To learn everything you need about the new Commlite Nikon F to Sony E-mount adapter check out their new page (Click here). The adpater is currently being updated and will [shoplink 43313 ebay]be sold on eBay[/shoplink] in mid January.
You can see the new version at work on a video posted on that facebook page.
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holy 359US bucks .. for this price it better work flawlessly.
This adapter will probably be available before the other one.
I will probably get this one to use with my Sigma 800 f5.6 and A7Rii
I do not know which one will be better but I would rather be using my lens than waiting to find out.
If the other one is substantially better than this one I can always upgrade later.
I also have both the 1.4 and 2x apo teleconverters and am hoping one or both will autofucus with it.
Using this lens on the a7rii will provide image stabilization that is not present on the lens.
Already on sales in China and Hong Kong. But no Sigma lenses are report working with this mount so far.
Actually, only Nikon 14-24, 24-70, 50f1.8 are reported success on forum in Chinese. Most people are requesting refund now.
You can see it working with other lenses in the Facebook video.
You trust official video. I trust real user experiences more.
I ordered and paid for one about 4 weeks ago and now they say shipping will be in mid January. Supposed to be delayed due to a firmware update, that would seem to confirm that is is not user upgrade able. Also I want to use it on my 2 long Sigma lenses so after reading your post I am thinking of canceling now. Could you keep an eye on those Chinese forums and see if there is any more positive information. Thanks
I will try to update you if there is any good news related to Sigma lenses with the adaptor. Cheers.
I have E mailed commlite to ask if the Sigma 800 and A7Rii will work with thier adapter. I am waiting for a response.
I wouldn’t trust the answer if they came back and said that it works fine. I seriously doubt that they will have tested it with that lens or any lens beyond commonly used ones.
Also, with a 2x converter you have an f/11 optic which is outside the range of what Sony’s on sensor PDAF works at, it cuts out at f/9 and you only get contrast detect beyond that which I think would be almost unusable on a 1600mm f/11 optic.
If it is like other teleconverter af…the F stop alone does not determine if it will work so it could possibly work in very bright light.
But I do agree with you and would expect manual focus only with the 2x.
I did manual focus long before autofocus existed, and with a little practce I am sure I can do it again.
I have not seen or heard of any testing with 3rd party Nikon mount lenses.
Steel Chen told me that he expects to have some method for users to fine tune the performance for lenses that he has not been able to test.
This is an uncommon lens and I do not expect to see tests with this particular lens, but would like to at least see testing with the much more common Sigma 150-600 lenses in Nikon mount.
If I get this I will of course tell SAR how it works, both with the lens and with the two teleconverters.
This lens has wiped out my lens budget, even though I got a good price on it..and I could not have bought a Nikon or Canon version with image stabilization built in.
My “plan B” would be to get a Nikon camera to use with the lens…but unless Nikon builds a new camera with IBIS it will not have stabilization.
For now I have a manual F to E adapter and will see what new products are available in January.
I think if you get it close with MF and then let CDAF fine tune it it might work at least with stationary subjects.
I am still curious, if your intention was always to use this lens with a Sony E-mount camera, why you decided to get the Nikon mount version of the 800/5.6 lens rather than the Canon mount lens since there are already AF Canon mount adapters? Also, aperture control is fully electronic on the Canon lens rather than the mechanical aperture linage on a Nikon mount lens, which is what enabled fully coupled Canon adapters long before fully coupled Nikon adapters? I am a Nikon and Sony shooter but if I were to get a third party DSLR lens solely for the purpose of using it with the a7 series, I’d likely buy the the Canon mount version due to that.
As for Plan B with the 800/5.6, a used D7100 is pretty inexpensive these days and would likely work better plus it gives you the crop so you will need TC’s less (I know the buffer sucks on the D7100). Or for more money a D7200…
I paid a lot less than these lenses normally sell for and this was the only one I could get.
I also figured that a newly desighned Nikon adapter would be at least as good as current Canon adapters, and lastly apperture control is not an issue as I will mostly be shooting wide open with this lens.
For plan B the d7200 has better af and the d810 is a possibility, but I would definitely wait to see what new stuff Nikon comes up with in January
Latest rumors are that Nikon will possibly have a new high end apsc in January.
Also just as you suggest I should not be too quick to believe claims about how well these adapters will work…I should certainly be much less quick to believe claims that they will not work or that it cannot be done…even if Commlite fails..there will be others.
I am planning a winter duck photo shoot, hopefully I can get my lens fully functioning for that.
This is not good news.
Using Sony cameras has always been an uphill battle.
With Canon or Nikon you simply buy whatever you need and use it.
Witjh Sony…because they do not have anything resembling a system…you have to carefully research every product avsilable and come up with some imaginative out of the box way to make your components work with each other.
No matter how much you research…most stuff ends up not fully compatable.
Meanwhile Sony researches what products would be most popular, and sell the best, and simply ignores the struggles of thier most serious customers trying to use thier equipment.
I was hoping that I had actually found a 800mm lens that would be even more functional on a Sony camera than on a Nikon…Sony would provide image stabilization.
So fat however my goal of somehow transforming a really good Sony camers into a good camera system is still an elusive one.
I am hoping something will work , I may need to choose between good autofocus on a Nikon camera or image stabilization on a Sony.
Perhaps if the Commlite will not work the Steel Chen will ?
Good luck focusing a 5.6 lens! 😉
I hope I will not have to choose between autofocus or image stabilization.
You probably know better than anybody else on this forum the photography is all about compromises 🙂 Based on my experience with the Metabones adapter the AF is working but it’s not something I would rely on. The large AF spot in the center or the full area work OK in a good light, but when you move the spot to the corners or use the small spot – nothing is guaranteed. I don’t have long tele lenses, the longest I tried was the Canon f/2.8 II, and longer you go – more unreliable the AF gets. But if it works – it’s quite accurate for the still objects. For the moving stuff – the AF is noticeable slower compared to the 5ds, so much more missing shots. I’m not a birder so no idea if it works for you… So let everybody know when you get your adapter Barry.
$400? Yeah, no thanks. Ill wait for the $50 chinese clones.
I notice the specs say it works with PDAF and CDAF – if so, this means it might support eye-detect AF, unlike Metabones’ Canon adapter?
On the video you can see it tracking a face at some point, but no eye-af for now.
Yeah like the Chinese clones of Metabones work flawlessly? You get what you pay for.
Nothing written about user upgradable FW? We all know by now how important that is.
If you look at all of the pictures on their site you can see every angle and there is no micro USB port which would suggest that it is not user updateable.
If you look at the DEOTech EF to E adapter, there is not one single port on that either. That’s because you update firmware wirelessly (via Bluetooth).
That’s very cool! thanks!
I’ll just wait one from Metabones !!
Note that they state the following, which is encouraging, on the Facebook page.
– Firmware of this adapter can be updated through camera body
Don’t they have Lens rental service in Hong Kong, the video seem like they just gone to a friend’s camera shop.
Why they often doesn’t like to test stuff on their street, they are just in the perfect location to test AF.
Hong Kong Market is just too small that many lens rental started but none of them survive finally.
I just believe they are not allowed to bring the borrowed lens out of the shop.
Actually. I just think that they are too narrowed mind that if they asked to borrow a lenses to test the adapter i any HK photography forum, I believe they can borrow any lenses from the end users in HK. Most HK photographer are also collectors.