What lens adapter would I use to attach a Vivitar Series 1 lens to a Nikon D5300?
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1What mount is the vivitar lens made with? Vivitar series 1 lenses were sold in a wide variety of lens mounts. – Michael C Sep 10 '19 at 21:18
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Also, which vivitar series 1 model? – rackandboneman Sep 11 '19 at 8:56
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2Possible duplicate of Can I use lens brand X on interchangeable lens camera brand Y? – xiota Sep 11 '19 at 11:26
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Possible duplicate of How do I figure out which adapter I need to put an old Vivitar lens on a Minolta body? – inkista Sep 24 '19 at 7:40
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