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Camera Mounts Sorted by Register

This is a list of known camera mounts (thanks to William-Jan 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 medium-format 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 light-metering 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 L-series 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.

I have tried to code each entry by color corresponding to the original image format:

35mm full-frame is yellow

Smaller formats are blue
Larger formats are green
Cinema and video formats are white

The same list is available in alphabetical order here.

Camera Mount Camera Mount

Register Diameter   Register Diameter
System Type System Type
Pentax Q bayonet 9.2   Voigtländer bayonet 44.7 38

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Bessamatic
D-mount 0.625″×32tpi 12.29 15.88   Exakta/Topcon RE bayonet 44.7 46
C-S mount 1″×32tpi 12.526 25.4   Voigtländer bayonet 44.7  
thread Vitessa T
Bolex H8RX 1″×32tpi 15.31 25.4   Asahiflex M37×1 45.46 37
thread thread
Nikon 1 bayonet 17 40   ZM39 M39×26tpi 45.46 39
C-mount 1″×32tpi 17.526 25.4   M42: Pentax, M42×1 45.46 42
thread Praktica, Contax thread
S, …
Fujifilm X bayonet 17.7   Pentax K bayonet 45.46 44
Sony E bayonet 18   Petri bayonet 45.5 43
Micro Four Thirds bayonet 19.25   Contax/Yashica bayonet 45.5 48
Canon EX1/2 VL bayonet 20   Pentina breech 45.5
camcorder lock
Bolex breech 23.22   Ricoh breech 45.5
mount
Samsung NX bayonet 25.5   Olympus OM bayonet 46 46
Pentax Auto 110 bayonet 27   Contarex bayonet 46
Leica M bayonet 27.95 44   Nikon F bayonet 46.5 44
Konica Hexar RF bayonet 28   Leica R bayonet 47 49
Narcissus M24×1 28.8 24   Éclair CA-1 bayonet 48 46
thread
Canon screw M39×1 28.8 39   Contax N bayonet 48 55
thread
Leica screw M39×26tpi 28.8 39   B4 bayonet 48  
Opema 38mm thread 28.8     HDTV 2/3″ B4 48  
bayonet
Olympus Pen F bayonet 28.95   Icarex breech 48
lock
Contax G1 bayonet 29 44   Praktina breech 50 46
lock
Robot M26×0.5 31 26   Adaptall bayonet(?) 50.7 54
thread
Robot bayonet 31   Arri Maxi PL breech 52 64
lock
Hasselblad Xpan bayonet 34.27 46   Arri PL breech 52 64
lock
Contax RF dual bayonet 34.85 44   Arriflex bayonet 52  

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Nikon rangefinder bayonet 34.85 49   Leica S bayonet 53  

1/2″ video bayonet 35.74   Werra breech 54 44.5
lock
Alpa bayonet 37.8 42   T2 mount M42×0.75 55 42
Sony 1/2" Video bayonet 38   Topcon UV bayonet 55
Minolta V bayonet 38     Panavision PV breech 57.15 49.5
lock
4/3 System digital bayonet 38.58 44   Mamiya 7/7II bayonet 59 49
Argus 38mm thread 39 38   Mitchell BNCR breech 61.468 68
lock
Leitz Visoflex II, Leica M 40 44   Hasselblad H bayonet 61.63
III bayonet System
Aaton PL-40 breech lock 40 50   Leitz Visoflex I M39×26tpi 62.5 39
Konica Autoreflex bayonet 40.5 47   Mamiya 645 bayonet 63.3 62
Konica F bayonet 40.5   Zeiss Ikon Panflex bayonet 64.5  
Miranda dual 4-claw 41.5   Bronica ETRS bayonet 69  
bayonet/screw bayonet and
44×1mm
screw mount
Argus 33mm thread 41.9 33   Pentax 645 bayonet 70.87 61.2
Canon R/FL/FD breech or 42 48   Rolleiflex SLX bayonet 74  
bayonet
Wrayflex M41.2×26tpi 42.05   Exakta 66 breech 74.1 60
lock
Altix breech lock 42.5 34   Kiev 60/Kiev Six breech 74.1 60
lock
Yashica bayonet 43 47   Pentacon 6 breech 74.1 60
Pentamatic, lock
Pentamatic II
Rectaflex bayonet 43.4   Hasselblad bayonet 74.9 69
500/2000
Fujica X bayonet 43.5 49   Reflex Korelle 40.5 × 77.5 40.5
0.75 thread
Mamiya/Sekor E bayonet 43.5 49   Kilarscope M39×26tpi 78.8
Mamiya/Sekor CS bayonet 43.5   Kowa Six/Super breech 79  
66 lock
Petriflex breech lock 43.5   Hasselblad multi start 82.1 78
1000F/1600F thread
Minolta bayonet 43.72 41   Kiev 88, Salut, multi start 82.1 78
SR/MC/MD Zenit 80 thread

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Praktiflex M40×1 44 40   Zeiss Ikon screw 84.5

thread Flektoskop,
Flektometer
Canon EOS bayonet 44 54   Pentax 6×7 bayonet 84.95 72
Kiev 10,15 bayonet 44 42?   Bronica SQ bayonet 85 78
Paxette M39×1 44   Kilarflex M39×26tpi 92.3
thread
Sigma SA inner 44   Novoflex bayonet 100
bayonet
Praktica bayonet 44.4   Bronica S2A bayonet & 101.7 57
57×1
thread
Argus bayonet 44.45   Rolleiflex SL66 bayonet 102.8  
Minolta AF/Sony bayonet 44.5 49.7   Mamiya RZ bayonet 105 60
Alpha
Rolleiflex SL35 bayonet 44.6 49.7   Mamiya RB bayonet 112 60
(QBM)
Kodak Retina bayonet 44.7 38   Bronica GS1 bayonet    
Reflex

Stephen H. Westin swestin@earthlink.net

Last modified: Thu Feb 11 06:53:11 EST 2016

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