Since others seemed to be interested...
After waiting for what seemed like forever (but was in fact, just about 2 weeks) for it to arrive, finally got my ciecio7 Nikon to Micro Four Thirds adapter, and while I haven't gotten the chance to abuse it yet in a true production setting, I'm pretty happy with it so far.
I bought it from eBay (as of this writing, there are still 6 available), as it wasn't listed on his website, so I might have paid a little more (with the favorable exchange rate), but that's the way it goes.
What's important is how well it works, and it's a night and day difference from the loose, sloppy mess that was my Fotodiox G adapter. This one's rock solid and seems to pretty much nail infinity, and I really appreciate the tripod mount, especially when using heavy zoom lenses, such as my Tokina 28-70mm f/2.8. Only real downside is the lack of an aperture ring, but that's not a problem for me as my current lenses do.
Grue, you actually brought up a question that I've had for awhile. At what point is the tripod mount on the adapter really necessary, or rather, how much weight can our GH2's handle without it?
I'm not sure off-hand, though I'm pretty sure I read someone quoting it somewhere... Anyone else know? (I want to say it was something around 2 pounds or so but I can't say with any degree of certainty and someone probably knows better than I...)
In my case, I'm pretty sure that the lens is still within tolerances to not strictly require me to use a tripod mounted adapter, but it's certainly heavy eniough that I'm more comfortable in a setup that reduces long-term strain on the camera's lens mount.
My 28mm and 50mm Nikon AIS primes are light enough that I didn't give it much thought until I picked up the Tokina 28-70mm, which weighs around 700g/1.5 lbs.
I must admit that the weight limit was something I was thinking about too when I started looking for a higher-quality adapter, and the tripod mount wasn't what made me pull the trigger but it's certainly a nice bonus--only other Nikon to Micro Four Thirds adapter that I can recall is a Chinese-made one of potential dubious quality avaialble on eBay...
Of course, if you're planning to use the camera with 15mm rails, you could also use some sort of lens support, but my current setup isn't quite so elaborate.
I found my adapters as well as the stock lens being a bit loose on my camera. I can turn it a little, even if it's locked to the camera. I went back to the shop and we've had a look at other GF and GH camera's: exactly the same. The guy at the shop said it's normal, to allow mounting/unmounting at higher/lower temperatures and that he remembers his nikon/canon has the same 'problem'.
I'm also using the tripod-mount on the adapter and this looseness of the m43 mount is really annoying as i'm risking a slight change of horizon in between shots if I touch my camera too much. Is this really normal for m43 mounts?
My Pentax K > m43 adapter arrived yesterday. After fitting it I discovered a very large amount of play. It turned out the three screws that hold the brass bayonet ring to the adapter tube were extremely loose. Three drops of thread lock fixed the problem.
I have a Shoot35 follow focus and have noticed the GH2 body flexes a little around the lens mount when rack focusing and even more so around its tripod mount point. So now I need to get a bloody cage to lock the camera down solid!
I'm going to call the GH2 the 'plastic fantastic'. It takes great video but the build quality ain't nothing like my Pentax K5.
Hey, I also have chinese nikkor m4/3 adapter. Surprisingly it fits really really well but my problem is all my lenses focus past infinity. I have emailed that shop in the link with no joy. Can anyone recommend a good adapter brand or where to buy that fits tight with good focus? Thanks, Albi
Question: Would it be possible to use Zeiss DigiZoom and Zeiss DigiPrime on a GH2? If so, what kind of adapter would I need and where might I be able to buy one. Preferably in Europe. Would it be something to recommend or something I should stay away from?
ciecio7 is indeed a gent - and industrially built stuff - a Lomo induced breakage was dealt instantly by him without question, by issuing a new adapter pre sending the erroneous one back - hats off to the engineer and business ethic.
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