British company MTF is known for their high-end lens adapters and accessories. The latest addition to their lineup is a conversion kit that enables mounting FUJINON’s popular MK zooms on to an L-Mount camera such as the Panasonic S1H. Furthermore, MTF has a new L-Mount to PL lens adapter on offer. image credit: MTF The first new product isn’t called “adapter” for a reason. You have to (non-destructively) modify the back of your Fujinon MK zoom in order to mount it to any L-Mount camera, hence the name “conversion kit” rather than just “adapter”. MTF FUJINON MK Zoom Conversion Kit This conversion kit comes as a set of two pieces plus needed accessories. First, you have to replace the rear part of the MK’s housing (the green ring) with the supplied replacement collar. Then you have to add the also supplied stainless L-Mount. Done. All necessary screws are included plus you’ll get an L-Mount rear lens cap. One thing to keep in mind here is that L-Mount equipped cameras such as Panasonic S1H, Panasonic S1, the Sigma fp, or LEICA SL2, do sport a full-frame sensor but the FUJINON MKs only cover s35 sized sensors. Therefore you’ll have to switch your camera into crop-mode to avoid vignetting. Also, there’s no real information if every mount option of the MKs (E-Mount, M4/3, and X-Mount) can be converted with this MTF kit. I guess since it’s specifically called MK conversion kit, the MKX (Fuji X-Mount) version might fall short here. MTF L-Mount to...
Published By: CineD - Friday, 31 January, 2020