The new Nikkor Z 28mm f/2.8 lens (non-SE) and Nikon FTZ II adapter are now shipping in the US and other countries even to non-NPS members. Check availability and pricing: Nikkor Z 28mm f/2.8 lens Nikon FTZ II adapter B&H Photo Adorama Amazon Calumet (DE) Foto Koch (DE) Foto Erhardt (DE) WEX Photo (UK) Camera Canada (CA) – in stock Adorama B&H Amazon WEX (UK) Calumet (DE) Foto Koch (DE) Foto Erhardt (DE) CameraCanada (CA) – in stock Next are a few Nikon FTZ II remarks and first impressions with some unboxing pictures sent in by a reader: FTZ II requires an up-to-date version of camera firmware! I connected FTZ II to Z6 II with firmware 1.2 – and the camera displayed a very idiotic error message “FTZ mount adapter firmware version not supported. Upgrade FTZ firmware.” But this error message is very misleading – an upgrade of FTZ II firmware will not help. In fact, there is no newer firmware than the one build-in. The problem is in the camera firmware that needs to be upgraded (in this case to 1.3). FTZ has firmware 1.1 while FTZ II has 1.0 version. So very likely firmware version numbers will not be the same for FTZ and FTZ II. I do not understand why Nikon creates such confusion among its users. My sample of FTZ II is made in China (my sample of FTZ is made in Thailand) Cameras with FTZ II and F lens fit much better to my hand than with FTZ. I am sure I...
Published By: Nikonrumors - Friday, 10 December, 2021