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Camera Mounts Sorted by Register
This is a list of known camera mounts (thanks to WilliamJan Markerink, who provided almost all the
data in this table. I have sorted the mounts in order of decreasing register (flange distance) to help see
what adaptations might be feasible with correct infinity focus. Generally speaking, a lens might be
adapted to bodies farther down the list; moving upward means that a simple adapter (one with no optical
elements) is impossible for an unmodified camera and lens while retaining infinity focus.
Where the distances are the same, or very close, things might or might not work. For example, adapting a
Leica R mount lens (distance 47mm) to a Nikon F mount (distance 46.5mm) leaves only 0.5mm space,
which might be too thin to make a usable adapter. Close cases also require that the thread or bayonet of
the lens must be small enough to fit entirely inside the mount of the body, and this list gives no
information. That said, there are examples where an adapter between two mounts of exactly the same
distance is possible, notably the Pentax K, for which Pentax M42 adapters are readily available.
Presumably Pentax designed the K mount with this in mind. Where no adapter is possible, it is
sometimes possible to modify a camera body with a mounting flange from some other system; look here
for an example. Note that this isn't a cheap option unless you are a Leica owner. Of course, we can also
modify the lens.
Where the distances are widely different, e.g. when adapting most mediumformat lenses to most 35mm
bodies, an adapter is usually feasible. Some manufacturers even encourage this, e.g. Pentax and Contax.
More modern cameras make things much more complicated with proprietary electronic lens/body
connections for aperture control, autofocus, etc; even after buying or making a mechanical adapter, many
features of the lens just won't work. Most lens mount conversions sacrifice autofocus, automatic
exposure, or both. In some cases, even the camera's lightmetering and focus confirm are crippled. One
exception is Canon and Sigma SA mounts; apparently the electronic protocols reportedly match, and the
lens register seems to be identical. Someone in China has apparently converted a Canon Lseries lens to
work on his Sigma digital SLR; there is a discussion of the relevant issues in this forum.
A more challenging approach is to build circuitry to translate between camera and lens; this is done in a
somewhat pricey conversion of Contax N lenses for modern cameras with automatic features supported.
The same list is available in alphabetical order here for modern cameras.
Mount Mount
Camera System Register Camera System Register
Type Type
M42x1
Pentax Q bayonet 9.2 Pentax/Praktica 45.46
thread
Dmount 0.625″×32tpi 12.29 Pentax K bayonet 45.46
1″×32tpi M39x1
CS mount 12.526 Zenith 3M 45.46
thread thread
1″×32tpi
Bolex H8RX 15.31 Contax/Yashica bayonet 45.5
thread
M42×1
Nikon 1 bayonet 17 Contax S 45.5
thread
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1″×32tpi
Cmount 17.526 Mamiya ZE bayonet 45.5
thread
breech
Argus 33mm thread 17.7 Pentina 45.5
lock
Fujifilm XF bayonet 17.7 Petri bayonet 45.5
breech
Sony E bayonet 18 Ricoh 45.5
mount
Micro Four Thirds bayonet 19.25 Contarex bayonet 46
Canon EX1/2 VL
bayonet 20 Olympus OM bayonet 46
camcorder
Bolex breech 23.22 Nikon F bayonet 46.5
Samsung NX bayonet 25.5 Leica R bayonet 47
Pentax Auto 110 bayonet 27 B4 bayonet 48
Leica M bayonet 27.95 Contax N bayonet 48
Konica Hexar RF bayonet 28 Eclair bayonet 48
M39x1 B4
Canon screw 28.8 HDTV 2/3″ 48
thread bayonet
breech
Leica screw M39x26tpi 28.8 Icarex 48
lock
M24x1 breech
Narcissus 28.8 Praktina 50
thread lock
Olympus Pen F bayonet 28.95 Adaptall bayonet(?) 50.7
Contax G1 bayonet 29 Arriflex bayonet 52
breech
Hasselblad Xpan bayonet 34.27 Arri PL 52
lock
breech
Contax RF dual bayonet 34.85 Arri Maxi PL 52
lock
Nikon rangefinder bayonet 34.85 T2 mount M42x0.75 55
Alpa bayonet 37.8 Topcon IC1 bayonet 55
breech
4/3 System digital bayonet 38.58 Panavision PV 57.15
lock
Aaton bayonet(?) 40 Mamiya 7/7II bayonet ∼60
breech
Konica Autoreflex bayonet 40.5 Mitchell BNCR 61.468
lock
Konica F bayonet 40.5 Hasselblad H System bayonet 61.63
4claw
Miranda dual bayonet and
41.5 Mamiya 645 bayonet 63.3
bayonet/screw 44×1mm
screw mount
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breech or Leica M
Canon R/FL/FD 42 Leitz Visoflex II, III 68.8
bayonet bayonet
Wrayflex M41.2×26tpi 42.05 Bronica ETRS bayonet 69
Altix breech lock 42.5 Pentax 645 bayonet 70.87
Yashica Pentamatic,
bayonet 43 Rolleiflex SLX bayonet 74
Pentamatic II
breech
Rectaflex 43.4 Exakta 66 74.1
lock
breech
Fujica X bayonet 43.5 Kiev 60/Kiev Six 74.1
lock
breech
Petriflex breech lock 43.5 Pentacon 6 74.1
lock
multi start
Minolta MD bayonet 43.72 Zenit 80 74.1
thread
Canon EOS bayonet 44 Hasselblad 500/2000 bayonet 74.9
Exakta/Topcon bayonet 44 Kilarscope 78.8
M39x1 breech
Paxette 44 Kowa Six/Super 66 79
thread lock
M40x1 multi start
Praktiflex 44 Hasselblad/Kiev88 82.1
thread thread
inner
Sigma SA 44 Pentax 6x7 bayonet 84.95
bayonet
Praktica bayonet 44.4 Leitz Visoflex I M39x26tpi 91.3
Praktica bayonet 44.4 Kilarflex 92.3
Argus bayonet 44.45 Zeiss Ikon Panflex 99.35
Minolta AF bayonet 44.6 Novoflex 100
bayonet &
Rolleiflex SL35 bayonet 44.6 Bronica S2A 57x1 101.7
thread
Sony Alpha bayonet 44.6 Mamiya RZ bayonet 105
Topcon RE bayonet 44.7 Mamiya RB bayonet 112
Zeiss Ikon Flektoskop,
Voigtländer Bessamatic bayonet 44.7 119.35
Flektometer
Kodak Retina Reflex bayonet 44.7 Leica S bayonet
Asahiflex bayonet 45.46 Bronica GS1 bayonet
Kmount bayonet 45.46 Schneider M26x0.5
M42x1
M42 screw 45.46
thread
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Stephen H. Westin swestin@earthlink.net
Last modified: Mon Aug 06 16:19:18 0400 2012
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