What lens adapter would I use to attach a Vivitar Series 1 lens to a Nikon D5300?
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1\$\begingroup\$ What mount is the vivitar lens made with? Vivitar series 1 lenses were sold in a wide variety of lens mounts. \$\endgroup\$– Michael CCommented Sep 10, 2019 at 21:18
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\$\begingroup\$ Also, which vivitar series 1 model? \$\endgroup\$– rackandbonemanCommented Sep 11, 2019 at 8:56
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2\$\begingroup\$ Possible duplicate of Can I use lens brand X on interchangeable lens camera brand Y? \$\endgroup\$– xiotaCommented Sep 11, 2019 at 11:26
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\$\begingroup\$ Possible duplicate of How do I figure out which adapter I need to put an old Vivitar lens on a Minolta body? \$\endgroup\$– inkistaCommented Sep 24, 2019 at 7:40
1 Answer
Your camera body uses a variant of the Nikon F mount, which has the longest Flange Focal Distance of any commonly used 35mm SLR mount.
You will be able to fully use the lens with your camera only if it also uses the Nikon F mount. Otherwise, even if you do find an adapter, the lens would lose infinity focus, which would make it useless for anything other than close-up photography.
Vivitar Series 1 lenses are commonly found for the following mounts:
- Nikon N/AI – This is a variant of the F mount that should work with your camera.
- Canon FL/FD
- Konica AR
- M42
- Minolta M/MD
- Olympus OM
- Pentax K