Sony Lens on Nikon Body - Awesome for Milky Way Photography
I've recently been using the Megadap ETZ 21 adapter which enables us to mount Sony E mount lenses to a Nikon Z mount camera.
I have a couple of Sony lenses and in this video I'll show you some images and timelapses I captured with this combination.
In short .. it's a wonderful combination. Let me know your thoughts below.
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Great video Richard, thanks for the time lapse, very enjoyable
Thanks as always for watching Phillip
That is some great shots Richard love the time lapse The combination of lensa seemed to work very well.
Yes I was very pleasantly surprised by how well the adapter works Jeff. Thanks for watching.
You are really starting to shine buddy. You nailed this! Thank you for your inspirational content.
Thanks so much for watching my friend.
This is a great combo. Megadap adapter really takes lens collection to the next level - I had a chance to try it out on a new Sigma 20mm f1.4 DG DN lens. AF / EYE AF works flawlessly. Also one of the lenses where this adapter comes handy is Sony 14mm GM lens, which is of course the best 14mm lens for astro on the market and with all the announcments of a new lenses, which are more or less for E mount, this adapter is a great investment.
Yes I agree that the Sony 14mm f1.8 would be the ideal companion using this adapter.
Many thanks for this video! I'll be getting the Megadap adapter in a couple of days; so is exciting to hear this type of feedback for sure.
Thanks heaps for watching Rodrigo.
Great that there are options to integrate. Another great informative video Richard.
Thanks as always for watching Alan. Hope you're well mate.
Nice work mate, the images look fantastic
As always I appreciate your support Brad.
After leaving the hobby of photography, I have recovered the thread of your channel-videos, and I only congratulate you on your content and simplicity in the content you develop, plus what you learn bluntly and quickly.
Thank you so much for your kind comments Josep, I really appreciate it.
Amazing
Thanks so much for looking.
Brilliant as always Master Richard :-)
Very kind of you as always Les, thanks for watching.
Thanks for the really informative and helpful review! I’m looking forward to trying the Sony 14mm on my Z6. Beautiful pics too!
You won't be disappointed. Thanks for watching.
Fantastic images Richard! The megadap adapter is a good choice for adding other lenses to your lineup for the Nikon Z cameras.
Yes it sure is John, thanks for watching.
Great photography Richard 👍👍👍
Thanks so much for watching Brian
In a similar fashion I used Nikon F and Pentax adapters on my Canon EF cameras - very thin adapters like your Sony E to Nikon Z. What started out as a convenience of being able to buy multiple lens types (manual only), eventually led to me having a decent stable of Nikon lenses, and subsequently converting to Nikon. I found all too frequently that the Nikon version of many third party lenses were substantially less expensive than the Canon versions, which is why I built up a collection of Nikon lenses.
Yes Derek, as you say there are quite a few adapters on the market these days .. which can only be a good thing for us all. Appreciate your comments.
Good to see you’re getting 2 for the price of 1 Richard. Using that opens up so much scope for other lenses. Cheers for sharing mate 👍🙏
Thanks for checking it out Adrian .. yes it's a great little adapter for sure.
There’s quite a lot going on inside that little adapter. There seem to be frequent firmware updates that would be worth installing, even if the USB adapter is a bit fiddly.
Yes absolutely Tim. It's been working really well for me.
@@nightscapeimages.richard That’s great. I’ve been seeing some nice lenses for Sony which might work well on my new Z8.
Thank you for your valuable inputs, which confirm my findings. I use this adapter for some time now, also mainly for Milky Way photography. For me too, it works flawlessly. My concern was that the corners of the images may suffer from degradation e.g. astigmatism, but I have found no such issues. The only flaw I found was that lens distortions are not corrected in JPEG, but that is of no concern for what we are doing here, and is easily corrected for in Photoshop anyway.
Thanks so much for watching my friend, appreciate your comments and experience.
@@nightscapeimages.richard You are welcome. Your enthusiasm and love for Milky Way photography is infectious. I really like the way how you present the subject matter. You are my "go to" source!
Just bouht my first mirrorless, the new Z8. Very tempted to get this for the newly announced Sigma 14mm f1.4 Sony E mount lens for astro, should be a killer combo.
That would be a great combination, but if it was me I'd go for the Sony 14mm f1.8GM.
VEry interesting, I wasn't aware of such an adapter. For me it doesn't really make sense, but for anyone like yourself who uses two systems then I can see the advantages. None the less, the finished pics were brilliant, as ever !
Thanks as always for watching David, much appreciated.
Great video again, nice to hear that, thanks a lot, since I m very interested in using a 14 mm f1.8 Sony on my converted Z6 body for astroscape lapsing, ( use a syrp slider system and Skywatcher adventurer)
Yes I reckon that Sony 14mm would be perfect for the Z6 .. and timelapse.
My friend Uros Fink just tested this combo a few days ago. Contact him as he was sharing RAW files on his Instagram
Had no idea this had electronic contacts. That is a lot of functionality in a tiny adapter. Sony do have the best overall lens line up for Astro and low light imo. If you want to steer clear of star eater issues in the a7 line, this looks like a great option.
Yes it is getting great reviews all round Dominic. I'll continue my testing.
Thank you for all the inspiration images you create! BTW why you have two Z6 II cameras. How do you use them?
Thanks so much for watching. I have 2 x Z6ii cameras and 1 x Z6 original. I often shoot timelapse with one and nightscapes with the other at the same time. My Z6 original model has a h-alpha modification so I use that on a star tracker mostly.
amazing work once again. I wonder how the Sony 20mm compares to the Nikon 20mm Z mount in regard to coma, and sharpness on the Z6ii
I think the Sony 20mm is a very good lens for sure. It's hard to compare to the Nikon Z 20 but I like both of them.
Awesome review, thank you sir! Have you ever used the megadap with the Sony 14mm 1.8?
That's one lens I'd love to try out . .but not yet. Thanks for watching.
Amazing photos mate. What part of the sky are you photographing in that 1st image? I recognize the galactic core in the 2nd image (and 4th image), but where are you pointing to get that piece of sky in the 1st image? I love those swirls and colours mate. I’m in New Zealand, so pretty much similar skies to you, except we have so much cloud cover at the moment with the cyclone that ripped through here.
…I’m shooting with an old Sony a7rii and older Sony a7s. I have the Samyang 24mm f1.8 and a Samyang 14mm f2.8, but I’m very very keen to get that Sony 14mm f1.8 GM lens.
Thanks so much for watching. I'm shooting north to capture Orion there .. it's nice and bright at this time of year. You'll see it clearly in NZ.
Argh, now I'm tempted to try a Z6II :)
Haha, well you've got all the lenses already buddy ..!!!!
Love your time-lapses, if you don't mind my asking, how many frames per second do you usually use?
Thanks so much for watching. I always shoot timelapses at 25 frames per second.
@@nightscapeimages.richard Thank you
For astrophotography I have the ETZ21 and the Sony 20mm f1.8 as well as the Samyang AF f1.8. Both wonderfully compact and light, which I love! My question is: I have updated the ETZ21 to the latest firmware V1.26 (latest September 10th firmware). On the Sony and the Samyang there is one button each (black round push button) to make individual settings. I would really like to be able to set both lenses to infinity by pressing the button (similar to switching on native Z lenses), but unfortunately I can't manage that. Do you know how this works or what settings in the Nikon menu I have to make? Thank you very much!! Greetings Chris
Thanks so much for watching Chris. As far as I know there isn't any option for this feature on non native Nikon Z lenses.
For the Samyang 24mm f1.8 AF you have to push the button and turn on the camera, than the focus is at infinity, so here it works. For the SOny 20mm it doesnt work..@@nightscapeimages.richard
Sony 20mm F1.8 G is one of the best astro lenses ever made
Yes I do like that lens .. and the Sony 24mm f1.4 is even better.
Very much interested in this setup with the mega dap and the 14mm f1.8 but one question I have for you, how does the lens (or Sony lenses in general via mega dap ) behave in timelapse, is there aperture flicker? No flicker at wide open? Or no flicker like on Z9 till 5.6 ?
Thanks for watching. The first timelapse video I showed here was shot at f2.2 in M mode on the Sony 20mm lens. The second was shot using P mode on the Z6ii so the aperture started about f5.6 and ramped down to f1.8. Neither of them displayed and flicker at all. PS: The timelapse of the flowers shot in P mode is straight out of camera recorded in Timelapse Movie Mode . .. no editing at all.
Which focal length do you normally prefer for starscape photography? :) Also, do you have a preference for Aurora photography in terms of focal length? Keep up the excellent work!
My favourite focal length is 20mm. I feel this is a great balance between detail and wide enough to fit a lot in. I do have a 14-24 lens but I use it more for timelapse than anything else. I have shot aurora with all of these lenses. I think if you were in a location with massive aurora such as Iceland or Norway you would benefit from a wider focal length.
Hi Richard. Can you use Sony 24mm f1.4 on the Z6II in Program mode for Holy Grail day to night time-lapses? Also, does it work in shutter priority mode with auto ISO? Thanks! Rick
Well I have never used the Sony 24mm f1.4 on my Z6ii for timelapse. I did however use the Sony 20mm f1.8 in Aperture priority mode day to night .. and it worked really well. So I'd expect the 24mm to be the same. I never shoot in Shutter Priority mode.
great photo!can you share some experience while doing manual focus with the adapted Sony lens?I fond it difficult because on Sony body I use to have a focus range display，but on Nikon body i didn't find that function
Manual focus can certainly be tricky, but I didn't find the adapted Sony lens any more difficult than the Nikon lenses.
@@nightscapeimages.richard thanks for your reply！i mean that with the Sony body i dont need to zoom in to see whether the star is sharp or not，i check the focus range display，when it change to infinity，the focus was finished.While on Nikon body without that display,I'll have to zoom in and I often finds it tricky
That's interesting . .I've never used that function on any of my cameras.@@user-ro6tu2uc5f
@@nightscapeimages.richard well，i use it mostly when im shooting timelapse fromday to night.by doing so i don't have to check the focus when the star occurs
Fair enough. I just set my focus to infinity from the start and leave it there.@@user-ro6tu2uc5f
Hi Richard, sorry off topic but I vaguely recall in one of your (recent) videos you recommending a tripod brand which is different to the sirui one listed in your links... Sorry can't find the actual video... Would you mind letting me know what it is?
No worries at all. I have two of these and I love them. www.amazon.com.au/Carbon-Lightweight-Professional-Adapter-Portable/dp/B08D3C5Y89/ref=sr_1_6?adgrpid=124194201511&hvadid=516455589830&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9071496&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=b&hvrand=5981879940463955907&hvtargid=kwd-992784416367&hydadcr=14735_16218&keywords=artcise+tripod&qid=1677192030&sr=8-6
@@nightscapeimages.richard thanks very much. Do you have any recommendations on a arca Swiss plate compatible ball head to go with it? Just looking for something basic... Thanks heaps
@@vurhd These are good. www.amazon.com.au/Diameter-INNOREL-Panorama-Ballhead-Camcorder/dp/B07XXTL8K5/ref=sr_1_13_sspa?keywords=artcise+ball+head&qid=1677217301&s=electronics&sr=1-13-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyQzlXR1lVM0dRS0ZaJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMTQzMTExU1lXUUZBTDhPUDJPJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTNIRUNISFdGUUc3SE0md2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9tdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl
Nice, would be fun to have one just so that I can use Sony E-mount lenses. Are you going to pick up the 14mm f/1.8?
I don't know if I'll get the Sony 14 as I already have the Nikon 14-24 and a Laowa 15mm f2 lens for Nikon Z. . but I think the Sony 14 is magnificent.
@@nightscapeimages.richard actually saving up for the Nikon 14-24, upgrading from the f/4 version.
@@nightscapeimages.richard I can confirm that the Sony 14mm 1.8 is excellent on the Z6 with the Megadap adapter. The Z6 automatically focuses for infinity when turning on, and it's the perfect focus for stars. No aberrations that I can see, just pinpoint stars.
@@bencollins7684 Yes that's something I love about the Nikon Z system Ben. Thanks for your comments.
I sure wish Canon would allow an adapter for their RF cameras so we'd have more lens choices. All we have is the EF to RF option.
Yes it seems to be a problem with Canon's third party lens policy Andrea.
Hello, Richard! Now we can easily use Sony lenses on Nikon Z cameras. What do you think is better for shooting stars with an open aperture, Sony 20mm 1.8 GM or Nikon 20mm 1.8S? Sony 24mm or Nikon 24mm 1.8S? Sony 35mm or Nikon 35mm S? Some Sony lenses are cheaper than Nikon on the secondary market.
I think all the lenses you've mentioned are excellent. I'd say the Nikon 20mm f1.8 is slightly better than the Sony version and the Sony 24mm f1.4GM is slightly better than the Nikon 24mm. I haven't tried the Sony 35mm lenses but I reckon they'd be very good.
@@nightscapeimages.richard Thank you for your feedback!
Can I use my Nikon Z6 lenses on a Sony Alpha 4 camera ?. And do you have a link please Thank uou
No I'm not aware of that being a possibility.
Is there an adapter for the Nikon D850 please? And where would I get one from in Australia and how much would it cost please? If there is such an adapter.
I have no personal knowledge of that adapter but there are some available. See this US link: www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=Sony%20E%20Mount%20To%20Nikon%20F%20Mount&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&gclid=Cj0KCQiAo-yfBhD_ARIsANr56g516CgVCzWdNOOfiKrR-GmYDMKZ6SL9TUVtx104WLE0yI1wU6hP26gaAmFOEALw_wcB
has anyone tried using the adaptor with E mount sigma 14mm f1.4 on Z9?
I don't know anyone personally but I have heard of it being done.
I there an adapter for L mount ? Adapt sony lens on S5 and s5ii?
I'm not aware of any adaptors for L mount .. sorry.
The sigma 20mm DG DN 1.4 for Sony E is a better lens and the widest aperture 20mm lens available, AND was specifically designed for astro use. Almost zero coma all the way to the edge. The cleanest lens I've ever used.
Yes I have heard very good things about the latest Sigma lenses for Sony E mount. Thanks for watching.
Any experience with the s22 ultra, any advice or guidance on this for apps or mods? Thank you
No I'm sorry but I don't use any phones for shooting nightscape photography.
@Nightscape Images I just got it for photos and videos, more durable for the condions I will be in all ready impressed with low light photos
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@@nightscapeimages.richard thank you very much😁
Im looking Sony A mount lenses on Nikon ? is it possible?
I don't know of any adapter that will do that Krisztian.
If they put weather sealing on that thing... my next camera could be a nikon 😜
Maybe they'll add it in an update .. but it's a really nice bit of gear for sure.
Hi Richard Seems like allot of photographers are getting Jack of the big 2 and are going to sony
Yes I think a lot of photographers have done that in the past. But at the moment all the cameras from all of the brands are excellent. I much prefer my Nikon cameras to Sony's as far as ergonomics and handling are concerned. But for video the Sony A7s3 is certainly the better option. But this video is all about the fact that you can use Sony lenses on the Nikon camera bodies so that gives a lot more lens options.
Hi Richard. I noticed that you are not light painting your foreground elements and buildings in any of these shots. Are you getting away from that technique?
No I'm not getting away from light painting. . I guess I'm trying a simple approach. Many times you can't get close enough access to do light painting. Also, there are many scenes that are too distant or large to light. The buildings in all of these shots were the other side of fences . .so I kept my distance. As well as that I think it's good to practice different techniques.
@@nightscapeimages.richard im glad you're going to continue with your signature light painting. 👍😊
I really don’t understand why you have the Sony when you have an unmod Z6II that is at least equal to the Sony for video. Wouldn’t it have made more sense to buy a second Z6/Z6II? And a second 20mm S? Really don’t understand splitting systems, even if to get 1/2 stop…
You obviously haven't shot the two cameras side by side at iso64,000 ... The Sony absolutely kills the Nikon .. or anything else at high iso's in complete darkness . .Just have a look at some of my in the field videos for some samples.
@@nightscapeimages.richard I think what’s obvious is how condescending your response is. However, let me respond by saying I have actually compared them, in fact all of the higher end Sony cameras and the better Canons and found the Nikon easily outperforms them inferior in low light, at high ISO and/or AF in low light. In fact, this is exactly what Matt Granger (amongst others) found with the new Sony. So, I guess it’s not so obvious…
@@grossieone3683 Sorry if I sounded condescending .. not my intention at all. However the A7s3 is in a league of it's own compared to other Sony cameras in this regard. I'm talking about video specifically here.
seeing more and more satellites and planes on timelaps and photos is quite annoying to me. Would love to see just the stars moving
Yes I very much agree with you about that. The timelapse in this video is full of satellites. Appreciate you watching.