • Fujica X
    • Hasselblad V
    • Hasselblad Xpan
    • Icarex 35s
    • Kiev 88 (Zenit 80)
    • Konica AR
    • Leica M
    • Leica M39 (L39, LTM)
    • Leica R
    • M42 (Praktica) & M39 (Zenit)
    • Mamiya 645
    • Mamiya CS/E/EF (Secor)
    • Mamiya RZ/RB
    • Micro Four Thirds (MFT) (M4/3)
    • Minolta MD/MC (SR)
    • Miranda (M44)
    • Nikon F
    • Nikon S (Contax RF)
    • Olympus OM
    • Olympus Pen-F
    • Pentacon 6 (P60)
    • Pentax K
    • Pentax 645
    • Pentax 6×7 (P67, PK67)
    • Praktica B
    • Rolleiflex SL35 (QBM)
    • Rollieflex SL66
    • Rollieflex 6000
    • Sigma SA
    • Sony A (Minolta A / Maxxum)
    • T Mount
    • Tamron Adaptall (I / II)

What are Lens Adapters?

Lens adapters join lenses with a given lens mount to a camera body with a different lens mount. 

How it works

Lens adapters fill the gap left by a shorter flange distance.

Back to basics.  Interchangeable lens cameras have a bracket for attaching lenses called a mount.  Lenses designed for a particular mount will have a complimentary bracket that locks onto the mount of the camera.  Modern mounts also offer electrical contacts allowing the camera to control the lens. 

The flat outer ring of the the mount is called the flange. The flange is an exact distance in front of the sensor; this is called the flange focal distance, FFD or just flange distance. Lenses designed for a particular mount will focus light at this distance. If the lens is a little too far away, it will not focus at infinity as marked on the lens. If the lens is too close to the sensor, it will not focus at the near end of the focus range marked on the lens.

In SLR/DSLR cameras, the flange distance is quite long. This is to accommodate a mirror mechanism between the lens and sensor. The Canon EF mount, for example, has a flange distance of 44mm.  In mirrorless cameras, the lens can be much closer to the sensor, resulting in a very thin camera profile.  Sony E-mount has an 18mm flange distance.

This offers an opportunity:  A lens designed for a longer flange distance can be mounted on a camera with a shorter flange distance, as long you account for the difference in flange distance, using the appropriate mounts on each end.  This is called a lens adapter.  Since the Sony E-mount system has one of the shorter flange distances, there’s over 100 years of exceptional (often inexpensive) lenses that can be used with the right lens adapters.

helios40-2
 by Fabrizio Sciami (Canon 6D, Helios 40-2 f1.5)

Why use vintage lenses?

For photography, modern precision-cut, multi-coated, auto-focusing, self-stabilized lenses are amazing.  They are also expensive and tend toward a common, precise, clinical look.  There’s nothing wrong with that, but Instagram was founded on the notion that people prefer some “character” in their photos. Older lenses often have a unique character; a combination of pleasing qualities that might otherwise be considered “defects” in modern lenses.  Vintage lenses like the Russian Helios 40-2 can produce some amazing results.  The bokeh is swirly, the flares are dreamy, but the image is sharp.

For narrative filmmaking, detailed focus control is critical.  Modern auto-focus lenses can be problematic, as most AF lenses do something called “focus-by-wire”.  This makes for fast, silent auto-focus, but makes manual focusing unreliable.  For filmmakers, a $100 vintage manual lens is a great alternative to a $10k cinema prime.  Paired with a image-stabilized, focus-peeking/magnifying enabled camera like the Sony a7SIII, even these lenses from another era become very useful, and a whole lot cheaper.  My old Canon FD lenses sat in a bag for almost 20 years, until given new life on mirrorless cameras.

You don’t have to sacrifice auto-focus, either.  With the right adapter, your old AF lenses can AF on your mirrorless camera.  There’s even one adapter that will give manual lenses auto-focus powers. 

Give it a try, you might like it.

Adapters Galore

There are a mess of adapters for the e-mount system now.  As such, I’ve put together this guide to help you find the right adapter for the lenses you have, or want to find.  I have listed the adapters alphabetically by lens mount on the left of this page.  For each entry I have listed the adapters alphabetically, and by type:

  • Manual Focus Adapters:  Adapters without extra glass, features or electronics; basically just a metal tube.
  • Special Adapters:  Adapters with special features like focal reduction, tilt/shift, macro helicoid and more.
  • Auto-Focus Adapters:  Adapters with electronics so the camera can communicate with an AF lens.

Price & Quality

You will find that there are large price differences between some adapters.  The truth is that price is not necessarily indicative of quality or durability.  My personal rule of thumb – if it’s a manual focus adapter (just an empty tube, no glass or electronics), I generally prefer the cheaper options.  As soon as glass or electronics are involved, I tend to go with the more premium options.

You will find that the same adapter is sold under many brand names, that’s how a lot of Chinese generics work.  For example, Beschoi and K&F Concept often sell identical, re-badged adapters.  Same goes for Fotga/Neewer and many others.  I try to find unique examples of each adapter to display here.

There are also premium 1st party manufactured brands like Metabones, Kipon and Novoflex. These tend to be quite expensive, and sometimes they are worth it, particularly where special features or adapters with internal optics are concerned.

There are also some odd ducks. Fotodiox Pro and DLX, for example, are typically 1st party manufactured, while they also sell Chinese generics under the plain Fotodiox label.

Special Adapters

Adapter manufacturers have been quite creative.  Kipon, for example, makes an adapter that converts a Nikon lens to Sony and also adds tilt/shift capability at the same time.  Tilt/Shift lenses are few and often expensive, so while you may think a $300 adapter is expensive, you may find it is a whole lot cheaper than the alternative, and may offer you something you can’t get any other way.

Another special adapter is the Focal Reducer.  These are for APS-C “crop sensor” cameras like the a6500, a63000 and a6000 only.  What they do is take a lens design for a full frame camera and squeeze the image down to APS-C size.  So instead of a 35mm f1.4 acting like a 52.5mm f2 on your a6500 (1.5x crop factor), it will perform exactly like a 35mm f1.4 would if mounted on a full frame camera like the A7R II.  Focal reducers can hurt image quality (vignetting is common at a minimum), but on the upside you gain a stop of light.  So not only does that 35mm f1.4 act like a true 35mm f1.4 in terms of focal length and depth of field, it will act like an f1.2 in terms of brightness.

If you don’t understand any of that… don’t worry, I’ll post videos.  In the mean time just search Google.


Lens Adapter FAQ

What is a lens adapter?

A lens adapter joins a lens with a given lens mount, to a camera body with a different lens mount.

How do I know a lens adapter is well made?

The most common detectable defects are a loose fit, incorrect flange distance, and de-centering. 
Loose Fit – A tiny bit of rotational play is fine, but if an adapter is loose enough to create a slight tilt or shift, it’s not right. 
Flange Distance – Many adapters are designed to be ever-so-slightly too long. This will cause the lens to infinity focus slightly before the infinity marking on the lens. This is normal. If an adapter is too short, the lens cannot focus at infinity at all. Slightly too long is better than slightly too shot. This can be measured with calipers. 
De-centering is an issue where the lens does not sit dead center in relation to the sensor.  To test, take a picture of a flat surface with some clear texture/marks in the corners.  The camera needs to be perpendicular to the surface – Use the mirror trick. If you aim a camera at a mirror and align the center focus point with the center of the reflection of the lens, you know you’re perpendicular to the mirror.  Position some colored tape marks on the wall the mirror is on so they show up in the corners of the picture.  If the resulting picture shows that things are more blurry on one side than the other, top/bottom, etc, then either the lens or the adapter is de-centered.

Should I buy a lens adapter for every lens I have?

This can make lens changes a lot faster, but you’re adding a little weight to your camera bag, and it would be prohibitively expensive if you wanted a special adapter like a focal reducer for multiple lenses… those are pricey. Having a standard adapter permanently mounted to a lens you use frequently is perfectly rational.

Can I stack multiple lens adapters on one lens?

Absolutely, and in some cases, recommended.  For example, the TechArt Pro adapter, which adapts Leica M to Sony E, has a motor in it that gives your lens limited AF abilities. Using an additional adapter, you can use any lens that you can adapt to Leica M.
Note, however, that small defects in alignment can multiply with multiple adapters.

What to look for in a lens adapter?

Internal reflections can be an issue, particularly on longer adapters. Look for an adapter that has a texture, fabric or grooves on the interior of the adapter. This helps break up internal reflections.

What is a focal reducer or speed booster lens adapter?

A focal reducer is a special adapter that contains a lens element for squeezing the light from a larger frame lens down to smaller frame sensor size. For example, you can go from Medium Format to Full Frame, or from Full Frame to APS-C… and so on. As long as the adapter is long enough to contain the lens elements, one can reduce any larger format lens to a smaller format sensor. It does not go the other way.

Using a focal reducer for Full Frame to APS-C has the notable effect of reducing or removing the “crop factor”. So a full frame 50mm f1.8 lens acts like a full frame 50 f1.8 lens on an APS-C body. However, the resulting image will be roughly 1-stop brighter, allowing for reduced ISO. The best analogy is like using a magnifier to concentrate sunlight. The smaller the area you focus on, the brighter the spot appears. A focal reducer does the exact same thing.

PS – “Speed Booster” is a marketing term for a focal reducer popularized by Metabones.

What is a lens reverser / reverse lens mount?

A reverse lens mount is different from a typical lens adapter in that the lens is flipped around and mounted by its filter threads instead of its actual mount. This can create some extreme macro abilities. A reverse mount can be as simple as a metal ring, however, there are autofocus options. As an example, using a Sigma MC-11 EF to Sony adapter along with an electronic EF lens reverse mount, the Canon EF 40mm pancake lens can become a powerful autofocus macro.

A couple notes

There’s little or no way for me to test all of the available lens adapters to determine which is “best”.  For standard adapters, I have often found the the cheapest option is good enough for my purposes.  For adapters with electronics and especially those with focal reducers, I do tend to recommend the higher-end options.


Sony E Mount Lens Adapters (NEX) by Lens Mount

Last update on 2022-08-10 / Affiliate links / Images from Amazon Product Advertising API

Alpa was a Swiss 35mm camera brand produced by a company involved in making parts for – you guessed it – watches.  Alpas were hand-made, high-quality, high-priced cameras and lenses that are collectors items today.  Alpa went bankrupt in 1990, but the name lives on as a manufacturer of Medium-format cameras.  Some cheaper Alpas used the M42 or Pentax K mounts, but the true Alpa mount Kern Macro Switar 50mm is one of the best lenses ever made.
Flange Distance: 37.8mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotodiox Alpa to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$34.95 – Amazon

Metabones Alpa to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– Amazon

The Arri Bayonet (aka Arri B) mount was briefly used on Arri 35mm (Arriflex) and 16mm cameras between 1965 and 1980.  The Bayonet mount was significantly stronger than the Arri Standard mount it replaced, but was displaced by the even stronger, more precise Arri PL mount which is still extremely popular today.  Because the Arri Bayonet mount only survived a scant 15 years, lenses do not exist in the vast quantities that other mounts enjoy.
Flange Distance: 52mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotodiox Pro Arri B to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$119.95 – Amazon

The Arri PL (Positive Lock) has become the defacto standard mount for modern cinema cameras since its introduction in 1982.  Because of it’s sturdy locking mechanism and long flange length, PL lenses are some of the most adaptable on the planet.  Not cheap, mind you, but adaptable.
Flange Distance: 52mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotodiox Pro Arri PL to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$134.95 – Amazon

BOR Arri PL to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– No products found.

The Arri Standard (aka Arri S) mount was in use until 1965 on Arri 35mm and 16mm cameras.  This mount was supplanted by the Arri Bayonet in 1965, which itself was replaced in 1980 by the Arri PL mount.  The PL mount remains in wide spread use today as the defacto standard mount for Cinema cameras and lenses.  Lenses using the Arri Standard mount can still be found on eBay.  The Scheinder-Kreuznach Xenon 100mm f2 is an excellent example of lenses from this era.
Flange Distance: 52mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotodiox Arri S to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$34.95 – Amazon

The B4 mount standard for broadcast cameras with 2/3″ sensors was ratified in 1992 by the BTA, but has existed since 1978. The mount itself has no electronics, but lenses for B4 typically have a connector that allows for power, aperture(iris) and zoom control. *Note that a B4 lens typically will not cover an APS-C sensor much less full frame.
Flange Distance: 48mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotodiox Pro B4 to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– Amazon

Amopofo B4 to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– No products found.

The Zenza Bronica ETR was a line of medium format (4.5×6) SLR cameras produced from 1976 to 2004. Bronica was acquired by Tamron in 1998, but was discontinued in 2005 as digital cameras cut demand.
Flange Distance: 69mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotodiox Pro Bronica ETR to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$80.45 – Amazon

Manual Focus with Special Features Lens Adapters

Fotodiox Pro Shift Bronica ETR to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$161.45 – Amazon

Fotodiox Pro TLT ROKR Tilt Shift Bronica ETR to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$219.95 – Amazon

The Zenza Bronica GS-1 was a line of medium format (6×7) SLR cameras produced from 1983 to 2002. Only 9 lens models were produced for the GS-1, with the 500mm only being available as a special order.
Flange Distance: 85mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotodiox Pro Bronica GS-1 to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$125.45 – Amazon

The Zenza Bronica SQ was a line of square medium format (6×6) SLR cameras produced from 1980 to 1996. 23 lens models were produced.
Flange Distance: 85mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotodiox Pro Bronica SQ to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$72.71 – Amazon

The C-mount exists in 16mm movie cameras as well as purpose-built equipment like microscopes, security cameras and machine vision cameras.  While there are only a couple c-mount lenses that can cover the entire sensor of an APS-C sized Sony camera, they are ultra-cheap.  Because they have gained some popularity, c-mount lenses will often be sold with the adapter, like the Fujian 35mm f1.7 Amazon (US/CA/UK) (now sold under many brand names).
Flange Distance: 17.526mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotodiox C Mount to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$14.95 – Amazon

Fotasy 35mm f1.7 + C Mount to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– Amazon

For this price, you may as well get a lens with it.

The Canon “Electro-Focus” (EF) mount was introduced in 1987 for the EOS line of cameras and hosts a vast array of lenses.  Adapting a manual EF lens on a Sony camera is no problem, but most lenses in the EF lineup are autofocus, with electronically controlled apertures.  There are adapters that sport the electronics needed to control these lenses, but these don’t always work as well as promised.  Metabones and Sigma adapters provide the best support for the widest array of lenses, and can be upgraded via USB as the company improves compatibility.  Lower priced adapters may work with your lenses (you’ll have your best luck with Canon lenses released later than 2008-ish), but you have to be careful to check out the compatibility lists first as these adapters cannot be upgraded.
Flange Distance: 44mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotasy Canon EF to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$12.79 – Amazon

I have this. It’s inexpensive but it works just fine.

Fotodiox Canon EF to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$19.95 – Amazon

Fotodiox Pro Canon EF to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$52.18 – Amazon

Novoflex Canon EF to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$163.31 – Amazon

When nothing but the best can cradle your lens.

Manual Focus with Special Features Lens Adapters

Vizelex Cine ND Throttle Canon EF to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$91.14 – Amazon

This adapter has a built-in 1-8 stop variable ND (ND2-ND256).

Vello Aperture Control Canon EF to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$19.95 – Amazon

This adapter has a built-in iris (aperture). When mounting Canon AF lenses to a manual focus adapter, you lose control over the aperture. This can act as a substitute.

Fotodiox Pro Shift Canon EF to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$109.95 – Amazon

Fotodiox Pro TLT ROKR Tilt/Shift Canon EF to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– No products found.

Zhongyi Mitakon Turbo II Focal Reducer Booster Canon EF to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– No products found.

Auto-Focus Lens Adapters

Sigma MC-11 Canon EF to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$199.00 – Amazon

Metabones T Smart Mk V Canon EF to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$399.00 – Amazon

Commlite Canon EF to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$59.99 – Amazon

VILTROX EF-NEX IV Canon EF to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$136.00 – Amazon

Fotodiox Pro Fusion Smart Canon EF to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– Amazon

Fotodiox Pro ND Throttle Fusion Smart Canon EF to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$243.90 – Amazon

Metabones T Speed Booster Ultra Canon EF to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$657.10 – Amazon

*Intended for APS-C camera bodies.

Viltrox EF-E II Canon EF to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– Amazon

*Intended for APS-C camera bodies.

Metabones T CINE Speed Booster Ultra Canon EF to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$699.00 – Amazon

*Intended for APS-C camera bodies. This is just like the normal Metabones EF to Sony E spped booser adapter, except that on the EF side it has a stronger, more precise “positive lock” ring common to cinema lens configurations.

The Canon FL mount was introduced in 1964 and was replaced in 1971 by the compatible FD mount.  The mount was effectively killed in 1990.  FD lenses can be found inexpensively and in large numbers on ebay, at garage sales and camera swaps.  All FD lenses are manual and full-frame, easily adapting to any Sony e-mount camera.

When looking for FD lenses, you’ll get the best quality lens coatings on the later “New FD” (nFD) and SSC variants… but don’t ignore the 3rd party manufacturers, there’s a lot of good glass out there on the cheap.

PS. – There is disagreement about what the letters FD and FL stood for, but the prevailing theories are that FD means “Full Diaphragm”, meaning that this lens/camera system was designed for fully coupled exposure metering. FL *might* refer to Canon’s innovation of being able to artificially grow FLuorite crystals… but I tend to believe that FL stands for FLex, or reFLex. FL lenses were the natural evolution from the R series lenses used with the Canonflex system.
Flange Distance: 42mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotasy Canon FD to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$14.39 – Amazon

I have this. It’s inexpensive but it works just fine.

Fotga Canon FD to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$12.79 – Amazon

Fotodiox Pro Canon FD to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$64.95 – Amazon
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B&H

K&F Concept (old version) Canon FD to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$26.99 – Amazon

K&F Concept (new version) Canon FD to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$33.99 – Amazon

Metabones T Canon FD to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– No products found.

Novoflex Canon FD to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$121.01 – Amazon

When nothing but the best can cradle your lens.

Manual Focus with Special Features Lens Adapters

Vizelex Cine ND Throttle Canon FD to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$103.35 – Amazon

Kipon Shift Canon FD to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– No products found.

Fotodiox Pro Shift Canon FD to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$109.95 – Amazon

Fotodiox Pro TLT ROKR Tilt/Shift Canon FD to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$219.95 – Amazon

Zhongyi Mitakon Turbo II Focal Reducer Booster Canon FD to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– No products found.

The Contax G mount had a good run from 1994 to 2005. A number of super-sharp lenses exist for the G mount, including the amazing Zeiss Planar 45mm f2.  If you have one, get an adapter and use it!  Or, send it to me and I will. 
Flange Distance: 29mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Haoge Contax G to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– Amazon

Fotodiox Pro Contax G to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$94.98 – Amazon

Kipon C/G-S/E Contax G to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$164.04 – Amazon

Metabones Contax G to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– No products found.

Auto-Focus Lens Adapters

Techart TA-GA3 Contax G to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– Amazon

The ill-fated Contax N was the first full-frame DSLR.  It was announced, delayed, delayed again and delayed some more… released to a tepid reception and summarily decimated by the Canon 1Ds soon after.  There were, however, some nice Zeiss lenses left in its wake.
Flange Distance: 48mm

Manual Focus with Special Features Lens Adapters

Fotodiox Pro IRIS Contax N to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$89.95 – Amazon

Auto-Focus Lens Adapters

Kipon CN1-S/E AF Contax N to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$399.00 – Amazon

Metabones MB-CN-E-BT1 AF Contax N to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– Amazon

After Contax and Yashica were acquired by Kyocera, the Contax/Yashica mount was implemented on both the Contax RTS and Yashica FX-1 cameras in 1975. In addition to the Zeiss AE line of lenses, marked with a T*, higher quality C/Y mount optics were labeled ML (multi-layer) and MC (multi-coated). Quality C/Y lenses are common on the vintage market, and often at a bargain due to the less well known mount.
Flange Distance: 45.5mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotodiox Contax C/Y (Yashica) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$24.07 – Amazon

I have this. It’s inexpensive but it works just fine.

Fotga Contax C/Y (Yashica) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$13.99 – Amazon

K&F Concept (old version) Contax C/Y (Yashica) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$23.99 – Amazon

K&F Concept (new version) Contax C/Y (Yashica) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$29.99 – Amazon

Kipon Contax C/Y (Yashica) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$88.90 – Amazon

Novoflex Contax C/Y (Yashica) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$118.22 – Amazon

When nothing but the best can cradle your lens.

Manual Focus with Special Features Lens Adapters

Kipon C/Y-S/E M Macro Helicoid Contax C/Y (Yashica) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$200.10 – Amazon

I have this. It’s inexpensive but it works just fine.

Kipon Shift C/Y-NEX Contax C/Y (Yashica) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$163.30 – Amazon

Kipon BavEyes Focal Reducer Contax C/Y (Yashica) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$212.75 – Amazon

Pixco Pro Focal Reducer Contax C/Y (Yashica) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$76.00 – Amazon

The Contax 645 was a modern Medium Format (6×4.5cm) film-based SLR camera system released by Kyocera in 1999, but discontinued in 2005. Though the cameras produced excellent imagery, reliability was pretty bad. Today, it is next to impossible to find spare parts or get a unit serviced. The lenses, however, can live on with an adapter.
Flange Distance: 64mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotodiox Pro Contax 645 to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$162.71 – Amazon

*Note that this is actually two adapters, C/Y to Canon EF, and Canon EF to Sony E... sold as a set.

Manual Focus with Special Features Lens Adapters

Kipon C645-S/E BavEyes Focal Reducer Contax C/Y (Yashica) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– Amazon

*Note that this a focal reducer that reduces Medium Format to Full Frame. Even with this adapter, there would be a significant crop on an APS-C body.

Auto-Focus Lens Adapters

Kipon C645-S/E AF Contax C/Y (Yashica) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$349.00 – Amazon

The Deckel mount, commonly referred to as DKL, was used by several German camera makers. Kodak adopted the mount for the Retina Reflex series of cameras from 1959 through 1967. You can find a number of fine Voigtlander, Scheider-Kreunach and Rodenstock lenses for the DKL mount if you look around.
Flange Distance: 45.7mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotodiox Pro DKL to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$59.95 – Amazon

Fotga DKL to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$14.99 – Amazon

Pixco DKL to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$37.80 – Amazon

The Exakta (or Exacta) mount was introduced in 1936 by East German camera maker Ihagee for the first SLR camera, the Kine Exakta. The mount was later adopted by Tokyo Kogaku for their Topcon line of SLR cameras.

If there is someone to thank (or blame) for the shape of all modern photographic cameras, it is Karl Nuchterlein, Ihagee’s engineer and the designer of the Kine Exakta.
Flange Distance: 44.7mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotasy Exakta (Topcon) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$14.99 – Amazon

Kecay Exakta (Topcon) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$25.80 – Amazon

Fotodiox Pro Exakta (Topcon) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$64.95 – Amazon

Not to be confused with the Micro 4/3 used on some mirrorless cameras, the Four Thirds System was introduced in 2008 by Olympus and Panasonic for Digital SLR-based 4/3″ sensors. As with Micro 4/3, lenses for Four Thirds can usually cover an APS-C sized Sony sensor, but not a Full Frame sensor. As part of the natural migration to mirrorless technologies, the Four Thirds standard is effectively discontinued in favor of Micro 4/3.
Flange Distance: 38.67mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Kipon 4/3 to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$88.90 – Amazon

Be careful not to confuse this for the modern mirrorless Fuji X mount. Fujica X was a manual SLR mount in production from 1979 to 1985. Fujifilm-made lenses for the X mount are branded as “X-Fujinon” and are fully manual lenses.
Flange Distance: 43.5mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotodiox Pro Fujica X to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$64.95 – Amazon

Hasselblad V is a 6x6cm medium format camera system introduced in 1957 and only recently discontinued in 2013. The V is for Victor Hasselblad, but interestingly, the “Hasselblad V” naming did not exist before 2002, when the Hasselblad H system was released and there was a need to differentiate the two systems.
Flange Distance: 74.9mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotodiox Pro Hasselblad V to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$76.00 – Amazon

K&F Concept Hasselblad V to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– Amazon

Manual Focus with Special Features Lens Adapters

Photodiox Pro TLT ROKR Tilt/Shift Hasselblad V to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$201.14 – Amazon

Kipon BavEyes Focal Reducer Hasselblad V to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$799.25 – Amazon

*Note that because Hasselblad V is a square medium format, this focal reducer can be used on full frame and APS-C Sony bodies.

The Xpan and Xpan II are Hasselblad versions of the Fuji TX-1 and TX-2, and vice-versa, uniquely designed to shoot very wide aspect 65x24mm frames on 35mm film. Lenses for this system remain relatively scarce and exceptionally expensive.
Flange Distance: 34.27mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Kipon Hasselblad Xpan to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$100.86 – Amazon

The Icarex 35 system of cameras and lenses was manufactured by the West German portion of Zeiss Ikon after merging with Voigtlander in 1965. Production continued until 1972, when Zeiss Ikon stopped producing cameras entirely. There is still some good Zeiss glass on the market for the Icarex mount if you look around.
Flange Distance: 48mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Kipon Icarex 35s to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$50.00 – Amazon

The Kiev88, aka Zenit 80 or Salyut, is a Soviet-era knock-off of the Hasselblad 1600 F, but this screw-on lens mount is not precisely identical, leading to some incompatibility between the two. The Pentacon 6 mount is also exceptionally similar, so much so that the Kiev88CM included a modified mount that accepts Pentacon 6 lenses.
Flange Distance: 82.1mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotodiox Pro Kiev 88 (Zenit 80) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$89.95 – Amazon

The Konica AR mount was introduced in 1965. The AR refers to “AutoReflex” (or “Autorex” in Japan), the brand name for Konica’s SLR system of the time. The 22 year run of the AR line means there’s a lot of good, reasonably priced glass on the market.
Flange Distance: 40.5mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotasy Konica AR to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$13.95 – Amazon

Beschoi Konica AR to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$19.99 – Amazon

Fotga Konica AR to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$13.99 – Amazon

The Leica M mount was developed for the M series of rangefinder bodies, introduced in 1954 and still manufactured today. The M stands for the German word for “rangefinder”. Since Leica M is a rangefinder instead of an SLR, the flange distance is relatively short as easily adapted to modern digital mirrorless cameras. Leica M bodies are still popular among the film photography crowd and numerous lenses are currently manufactured in Leica M mount.
Flange Distance: 27.8mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotasy Leica M to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$13.59 – Amazon

K&F Concept Leica M to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$24.99 – Amazon

Pixco Leica M to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– Amazon

Voigtlander Leica M to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$171.05 – Amazon

Metabones T Leica M to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– Amazon

Novoflex Leica M to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$149.65 – Amazon

Manual Focus with Special Features Lens Adapters

Fotodiox DLX Macro Helicoid Leica M to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– Amazon

Voigtlander Macro Helicoid Leica M to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$279.00 – Amazon

Haoge Macro Helicoid Leica M to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$79.99 – Amazon

Haoge Macro Helicoid (Version 2) Leica M to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$39.99 – Amazon

7artisans Leica M to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$72.99 – Amazon

Auto-Focus with Special Features Lens Adapters

Techart LM-EA7 Autofocus Leica M to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$79.00 – Amazon

Fotodiox Pro Pronto Autofocus Leica M to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$575.62 – Amazon

Leica M39, sometimes called Leica Thread Mount, Leica Screw Mount or L39, is a 39mm diameter, .977mm pitch (26 threads per inch) screw mount for interchangeable lens rangefinder cameras introduced in 1925.

The mount was adopted by several manufacturers, but the flange distance was not standardized until 1931, so there may be some incompatibilities with early models of cameras and lenses sporting this mount.

*Be careful not to confuse Leica M39 and Zenit M39. The latter was used in some Soviet-made SLR cameras, using the same flange distance as the M42 (Praktica) mount. If you have a Russian lens with an M39 mount (my Jupiter-11 is one example), the best plan is to adapt it to M42 and get an M42 to Sony adapter. You can find that down lower in this list. Amazon listings mismark adapter rings for Leica and Zenit all the time, so don’t go by that.
Flange Distance: 28.8mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotasy M39 (L29, LTM) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$8.99 – Amazon

Fotodiox Pro M39 (L39, LTM) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$24.95 – Amazon

The Leica R mount was introduced in 1964 along with Leica’s first SLR, the Leicaflex. As with the Nikon F, the R mount started as fully mechanical, but later gained electronic capabilities. Discontinued in 2009, there are some exceptional R mount lenses available, but they are relatively rare an expensive.
Flange Distance: 47mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

K&F Concept Leica R to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$21.99 – Amazon

Fotodiox Leica R to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$24.95 – Amazon

Fotodiox Pro Leica R to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$56.51 – Amazon

Novoflex Leica R to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$118.08 – Amazon

Manual Focus with Special Features Lens Adapters

Pixco Focal Reducer Leica R to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$75.99 – Amazon

The M42 mount has a 42mm diameter and a 1mm thread pitch. It was developed by Zeiss in 1938. M42 was used by so many manufacturers it is sometimes referred to as Universal Thread Mount, but due to the success of a couple manufacturers, some call it the Praktica or Pentax Thread Mount.

*Note that some early Russian lenses may use an M39 screw mount, but with the same flange distance as M42. For these lenses, it is recommend to use the M39 to M42 adapter ring below, along with an M42 to Sony adapter. Amazon listings mismark which adapters are for attaching Leica lenses and which are for Zenit all the time, so don’t go by that. Also, there are rings for attaching M42 lenses to M39 bodies… and that is also wrong. Go with the one listed blow.

*Be careful not to confuse M42 with T-Mount, often used with telescopes. T-Mount is also 42mm, but uses a .75mm thread pitch and typically has a longer flange distance.
Distance: 45.46mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotasy M42 (Praktica) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$9.98 – Amazon

K&F Concept M42 (Praktica) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$24.99 – Amazon

K&F Concept Pro M42 (Praktica) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$35.99 – Amazon

Novoflex M42 (Praktica) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$72.90 – Amazon

Manual Focus with Special Features Lens Adapters

Fotasy Macro Helicoid M42 (Praktica) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$29.95 – Amazon

Haoge Macro Helicoid M42 (Praktica) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$39.99 – Amazon

Fotga Tilt M42 (Praktica) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$29.99 – Amazon

Kipon Tilt & Shift M42 (Praktica) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– Amazon

Kipon BavEyes M42 (Praktica) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$212.75 – Amazon

Zenit M39 to M42 adapter

Fotodiox M39 (Zenit) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$9.95 – Amazon

The Mamiya 645 is a medium format (6cm x 4.5cm) system of cameras and lenses introduced in 1975.
Flange Distance: 63.3mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotodiox Pro Mamiya 645 to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$52.20 – Amazon

Foto4easy Mamiya 645 to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$30.98 – Amazon

Manual Focus with Special Features Lens Adapters

Fotodiox Pro IRIS Mamiya 645 to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$97.95 – Amazon

Fotodiox Pro TLT ROKR Tilt Shift Mamiya 645 to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$52.20 – Amazon

Kipon M645-S/E Focal Reducer Mamiya 645 to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$799.25 – Amazon

*Note that because the Mamiya 645 is a medium format system, this focal reducer can be used on full frame and APS-C Sony bodies.

Flange Distance: 43.5mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotodiox Pro Mamiya CS/E/EF (Secor) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$44.95 – Amazon

Flange Distance: 105mm and 112mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotodiox Pro Mamiya RZ/RB to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$179.95 – Amazon

Flange Distance: 19.25mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Micro Four Thirds (MFT) (M4/3) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$22.99 – Amazon

Flange Distance: 43.5mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotasy Minolta MD/MC to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$14.59 – Amazon

Neewer Minolta MD/MC to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– No products found.

Fotodiox Minolta MD/MC to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$24.95 – Amazon

K&F Concept Pro Minolta MD/MC to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$34.99 – Amazon

Metabones T Minolta MD/MC to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– No products found.

Novoflex Minolta MD/MC to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$114.69 – Amazon

Manual Focus with Special Features Lens Adapters

Vizelex ND Throttle Minolta MD/MC to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– Amazon

Photodiox Pro TLT ROKR Tilt Shift Minolta MD/MC to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$219.95 – Amazon

Photodiox Pro DLX Stretch Macro Helicoid Minolta MD/MC to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$109.95 – Amazon

Zhongyi Focal Reducer Minolta MD/MC to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$99.00 – Amazon

Miranda cameras were manufactured between 1955 and 1978. The mount is interesting in that it integrates both a bayonet mount and an M44 screw mount. Exceptionally few lenses were made for M44, but you will see quite a few inexpensive Miranda bayonet lenses on the market.
Flange Distance: 41.5mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotodiox Pro Miranda (M44) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$46.33 – Amazon

The Nikon F mount was introduced in 1958 and is only starting to phase out in favor of the mirrorless Z mount. The F mount is interesting in that most of the time, new lens mounts are designed when new technologies emerge. The F mount, however, has had new features grafted onto it over time, for the most part maintaining forward and even a degree of backward compatibility.

The downside is that the F mount auto-focus protocol is now a disastrous proprietary layer cake of old and new signals, making adapting AF lenses very challenging. The only real attempt at creating an AF adapter comes from Commlite, rebadged under several different names, including the Viltrox version listed below. There are a few lens combinations that do work, but for the most part, I don’t recommend it.
Flange Distance: 46.5mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotasy Nikon F to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$12.89 – Amazon

K&F Concept Nikon F to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$29.99 – Amazon

K&F Concept Pro Nikon F to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$36.99 – Amazon

Novoflex Nikon F to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$188.00 – Amazon

Manual Focus with Special Features Lens Adapters

Fotga Tilt Nikon F to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– Amazon

Commlite G Nikon F to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$74.99 – Amazon

Fotodiox DLX G Nikon F to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$63.96 – Amazon

Metabones G Nikon F to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$119.00 – Amazon

Viltrox Focal Reducer Nikon F to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$72.99 – Amazon

Zhongyi Lens Turbo II Focal Reducer Nikon F to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$99.00 – Amazon

Auto-Focus Lens Adapters

Viltrox NF-E1 AF Nikon F to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– Amazon

I don’t personally recommend attempting to use an AF adapter for Nikon lenses. In my experience, most lens combinations have numerous issues, with only a few combinations being tolerable. If you’re coming from Nikon to Sony, I would just sell your Nikon lenses and buy native e-mount lenses.

Flange Distance: 34.85mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

K&F Concept Nikon S (Contax RF) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– No products found.

Kipon Nikon S (Contax RF) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$388.70 – Amazon

Flange Distance: 46mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotasy Olympus OM to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$13.95 – Amazon

K&F Concept Olympus OM to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$21.99 – Amazon

Metabones Olympus OM to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– No products found.

Novoflex Olympus OM to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$152.10 – Amazon

Manual Focus with Special Features Lens Adapters

Kipon Tilt Olympus OM to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– Amazon

Fotodiox DLX Stretch Macro Helicoid Olympus OM to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$109.95 – Amazon

Flange Distance: 28.95mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotodiox Olympus Pen-F to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$24.95 – Amazon

The Pentacon 6 was a medium format (6x6cm) SLR camera system produced from 1966 to 1992. Originally called the Praktisix, the politics of post-war East Germany ultimately yielded mergers and a name change to Pentacon 6. An Australian distributor re-badged the Pentacon 6 as the Hannimex Praktica 66 for import to the US.

Meanwhile, a version of the Pentacon 6 was also manufactured in West Germany as the Exakta 66 (not to be confused with the Exakta 6x6).
Flange Distance: 74.1mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Amopofo Pentacon 6 (P60) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$40.90 – Amazon

Also called the PK-mount, Pentax K came to life in 1975, and is still with us today. The K mount has several variants in which features were added or removed, but vintage, fully manual K mount lenses remain forward compatible and easy to adapt. Pentax-A and -M series are a comparable alternative to the more expensive Minolta MD lenses, popular amount the vintage lens crowd.
Flange Distance: 45.46mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotasy Pentax K to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$13.90 – Amazon

K&F Concept Pentax K to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$21.99 – Amazon

K&F Concept Pro Pentax K to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$27.99 – Amazon

Novoflex Pentax K to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$239.00 – Amazon

Manual Focus Special Features Lens Adapters

Kipon Shift Pentax K to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$163.30 – Amazon

Zhongyi Lens Turbo II Pentax K to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– Amazon

Pentax 645 was a medium format (6×4.5cm) SLR camera system introduced in 1984 and retired in 1998
Flange Distance: 70.87mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotodiox Pro Pentax 645 to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$79.95 – Amazon

Manual Focus with Special Features Lens Adapters

Fotodiox Pro TLT ROKR P645 Tilt/Shift Pentax 645 to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$199.95 – Amazon

Kipon BavEyes P645-S/E Focal Reducer Pentax 645 to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$850.00 – Amazon

*Note that because Pentax 645 is a medium format, this .7x focal reducer can be used on Full Frame or APS-C Sony bodies. With this adapter, a 100mm Pentax 645 lens would approximate a 70mm lens when attached to a Sony camera (apply the appropriate crop factor for APS-C).

Flange Distance: 84.95mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotodiox Pro Pentax 6×7 (P67, PK67) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$72.70 – Amazon

Amopofo Pentax 6×7 (P67, PK67) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$59.90 – Amazon

Flange Distance: 44.4mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Gobe Praktica B to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– Amazon

Flange Distance: 44.5mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotasy Rolleiflex SL35 (QBM) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– No products found.

K&F Concept Rolleiflex SL35 (QBM) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$28.20 – Amazon

Fotodiox Pro Rolleiflex SL35 (QBM) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$38.47 – Amazon

Kipon Rolleiflex SL35 (QBM) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

– No products found.

Flange Distance: 102.8mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotodiox Pro Rolleiflex SL66 to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$262.71 – Amazon

Flange Distance: 74mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotodiox Pro Rolleiflex 6000 to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$162.71 – Amazon

Flange Distance: 44mm

Auto-Focus Lens Adapters

Sigma MC-11 SA-E Sigma SA to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$189.00 – Amazon

Flange Distance: 44.5mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotasy Sony A (Minolta A / Maxxum) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$17.99 – Amazon

Fotodiox Sony A (Minolta A / Maxxum) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$24.95 – Amazon

Auto-Focus Lens Adapters

Sony LA-EA1 Sony A (Minolta A / Maxxum) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$240.99 – Amazon

Sony LA-EA2 Sony A (Minolta A / Maxxum) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$179.98 – Amazon

Sony LA-EA3 Sony A (Minolta A / Maxxum) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$139.00 – Amazon

Sony LA-EA4 Sony A (Minolta A / Maxxum) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$239.15 – Amazon

The T-Mount was introduced by Tamron in 1957 as a universal method of mounting their 3rd party lenses to other manufacturer mounts… the same notion behind their later Adaptall mount. Today, T-mount adapters are most commonly used for attaching cameras to telescopes.
Flange Distance: 55mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotasy T Mount to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$9.39 – Amazon

Gosky 1.25″ Telescope T Mount to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$16.99 – Amazon

Bindpo 2″ Telescope T Mount to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$19.39 – Amazon

Introduced in 1976, the Adaptall mount was Tamron’s solution to universal compatibility. By using an interchangeable adapter, lenses didn’t have to be made for specific mounts, only the adapters to connect them. Durability problems plagued Adaptall-I lenses, so in 1979, Tamron released a strengthen version, Adaptall-II. The adapter is compatible with both versions.
Flange Distance: 50.7mm

Manual Focus Lens Adapters

Fotodiox Tamron Adaptall (I / II) to Sony E-Mount (NEX) lens adapter

$19.95 – Amazon

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