Techart and Fringer Nikon Z6 adapter for Canon EF

[Andrew Reid]

Tomorrow me Fringer EF-NZ adapter arrives from Amazon UK. Going to give it a good test with my EF glass.

Previously.... Techart E-mount adapter for Nikon showed a lot of promise, however I grew to dislike it. Patchy reliability, little in the way of firmware updates or support, emails to Techart ignored, and performance / compatibility not bullet proof enough. The adapter promised to be stackable, with EF to E mount adapters, and Techart's own Leica M autofocus racking adapter too, but in the end didn't stack with anything and still doesn't.

I ended up taping up the contacts and using it as a dumb adapter, with a C-mount to E-mount adapter on there making Super 35mm video possible with c-mount lenses longer than 50mm. Lovely jubbley.

So I'd approach the Techart EF -> Z mount adapter with caution and try the Fringer version instead. I have the Fringer EF autofocus adapter for Fuji X mount and it is by far and away the fastest and most reliable for AF. Kipon not bad either but the Fringer beats it for AF.

https://www.fringeradapter.com/canon-ef-to-nikon-z

Looks good on the Z6

And here is the Techart on the Z50 but doesn't tell us anything about AF - there is no racking or subject tracking in the video just locked down focus

The Techart adapter is much cheaper than the Fringer but there is probably a reason for that

https://techartpro.com/?product=techart-canon-ef-nikon-z-autofocus-adapter-tzc-01

[BTM_Pix]

Really weird about the Techart E to Z not being stackable with their M to E AF adapter.

Don't really understand why they just haven't made a dedicated Z mount version of that adapter anyway but maybe thats the plan ?

 

 

[Andrew Reid]

Why sell us 1 adapter when they can sell us 3

I think that probably went through their heads.

Hopefully AF is going to actually be reliable on the Fringer EF. I feel the Z6 has it in it to do it... somewhere... Just needs the right firmware