Q: Nikon lenses on Fuji camera and changing aperture with ring

Scam · 28 Jun 2021 at 17:24

I've been gifted a Nikon D90, with a Nikon 18-105, Nikon 50mm f1.8 and Tokina 11-16 f2.8.

I already had been using my own Nikon 50mm on my Fuji XT10 with an adapter so was messing around with these 'new' lenses yesterday. But I realised they don't have aperture rings so not sure how I can change aperture? :confused:

Can I not use them properly?

Not hugely fussed as they'll probably all be stuck on the bay apart from maybe the Tokina.

Kei · 28 Jun 2021 at 18:17

You can use an adapter ring for Nikon G lenses which has a pseudo aperture ring. I have a Fotodiox pro adapter that I use on my XE-3.

Scam · 28 Jun 2021 at 18:37

Kei said:
You can use an adapter ring for Nikon G lenses which has a pseudo aperture ring. I have a Fotodiox pro adapter that I use on my XE-3.

Is that the only way for them to be workable?

If so, rather than spending £50 of my own money maybe I'd rather just sell the Tokina for £250 odd

Kei · 28 Jun 2021 at 18:53

Scam said:
Is that the only way for them to be workable?

If so, rather than spending £50 of my own money maybe I'd rather just sell the Tokina for £250 odd

Yes, you need some means to manually adjust the amount of push on the aperture lever inside the mount on a G type lens. (else you are stuck wide open all the time) You can get cheaper adapters than the fotodiox one. K&F concepts looks to be around £20.