Choose a good lens adapter, there is a big difference in quality

Wednesday 23 August 2023, 16:32 by Nando Harmsen | 3,246 views | 1 comment

This article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.

A lens adapter lets you mount a lens with a different mount on your camera. You can find them for Sony, Nikon, Canon and many more. The original versions are often expensive, but cheaper alternatives are available too. Just make sure you choose a good one.

Many photographers hate the prices manufacturers charge for seemingly simple accessories. One of these is a lens adapter, an empty tube that lets you mount lenses with a different mount on your camera.

There is no glass in it, it is simply an adapter. Of course, there needs to be communication between the lens and camera. But other than that, there is not much that can go wrong. Or is there?

Mark Wiemels published this video on YouTube in which he shows that cheap can sometimes really mean expensive. Poor finishing, ill-considered design and a strange choice of materials can turn this relatively simple accessory into a terribly bad product.

You yourself should preferably choose the original brand when you need a lens adapter. But I understand that not everyone wants to spend that much money. Just make sure that your cheap purchase does not ultimately become more expensive than you expected.

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Nando Harmsen has been photographing for more than 40 years. He specialises in wedding photography and landscape photography. Nando also gives talks, workshops, masterclasses and photo trips, and regularly reviews new and interesting equipment.

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1 comment

MacBigfoot wrote on Wednesday 13 September 2023 at 22:35 | reply
In principle, this applies to many more accessories: cheap means disappointing in terms of quality, performance or finish.

Although it won't be directly harmful to your camera: a Jupio battery for my camera only has a capacity of 1220 mAh compared to 1720 mAh for the original battery.
Translated from Dutch.

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