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Nikon ES-2 film digitizing adapter set: first reviews and feedback

Last week B&H started shipping a new batch of the Nikon ES-2 film digitizing adapter set to existing pre-orders placed in November last year (the backlog is still pretty big). The first Nikon ES-2 reviews are already available online: Here are is a quick feedback on the Nikon ES-2 from a reader (thanks Jürgen Schneidenbach): Usually, a development is a step forward. Yes, it's working! There are two positive points: the screw on the top for fixing the position, the negative frame is well done - it stops exactly in the right position, BUT: while the ES-1 is completely made out of metal the ES-2 is plastic except for the main tube. The adapter for the 60mm lens is plastic from Fotodiox (ES-1 comes also with Fotzodiox but metal. The holder for slides is garbage. It's only usable with this cheap thin paper slides. If you want to copy slides you need to put them one by one in the negative holder which takes a lot of time. And this for "cheap" 160€. Nikon ES-2 film digitizing adapter set review This Nikon ES-2 film digitizing adapter review is by Jürgen Becker and it was originally published here: The Nikon ES-2 was announced along with the D850 in summer 2017. Nine months later, the ES-2 became available in Germany. If you have a look at Nikon's websites, you get the impression the ES-2 is only usable in conjunction with the D850. Well, the D850 has got a special mode for photographing...

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Published By: Nikonrumors - Wednesday, 23 May, 2018

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