Huge! New Metabones Canon to NEX adapter with electronic aperture control!
Now that is a small news that could turn out to be very important! I know of many Canon users that are tempted to join the NEX system. Canurus (Click here) announced a super Canon C-mount to E-mount adapter that will make their choice much easier 
This isn’t just one of those cheap manual only adapters you usually found here on eBay. It has electronic aperture control! And Canon lenses with Image Stabilization will also work on your NEX! More info:
- True electronic integration of aperture diaphragm – let camera automatically choose aperture in P or S exposure modes, or dial in yourself on the camera body in A or M modes.
- Powered by camera body. No external power source required.
- Wide open button (opposite of depth-of-field preview function) makes manual focusing easy.
Estimate launch date for the adapter is January 21st!
P.S.: The Sony NEX-5n is back in Stock in limited quantities via third party reselelrs on Amazon (Click here).
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jg
5 months ago |Expected price: $399.
More integrated, electronic adapters in other mounts to follow from Conorus/Metabone.
C
5 months ago |At least it’s cheaper then the cine-adapter that was advertised for the FS100
z
5 months ago |This actually makes things like http://store.redrockmicro.com/livelensmft a total useless shit. Not to mention the external power source that is shamefully not shown.
d
5 months ago |except for the fact that they are for different cameras
C
5 months ago |I thought the Birger adapter would work on NEX as well as the FS100.
But hey w/e works.
Carl
5 months ago |A Pentax one of these plus the Limited pancakes sounds like an excellent option.
jg
5 months ago |Ricoh is rumoured to be launching a K-mount adapter for the GXR camera later this year. If anyone would be able to fix the electronics of the K-mount, it should be Ricoh. They own Pentax now.
Carl
5 months ago |Good point. The GXR is a camera that keeps slipping under my radar, despite being quite good.
Chad
5 months ago |The fact that this EF adapter is supposedly the first in a series is very exciting. Given Conorus’ experience with Contax N and 654 adapters, I am hopeful that we will see integrated electronic adapters for those system lenses soon.
Frosti7
5 months ago |HUGE? i was sure that sony are releasing a 30\2 and 60\2 pancakes tomorrow…
Alain
5 months ago |What ???
GunnarK
5 months ago |I think the word HUGE lead Frosti7 to believe that Sony was about to launch two new pancake lenses…
nagi
5 months ago |Hmm, so no AF? I know, I know, I’ve been pampered by the LA-EA2
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Adi
5 months ago |I’m sure that they considered AF but with PDAF designed lenses, it will bevery slow.They need an SLT mirror like LA-EA2, but Sony may have patents regarding this, I’m sure.Without that you are faster with MF.
Atlasman
5 months ago |Sony should produce an SLT version for Canon and Nikon lenses.
I’d buy one in a heartbeat!
Rover
5 months ago |And have Canon and Nikon kick them to the moon in a court of law? ‘Fraid not, even though I’d love an adapter like this for Canon EF mount.
Masking?
5 months ago |I’m interested, but why the mask for the sensor? If Sony brings out a Full Frame NEX in a year or whenever this will crop the image. They need to loose the internal mask, it limits the utility of the adapter.
GH
5 months ago |I’d imagine that some of the electronics are housed in the area that is masked off.
Adi
5 months ago |FF NEX will not be E-mount! Sony already confirmed this. Most likely A-mount so this adapter will not work anyway.
Masking?
5 months ago |There is a dual mount Full Frame camera coming. It was already announced on this forum.
Adi
5 months ago |First it was a rumor not anouncement.Second if there is one (I still doubt…) it will use the A-mount for FF.If you use E-mount most likely it will crop the image to APS-C size.All current E-mount lenses are APS-C only.If ever will be one FF which can do what you want on the E-mount, in some years I’m sure they will make a new adapter which will work. Nothing is forever.
räven
5 months ago |The E-mount was designed to be able to cover fullframe as well. At least that’s what I’ve heard. Not saying that they’ll use the E-mount though, but more likely than using the A-mount because of the flange distance.
jg
5 months ago |For a full frame NEX you most certainly would need another adapter anyway.
Adi
5 months ago |It was a video recently (long presentation you can find it on YouTube). There are questions about FF E-mount and the tech sais something that “we looked into it but it will not work”.Quite clear , and no “maybe” left.
So either e new mount (with no lenses) or A-mount.Also remember that if they come with a FF mirrorles (it may not be called a NEX at all), it will be after A99 and it’s sister camera (rumored) are out so this puts it more in 2014 timeframe as earliest. By then, I hope you will have quite a few more e-mount lenses (including third parties) which ALL are APS-C only.
Remember FF lenses are more expensive, and they target a much smaller market also. Not avery good perspective I think.This is why A-mount sounds more likely, and will be a “mirrorless” FF Alfa camera not a NEX.
PS – comment for raven post.
Max Rebel
5 months ago |WOW! Image Stabilization with an adapter, that HUGE!
GH
5 months ago |Since I don’t own EOS lenses, I’d personally still rather have a normal, manual adapter with other lenses. Being able to focus at shooting aperture gets rid of focus shift problems, and having an aperture ring on the lens allows S mode with AutoISO, which does the same thing that M mode with AutoISO would do, if it was available.
Dave
5 months ago |Fantastic…..BUT I don’t understand HOW IS THE FOCUS?
Is AutoFocus or ManualFocus?
Dave
5 months ago |It’s NOT AutoFocus…so I can use an adapter that mechanically open or close diaphgram and I save a lot of money..
Sina
5 months ago |That’s the thing though. You can’t open and close EF diaphragms manually. Also, this adapter has IS powered as well.
passer-by
5 months ago |Yes, that what this is all about. Nikon lenses don’t need an electronic aperture control because they have mechanical aperture lever.
Rover
5 months ago |It has been pointed out that lenses made for PD-AF are not a very good match for CD-AF mirrorless bodies in the AF department. Like most 4/3 lenses on micro 4/3: with the Olympus adapter they will focus… eventually…
Though having AF would be neat, of course, just for the occasion when you don’t mind waiting a bit.
Sarah G
5 months ago |Quality dumb adapters have a mask to keep stray light away from the sensor. Its only the cheap China adapters that don’t have a mask. On a S35 NEX camera it does not affect any of the image. Check MTF and Rayqual adopters which both have a mask. Cheap China adapters have light leak.
passer-by
5 months ago |Is there any possibility that it has some effect on T/S lens?
c.d.embrey
5 months ago |As someone who is already migrating from Canon to NEX, this will make life a little easier. Now I can use the Small and Light Weight EF 85mm f1.8 USM, Canon best lens the EF 90mm f2.8 TS-E and the always fun EF-S 10-22mm f3.5-4.5 USM.
I do a lot of Table Top Products shots and have looked at the Novoflex BALPRO T/S http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/379033-REG/Novoflex_BALPRO_T_S_BALPRO_T_S_Bellows.html But $1,474.99 is a little more than I’d like to spend. Right now the money would be better spent on a second Nex 7.
Tonis
5 months ago |Mirex T/S adapter with medium format lens is the way to go on NEX system.
c.d.embrey
5 months ago |They look good, but their site is in German only.
Because I already have an EF 90mm f2.8 TS-E, and no medium format lenses, I thinl I’ll go with this EF to E mount adapter. If I had Hasselblad V lenses, the Mirex would be a No-brainer
Paul
5 months ago |Overpriced, naturally. Opportunists.
Adi
5 months ago |If you can sell something for a price you do it.If the price is to high the market will push it down.If your cost is to high to go low you stop making the product.Simple.For a public company for example number one rule (law) is to maximize shareholders profit.Welcome to capitalism.If you own a private company you are free however to do charity work if you wish.Look at Apple, for example sell something which costs them $200 for $600.Does not look as charity to me also
REVENGE
5 months ago |Y u no like Supply x Demand???
Jay - SonyAlpahLab
5 months ago |Image Stabilization is awesome!! Pretty expensive, but totally worth the money assuming it’s well really made
The Fotodiox adapter with Iris is pretty cool for what it is, but it’s pretty much useless except for a few stops of light it can block. I would much rather invest in something like this new adapter Andrea posted! Below is the Fotodiox adapter mounted on a few canon lenses and the Nex-7 if you want to see:
http://sonyalphalab.com/2012/01/sony-nex-camera-system-can-use-almost-any-lens-with-a-simple-and-inexpensive-lens-adapter/
Best,
Jay
c.d.embrey
5 months ago |The EF 135mm f2.0L USM looks good. Not really out of proportion, and it is a great lens. MSRP is only $1,089.00, a real bargain for a lens of this quality.
Jay - SonyAlpahLab
5 months ago |Razor blade sharp even at f/2, incredible
Atlasman
5 months ago |My favorite in my Canon collection!
David
5 months ago |I’d rather have the proper Sony adapter, then use the A-mount Zeiss 135/1.8
Matt
5 months ago |Same. Though if you already had the Canon then I guess this would be more interesting.
Alfonso Cuitiño
5 months ago |I hope one day they can make AF adapters for all brands
Jiri
5 months ago |+1 This is a great news!
Adi
5 months ago |http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1042&thread=40347132
Read “cyberstudio” post (he works for conurus).
Carl
5 months ago |He IS Conurus. It’s a one-man show.
Adi
5 months ago |Cool! Good for him.The only disatvantage is that an “SLT autofocus convertor” a la Sony, is out of the scope for a very small company.
Ezio
5 months ago |Admin: “a super Canon C-mount to E-mount”??? C mount? or EOS Mount???
harvey_tbee
5 months ago |The latter. Adapter says EF – E-mount. C-mount rarely works sufficiently on the Nex.
obican
5 months ago |He was saying that he could add AF to the adapter too, via a firmware update.
Sina
5 months ago |And that was the coolest part. The adapter can have firmware updates XD
Carl
5 months ago |His firmware is pretty impressive. His Contax N lens conversions actually work better on Canons than they did on the Contax cameras they were designed for. Both faster and more accurate.
Douglas Grillo
5 months ago |For me is a excellent option, a lot cheaper than Birger never to arrive adaptor, more useful and thinner than RedRockmicro LiveLens MFT. I will wait for reviews before go to the buy button.
kevin
5 months ago |Dear Canon,
Good luck on your hypothetical mirrorless camera system to be launched later this year.
JonasM
5 months ago |Sweet.
Just the other day I was approached by a Canon shooter who was immensely fascinated by my NEX-5 + Zeiss 24-70 combo and he said he’d switch if there was an adapter good enough to support his Canon lenses. Too bad I didn’t get his email.
Rover
5 months ago |I’m pretty sure that he knows already.
This adapter made it to every photo news/review sites. 
Matt
5 months ago |This is great news! I mean ok sure for existing Canon shooters this will be enticing to move over to NEX or should I say ‘play’ with NEX (I don’t think it’s enough to switch brands completely, sadly). But for us this will enable our EF mount stuff to work on our FS100′s and VG10′s.
I have been a little bit wary of those mechanical adapters that have an aperture between the lens and the sensor – had anyone used one of these? Do they affect image quality? Do EF lenses stay wide open when not attached to a camera or do they stop down?
Bobby
5 months ago |You can set the aperture on your canon camera and then detach the lens. The set aperture will stay.
Matt
5 months ago |So in order to use an EF mount lens and have the full range I would have to make sure it was wide open before taking off the Canon body?
Anyone used these mechanical adapters with their own iris? I’d imagine out of focus areas would look quite different to how they look natively mounted?
Rover
5 months ago |Might as well use that Canon body. Sounds pretty stupid to carry one around just for setting the aperture.
Klipsen
5 months ago |What happened to Tamron’s Adaptall 2 system?
Those adapters could transmit aperture mechanically between any body and Tamron’s lenses. Shouldn’t it be possible, then, to make adapters for the NEX that can do the same?
Carl
5 months ago |Adaptall-2s don’t have auto-aperture on camera systems with solenoid based aperture systems (or more specifically, Canon’s EF mount), they require stop-down metering.
To get an Adaptall lens to have auto-aperture on a NEX, you’d have to find a rare Minolta AF Adaptall and mount it on the LA-EA1/2.
lulu
5 months ago |Yeah ain’t cheap indeed and will turn out to be a piece of crap as the M–Nex adapter I bought a few months ago and barely holds the lens in place…
Great product for sure!
Adi
5 months ago |You get what you pay for.I suppose your adapter was not Metabones ( simple Metabones adapters sell on eBay for more than $100).
”
Since its inception, Metabones has been designing and manufacturing lens adapters recognized among professionals and enthusiasts as leaders in design and workmanship.
Contrary to the popular trend of other factories using an aluminum ring painted black on the camera-body-side, we instead take no short-cut but use precision-machined brass with chromium plating on both the camera-body and the lens sides of our adapters, in order to ensure smooth mounting, great appearance, and durability. The lens side of the adapter features a strong leaf-spring structure, strengthening the adapter-lens connection and ensuring tightness of the lens in order to reduce wear and prevent focus errors and optical alignment issues from appearing.
Metabones uses matte-black treatment to keep internal reflection to a minimum in order to maintain the maximum optical quality possible with the lens.
Metabones Canon EF Lens to Sony NEX Smart Adapter follows this tradition of uncompromising precision, robust build quality and outstanding finish.
Features
Both camera-side and lens-side of the adapter are made of brass, precision-machined and plated with chromium.
Satin surface finish – just like your OEM lens and camera mounts.
Precise fit and solid connection – lens has no play, gap or wiggling when mounted on adapter and no adjustments are required to fit your lens.
Designed to reach infinity focus while maintaining the correct registration distance required to maintain optical quality of CRC lenses or lenses with floating elements.
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Atlasman
5 months ago |If the product is quality, I’ll buy at $400.
Adi
5 months ago |Looks like the first batch sold in less than 1 hour…The next batch in 2-3 weeks only. The adapter has an IO port which allows firmware upgrades (AF ?). As a note Metabones (the builder of adapter) make the best quality NEX adapters out there. I know people who first bought a cheap $10-20 adapter and after that bought an $100+ Metabones one (speak about simpler adapters not this one).
Sandy
4 months ago |Just received the updated adapter that is supposed to work with the NEX-5n and NEX-7 — it doesn’t (at least on my NEX-5n). Doesn’t control the aperture, doesn’t provide power to IS lenses. Basically, it’s acting the same as a $20 Chinese Canon adapter but cost $400. Waiting to hear from Metabones to see what they will do.