Well, I use the Megadap ETZ21 II with my Nikon Z9. And I use with a wide variety of Sony lenses, including the Sony 200-600mm and Sony 600mm 4.0 GM and some others.And yes, all lenses are working on the Z9 with the Megadap adapter. Working means the Z9 can focus and also things like Eye autofocus and Animal Autofocus are working. For moving subjects like birds though you have to make compromises. Less on focus acquisition but more on the performance of subject tracking. I simply missed shots I would get with the A1 here. Also, with the Sony 50mm 1.2 GM focussing works only reliable at f/1.8, f/1.2 you cannot focus and f/1.4 sometimes only. With the Sony 135mm 1.8 it is the same, you cannot focus reliable at f/1.8. All in all not bad, it is a good product but requires further firmware updates.
Thanks for the additional datapoints and sharing your experience, Josef. Its very helpful if other users of the ETZ21 share their impressions and experience.
It looks like the performance is similar to the older Techart adapter which I owned and used with a Z7. IMO these do work but for professional shoots where you have to rely on repeatable autofocus it would be a NO GO for me.
@@120fotografia I purchased the Sony 70-200mm 2.8 GM II because this lens is simply much, much lighter than the Nikon Z 70-200mm 2.8. Optically it seems to be also better. But...also more expensive :)
@@josefmolina3510 I have a Z6ii.. How is the performance and accuracy when using the Etz21 comparing to the Nikon Z one?! I dont mind spending more money to get the lighter one because I am a very thin man.. I was testing the Sony OSS 1 with the Etz21 adapter and I noticed that it got slower fps when shooting.. Did you notice that too?! I want to know your opinion if u think it is worth to get the Sony OSS II with the adapter..
Your reviews are always so well done both in the exacting almost scientific like explanations and the fluidity when going from one item to the next. This particular episode is interesting to me in two ways. First is that my grandson, who uses the Sony A7III body with some very nice lens, might consider lending me one or two for use on my Z9 with that ETZ21 adapter. Secondly, and totally unrelated, I'm thinking that the absence of a proper cinema lens for the Z9 might be a barrier for a videographer who is interested in using the "affordable" Z9 ( compared to commercial video cameras). This ETZ21 adapter which allows the use of a Sony cinema lens on the Z9 body might just remove that barrier. Nikon also advertises a remote hand control for the Z9. Did RED see this coming? Just my random thoughts. Thanks so much for these excellent reviews.
Thank you Ted, your comment and positive feedback is much appreciated. In particular your 2nd point is really relevant and spot-on: that you now get reasonable performance if you combine a Nikon-Z camera with a Sony cinema lens is really an interesting option.
Its not a lot of money to spend for what you actually get and can do with it. For me this tiny little adapter really makes a difference in lens flex on my Nikon Z cameras.
From what I'm seeing, using the Sony 100-400mm and 400 2.8 on a Z8 & Megadap ETZ21, there's no stabilisation through the VF but judging from the shot sharpness there is at shutter release. On the 400 2.8 that applies in OSS modes 1 and 3.
I only found out about this adapter some days ago. Nice that they still provide firmware updates. I'm thinking about getting a Z6 and using it with Sony Zeiss lenses since they are both so cheap on the used market.
I love products like this. Back when I had a Sony A7rii I often used Leica M mount lenses on it via the TechArt adapter. Autofocus with a 1930s Leitz 73mm Hektor! I also had the 25, 40, 85 & 135mm Sony-mount Zeiss Batis lenses, all lovely. Good to know Nikon Z owners can now use ‘em.
Very good performance for the adapter. Ironic the F mount lenses previously were adapted on Canon and Sony bodies but now the roles are reversed (the Z mount is the Universal mount).
Ironic indeed :) Nikon really set a new standard with the Z-Mount, although some important lenses are still missing in their lens roadmap and are about to come in the next three years. In the meanwhile we can use also Nikon-F and now also safely Sony-E mount lenses.
Thanks for all that information. I wondered if ALL of the Sony lenses will fit on the Z7ii along with Sigma Art lenses. I have not purchased the Z7ii yet but would love your input on this. And, is a separate adapter needed for Sigma lenses than the FTZ II adapter?
Thank you so much for this wonderful test, it is incredibly useful to actually see how the lenses perform. I will be buying the adapter ASAP for my Z9 as I have several Sony lenses and only 1 Nikon lens at the moment. The Megadap looks like the AF is faster than in the case of Canon EF lenses on Metabones V or Sigma MC-11 on Sony E mount. I hope the 100-400 and 200-600 work well enough for action and birding/wildlife.
@lemiwings100 It actually works very well. I was surprised at my keeper rate even with action and bif. Of course now Nikon has the 180-600 but if you have some good Sony glass the megadap is worth a try IMO.
Having a Nikon Z6II body, I was quite well frustrated by the fact I had to get back to the old DLSR F lenses to be able to shoot at 1.4. Although loving the Nikon feel, I was even considering to migrate towards Sony because of this. This adaptor is an absolute game changer that opens a whole new Pandora’s box for me ! Thanks for your review !
Exactly what I was looking for, thank you! Are you German btw.? :D Your accent sounds German. This probably also would mean that the adapter is available in Germany which is great. One more thing: how is the AF performance in videos with moving subjects? One thing is being able to recognize eyes/faces, the other one is real fast-tracking and on-point autofocus in videos, I think that's a harder task to accomplish, therefore I'm not completely sure if the performance is similar to native lenses in this scenario.
Since the arrival of those adapters people are not stuck anymore to native lenses. Now you can buy an excellent lens and adapt them to your camera and when you are switching camera brands there is no need to sell your lenses and buy the same lenses back from another brand. This is such a big leap forward. So the quote "You marry a lens and date a camera !! " is more applying than ever !
Fully agree - big step forward. So far so-called autofocus adapters were often laggy, slow and only half-way performing. The ETZ21 instead is really the opposite: quick in focussing, delivering whats promised by the advertising statements and clearly a big plus for Sony lens and Nikon Z camera owners!
I will have no need for that particular adapter myself, but it is good to see that adapters in general are getting better and better. My only remark is that connection device which you use to update this adapter, looked a bit shady. For 250$ I'd like to see a better built solution.
After doing the z9 firmware 4.0 update I got Error message when using my Sony 200-600 G-lens. After searching on Google I found that there was an update for Megadap ETZ21. i did the update and then the Megadap21 worked fine again. So I recomend to update to the latest firmware for your Megadap ETZ21.
How does the Sony 200-600 perform on the z9 in your opinion? Is it a good match? I want to replace my a7rii with stacked camera body but Sony doesn't offer anything as appealing as the z8 currently.
I think it is a good combination. After the latest Megadap update, and the 4.0 update on my z9 I find the autofocus to be moore stickier than before. So far I'm very pleased.
I've seen a lot of photography channels on RU-vid bash Nikon because they haven't put out as many z lenses as they think Nikon should. You can adapt almost every other manufacturers lenses to the z cameras but they can't adapt the z lenses. I'm not sure if Nikon can adapt the Canon R mount but I would think they can. This makes it easier to transact from another brand to Nikon. You can keep your lenses until you can afford to sell them off and replace them with Nikon lenses.
I use Z7 + Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8 with ETZ21 and it force unknown built-in lens profile in NEF file when I open in Adobe Lightroom Classic. That make my photo a pincushion distortion. I want to know if you have that problem?
Great info! I especially like the idea of the cinema lenses as I am a hybrid shooter. Apart from the focus speed, do other functions such as switches, buttons, stabilisation and manual focussing (hopefully linear)of the lenses work as usual? 👍🏾🙏🏾
Yes they seem to work, at least in my testing period I did not find any features not working. But as said in another comment, I will continue testing, in particular with Sony cinema lenses, and then get back with another video.
Thanks for this. Its exciting to see that some of these excellent lenses can be adapted well to the Nikon mirrorless platform. I'm intrigued about the possibility of mounting the Sony 200-600mm lens on a Nikon Z9. Just a question about something other than photography... Could you provide the name of the artist and the song you used starting at the 14:23 mark? Thanks for your help.
Thanks for the positive feedback. The song's name is "Into The Blue (instrumental)", the artist is "Katcamusic" and the download is from motionarray.com where I have a license to use music for publications like RU-vid.
Thank you for the tested sample of various lenses. My Megadap can’t mount with my Z9. It won’t firmly lock/click the lens. Tried it out and no AF, can’t even manually focus. So i was surprised you were able to mounted your Tamron 35-150. Hmmm.
Have you had a chance to test the Nikon z9 with the Sony 200-600mm? Im really interested in gettin a Nikon z8 but i don't want to replace the somy lens
Hello, thank you for the very interesting video, and congratulations on your channel. I am a wildlife photography enthusiast and I own a Sony A74 with the Sony 200-600mm zoom lens. I'm quite happy with it, but I've been wanting a camera body with a stacked sensor for a while, and I'm not convinced by the options available with Sony. Now that the Z8 has been released, I think it would be fantastic to have a 200-600mm zoom lens like mine mounted on this Nikon camera body. It would be great if you could do a field test of this combination. Thank you very much, and once again, congratulations. Roberto from Italy.
Hi Roberto have you tried that combination? I'm thinking about doing the same. What Sony has to offer in terms of stacked sensor cameras is either not what I want (a9 not enough MP) or way too expensive (a1)
Hi Markus, I didn't try, I'm waiting for a new Sony camera with a stacked sensor. It is likely a realise a new camera directly competitor with Z8, until the end of 2023 or in the first past of 2024. @@MarkusGebhard
@@robertobellentani1242 hi Roberto, the next Sony camera with a stacked sensor to be released will be the a9III as far as I know. I don't think it will be a direct competitor to the Nikon z8, as the z8 is competing against the Sony a1. I guess the a9iii will be great for pictures but won't be as good as the z8 for video, and will stay below 40MP, otherwise there would be no need for a a1 anymore. And I think the a9III will be a lot more expensive than the z8, since even the a9II still cost 700€ more than the z8 and is already four years old.
Hi, I watched this video a while ago and was intrigued, so I’ve just watched it again! Can you please tell me, when you moved the aperture ring on the Sony E mount G-master lens, did it change the aperture on the Z9 body? A reply would be greatly appreciated as I love these lenses, but use Nikon Z bodies only Regards TonyH
I’m looking into this because I want to get the Nikon Z7II and the Sony 12-24 F4. Do you know if there’s any vignetting or change in image quality on the edges when adapting ultra wide angle Sony lenses using the Megadap?
@@mathphotographer thank you. I am renting the Z7II next weekend to check the image quality when shooting very long exposures (60-90 seconds). I didn’t like the amount of grain on the Sony A7R3 but Sony is the brand that goes as wide as 12mm
There is one thing, that I find quite interesting: Using Leica M-cameras and lenses as well as Sony cameras I know, that adapting M-Lenses to Sony bears the problem of a reduced corner sharpness - mainly with wide angle lenses - and smeared corners. So one has to close the aperture to obtain a better quality. In other words: M-Lenses perform on Lica M-cameras much better because M-cameras have a thinner cover-glass on their sensors as Sony-cameras. On the other hand it is said, that Nikons Z7 II are perfectly usable to adapt Leica-M-lenses as the Nikons do also have a rather thin cover-glass on the sensors. Now ... if you adapt Sony-lenses, which are designed for Sony-sensors isn't there not the same problem because of different cover-glasses on the sensors? (Sorry for m rather bad English, but I think most people her do not understand German ...)
ATG Gold S 200-500/2.8 [(400-1,000/5.6) modified for Sony SLT-A99 series + ATG A to E Adapter] works very well on ETZ to Z! It's not your everyday lenses that pros can afford. Prices of that Sigma during those days were over $30,000.00!
You know what my reason is for wanting to use this adapter on the Z9? It’s because the Sony 50mm 1.2 GM lens is so much more portable than the Nikon Z50mm f1.2 lens
As you have a contact for megadap .... could you ask them if they are designing an adaptor for nikon mount lenses onto sony e mount with autofocus I'm hoping to adapt some of my nikon and tamron nikon mounts to my sony a7r4 ... especially my tamron 150 to 600
Thanks for this video, very well made. Question, I have heard that in previous version you can put Canon lens + Sigma MC11 onto this adapter to be able to use Canon mount (ef) lenses, did you get to try this ?
Thanks Bobby, no, I did not try that myself but believe that Megadap is explicitely saying that various lens mount adapters can be combined with the ETZ21, so I find it not unlikely that what you heard is indeed true.
Great review. The only thing I’m curious about is autofocus for video. Do you know if it behaves the same as native z mount lenses where it can slowly and smoothly shift focus between subjects or is it sudden and quick like f mount lenses adapted to z mount with an FTZ. This is why I sold my f mount lenses and ftz adapter because f mount lenses are not good for autofocus on z system for video if you need smooth autofocus transition. Most of my lenses are manual focus but when adapting a lens with autofocus I will always think how does it perform with video.
Thanks for your positive feedback. I will further test this out and shoot Sony cincema lenses on the Nikon Z9. When I know more, I will get back with a video.
Thanks Massimo, I only tested the Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8, and with this lens the adapter works perfectly together on the Nikon Z9. The programming of the Tamron lens via the Tamron lens utility is something I just looked into this weekend. Most of the functions are available on the Nikon Z9 via the adapter. To make an example, via the Tamron lens utility you can program smooth video transitions between two arbitrarily chosen focus points in the scene. The transition works fine with the adapter on the Nikon Z9 but the speed of the transition I could not change as I can it for my Sony A1. So almost every button and customization is working, in particular quick autofocus and focus tracking but some "exotic" functions like programmable video transition speed are not yet working with the ETZ21.
@@mathphotographer thank you! Is the user experience close to ftz? I need a small and light telephoto lens and I am undecided whether to buy ftz and 70-200f4 or etz21 and tamron 70-180 2.8 ... any suggestions for me about it?
Say, here's a really good question. as anyone tried adapting a Phase one Schneider lens to the Megadap etz21, and then of course to a Z camera, with a Kipon M645-SE ES adapter? I'd be very interested to hear from anyone who might have tried this? I know the Kipon M645-SE ES adapter does not provide auto focus, and I have a reasonable understanding of the technical reason why that is not possible, but I would hope that the electronic apeture of the lens could be controlled by a Z camera via these two adapters.
I found this when using aperture ring on Sony 50GM. I try to turn the ring from 16 to A, then the junction part rattles or moves a bit. So it seems the adapter will move a little when you turn it clockwise ! Is it normal ? Z lens don’t have this issue.
@@mathphotographer Muss man ja auch nicht. Danke für die Empfehlung. Gerade im Bereich 28mm dachte ich nämlich an das Sony mit f2. Nikon Variante hat 2.8. Mal sehen wo es hingeht :)
Indeed - there are various Sony EF lenses which are nice on the Z9. There are also a couple of Tamron lenses which are very special and come only with Sony FE mount. Using these lenses on the Nikon Z9 will be another topic for a video :)
Great reviews from you sir, i have this on my z2 , works well with ziess lenses and sony but not so good with sigma art 85 f2 or 35 f2 get a lot of out of focus pics and roving .
Thanks Ken for the positive feedback and thanks for sharing your own experience. I am not surprised to hear what you said about Sigma, in particular older Sigma lenses I own had autofocus issues (e.g., front focus or back focus) already natively and then it gets worse of course with an adapter.
Hi there, I’m thinking to get the ETZ21 Pro and the Tamron 35-150 f/2-2.8 E Mount for my Z9. I think to do that to save about $400/£300 (instead of buying the Tamron lens with Z mount)and on top of that to have the adapter there in case will need a Sony lens in the future. Can anybody tell me if this is the right decision? If is anybody with experience in this particular matter, I’d be more than happy to know their advice. With this lens I’ll mostly shoot weddings, this being the main reason I’ll buy it. Thanks a lot!
As far as I hear from others, yes, flawless on the Z6 with, what I hear, most lenses. Likely not with all (see another comment here below the video from another user of the ETZ21) lenses but working for most combos, yes.
I got the megadap ETZ21 and my 16-34 F4 PZ does NOT work. I've got a nikon Z6 with 3.40 firmware version. I can't zoom in or out? Neither the PZ slider nor the zoom ring would work... Can you please help?
The song's name is "Into The Blue (instrumental)", the artist is "Katcamusic" and the download is from motionarray.com where I have a license to use music for publications like RU-vid.
Bro, it looks great, but you need to make this a lot harder for the camera for me to buy this, Try it outdoors with moving a subject, comparing it with regular z or f mount lenses
Ha! I hoped the two series of sample images outside provided some proof of evidence how it is shooting the adapter outside in the field ;) I think I mentioned it somewhen in the video: shooting a native Z-lens on a Z-Camera body is always the best combination. But if you own some pro Sony lenses or if you wanna shoot an E-Mount lens on a Nikon-Z Camera, then this adapter is a solution. Clearly, if you then get exactly the same lens type as a Nikon-Z lens, your shooting will be even happier :)
If E to Z works, then Z to E should- but i don't see it. Is this just not desirable? I'm married to the nikon z lenses, but I'd love to try a sony body out.
It is the distance from lense to sensor that matters. Sony has the 2 millimeters more than nikon z. So adapting sony to nikon is possible by creating an adapter that is 2 millimeters thick, adapting nikon to sony is not.
Ha! Respectfully disagree :) Sony makes excellent lenses in the G-Master line-up and also in the Carl Zeiss line-up. But the field of application of this adaper, as said in the video, is a different one: if you have the same lens available in Nikon-Z and Sony-E mount, your comment is spot on: why using a Sony lens with adapter if you already have that type of lens from Nikon ... but there are some lenses which are just not yet available in the Nikon-Z portfolio, and then using a Sony lens with adapter makes sense in my opinion.
Off topic but I had to laugh when I found out that all cockpit scenes in Top Gun 2 where filmed with Voigtländer 21mm f1.4 lenses. So much for Nikon canon Sony Leica Zeiss. When you need the best for scenes costing $11000 per hour to fly you use Voigtländer.
Trump needs to educate the Audience during his reply. Like you said- using terms that she has no understanding at all. This will show who is in the "Know" and who needs to "Go".
I watch and am extremely happy with many of your videos, but as an Englishman, I do wish that you’d pronounce “zeed” and not “cee”. A C-mount is something different and you are, afterall, from Central Europe!
Thanks Stephen, I can not say more to your fair point than "yes, guilty and you are right" :) I lived in the US for a longer time and my English is really a bit that wishy-washy you typically get at a US University Campus when 100+ nations and accents live in the same language melting pot :) I try hard to be a better English speaking version of myself but when I concentrate on content in video making, the language focus fades out ...
