Every so often I get an email asking me about adapters and what lenses to buy, one chap wrote to me recently and although he had Nikon glass did not seem to realise the significance of the lever on the MTF Nikon adapter. Please note MTF produce various Nikon adapters this is a generic tutorial and is using a Nikon to Sony E mount adapter. As far as I am aware Mike of MTF Services does not supply instructions with his adapters it is therefore assumed that you know how to use them.

We are all sitting at different levels of technical knowledge and it seemed to me a good idea to expose the MTF Nikon adapter and how it works just in case you are to frightened to ask. Its not obvious to a non technical person exactly how the Nikon lens operates with the adapter and if the lever with the blue nob is tightened you may not think to unloosen it.

A little known company from Canada has been hard at work developing this amazing Canon EF to Sony E adapter that allows the NEX range of cameras to control the iris and the image stabilisation on the Canon EF mount lenses.

Metabones forms a strategic partnership with Conurus of Vancouver, Canada to jointly develop, manufacture and market a new Smart Adapter(TM) series of products featuring electronic interfacing with the lens.

The partnership is shipping its first fruition of collaboration today, a Smart Adapter that integrates a Canon EF mount lens to a Sony NEX camera body. Electronic aperture is directly controlled by the camera body and all exposure modes are available. Image stabilization (if the Canon EF lens supports it) and EXIF are supported, but there is no autofocus. This new smart adapter is marketed under the Metabones brand name and may be ordered directly from conurus.com or from a Metabones distributor in Japan, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong or China for US$399.

Metabones is known for mechanical design that is already significantly ahead of the competition, as can be seen with the Contax G lens adapters for Micro 4/3 and Sony NEX with ultra-wide focusing rings and smooth manual focus action, and the ALPA lens to Leica M adapter with rangefinder coupling. Now, incorporating leading-edge electronic technology from Canada brings forth a new breed of adapters that not only truly integrates the lens with the camera body but offers the best workmanship, accuracy and reliability as well.

The adapter is manual focus-only but allows control of aperture and the use of the image stabilization on Canon IS lenses. Full lens information, including focal length, aperture and lens IS is reported back to the camera for EXIF, allowing the use of all P,A,S and M modes. The adapter also features a ‘Wide Open’ button that opens the aperture up for fine focusing, with the lens otherwise stopped-down to the chosen aperture, giving accurate depth-of-field in live view. It will cost $399.

The big question is will it work with the Sony FS100 there is no reason why not but if metabones care to send me a sample I will gladly test it for them.