To prepare for which ever Nikon Z camera body I’m going to get, I decided to get a lens adapter for use on the Hasselblad lenses I already own. It makes sense to have the option to use the glass I already own.
Yes, I will probably get some native Z lenses but in the meantime the new camera will at least work out of the box without wasting money on a kit lens. I don’t fancy needing to part exchange the kit lens or finding room at the bottom of my camera bag.
The Z mount has allowed Fotodiox the ability to create this adapter. Something that was not technically possible with the F mount.
I was thinking of showing you more pictures of this adapter but as I don’t have a camera there doesn’t seem to be any point. I’ll update this page when I properly get to use the adapter.
29 May 2023 I got round to attaching my Hasselblad lens to my Z8 today.
I was quite nervous about doing this as you never know if I might break something on the camera. There was no strange noises and the camera worked fine with focus peaking to aid with the focusing.
The Hasselblad Zeiss Planar 110mm f2 on the Z8 doesn’t feel unbalanced. It doesn’t feel like the camera can’t take the strain of this large lens. I haven’t tried but I think using this combination on a Z6 or Z7 series might feel a bit wrong as the Z8 is chunkier than them.
I’m glad that the world beyond Nikkor glass is now open to me that wasn’t before.
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