08-19-2012, 10:54 PM
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Actually I've heard someone say - on Sonyalpharumors.com probably - that the E mount is mechanically very similar to Nikon F mount, to the point that "dumb" stuff like bellows is usable. But don't call me out on that.
Initially there were reports of some hybrid mount of sorts. Who knows, might be a fun idea.
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Nikon F-mount is about 4cm from the film/sensor, not 18mm. That is a big difference, where optics and angles and involved. But more importantly, Nikon F-mount has the contacts tucked away so that FF is not a problem.
Same can not be said for E-mount, though (see above attached image, and compare with the D3 here) :
![[Image: d3-mount-crop.jpg]](http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d3/images/d3-mount-crop.jpg)
Actually I've heard someone say - on Sonyalpharumors.com probably - that the E mount is mechanically very similar to Nikon F mount, to the point that "dumb" stuff like bellows is usable. But don't call me out on that.
Initially there were reports of some hybrid mount of sorts. Who knows, might be a fun idea.
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Nikon F-mount is about 4cm from the film/sensor, not 18mm. That is a big difference, where optics and angles and involved. But more importantly, Nikon F-mount has the contacts tucked away so that FF is not a problem.
Same can not be said for E-mount, though (see above attached image, and compare with the D3 here) :