Much of the recent internet rioting was triggered by some Olympus 12-40 lenses that broke off at the plastic mount (the mount is the internal part of the lens where the bayonet — the metal part. Canon EF and EF-S lenses refer to the mount type of the lens, which also differentiates between the sensor type. At the time this is published, Canon offers two sensor types in its DSLRs – full frame and APS-C (or crop sensor).
Pentax K-7 with visible lens mount. The red mounting index marker has a corresponding marker on the lens, and helps to align the lens to the correct mounting orientation. The contact pins on the bottom left are an interface for lens–body communication. The shaft on the lower right drives the autofocus of lenses without an internal motor.
Female lens mount of an Minolta XD-7 with male mount of Minolta MC-Rokkor 58mm 1:1.4 lens
Lenses sold per year by mount type Canon EF
A lens mount is an interface – mechanical and often also electrical – between a photographic camera body and a lens. It is confined to cameras where the body allows interchangeable lenses, most usually the rangefinder camera, single lens reflex type or any movie camera of 16 mm or higher gauge. Lens mounts are also used to connect optical components in instrumentation that may not involve a camera, such as the modular components used in optical laboratory prototyping which join via C-mount or T-mount elements.
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Mount types[edit]
A lens mount may be a screw-threaded type, a bayonet-type, or a breech-lock (friction lock) type. Modern still camera lens mounts are of the bayonet type, because the bayonet mechanism precisely aligns mechanical and electrical features between lens and body. Screw-threaded mounts are fragile and do not align the lens in a reliable rotational position, yet types such as the C-mount interface are still widely in use for other applications like video cameras and optical instrumentation.
Bayonet mounts generally have a number of tabs (often three) around the base of the lens, which fit into appropriately sized recesses in the lens mounting plate on the front of the camera. The tabs are often 'keyed' in some way to ensure that the lens is only inserted in one orientation, often by making one tab a different size. Once inserted the lens is fastened by turning it a small amount. It is then locked in place by a spring-loaded pin, which can be operated to remove the lens.
Lens mounts of competing manufacturers (Sony, Nikon, Canon, Contax/Yashica, Pentax, etc.) are almost always incompatible. In addition to the mechanical and electrical interface variations, the flange focal distance from the lens mount to the film or sensor can also be different. Many[who?] allege that these incompatibilities are due to the desire of manufacturers to 'lock in' consumers to their brand.[citation needed]
In movie cameras, the two most popular mounts in current usage on professional digital cinematography cameras are Arri's PL-mount and Panavision's PV-mount. The PL-Mount is used both on Arri and RED digital cinematography cameras, which as of 2012 are the most used cameras for films shot in digital. The Panavision mounts are exclusively used with Panavision lenses, and thus are only available on Panaflex cameras or third-party cameras 'Panavised' by a Panavision rental house, whereas the PL-mount style is favored with most other cameras and cine lens manufacturers. Both of these mounts are held in place with locating pins and friction locking rings. Other mounts which are now largely historical or a minority in relation to current practices are listed below.
List of lens mounts[edit]
Mount name | Flange focal distance | Frame size | Throat or thread diameter | Mount thread pitch | Mount type | Primary use | Camera lines |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Canon screw mount | 35 mm | M39 | 1 mm | Screw | Still | ||
Canon SV | 32.00 mm | Bayonet | Still (Digital) | Canon RC-701 & 760 | |||
Canon EX | 20 mm | 1/2' | Bayonet | Still | |||
Canon FL | 42 mm | 35 mm | 48 mm | Breech lock | Still | ||
Canon FD | 42 mm | 35 mm | 48 mm | Breech lock | Still | ||
Canon EF | 44.00 mm | 35 mm | 54 mm[1] | Bayonet | Still (Digital) | Canon EOS | |
Canon EF-S | 44.00 mm | APS-C | 54 mm | Bayonet | Still (Digital) | Canon EOS | |
Canon EF-M | 18 mm | APS-C | 47 mm | Bayonet | Still (Digital) | Canon EOS M | |
Canon RF | 20 mm | 35 mm | 54 mm | Bayonet | Still (Digital) | Canon EOS R | |
Nikon S | 34.85 mm | 35 mm | 49 mm | Bayonet | Still | Nikon Rangefinder | |
Nikon F | 46.5 mm | 35 mm | 44 mm | Bayonet | Still | ||
Nikon 1 | 17 mm | 13.2 x 8.8mm | 40 mm | Bayonet | Still (Digital) | Nikon 1 series | |
Nikon Z | 16 mm | 35 mm | 55 mm | Bayonet | Still (Digital) | Nikon Z | |
Sony Mavica | 57 mm | Bayonet | Still (Digital) | ||||
Sony E | 18 mm | 35 mm and APS-C | 46.1 mm (1.815 inch) | Bayonet | Still (Digital) | Sony Alpha NEX | |
Minolta SR | 43.50 mm | 35 mm | 44.97 mm | Bayonet (54°) | Still | Minolta SR/MC/MD | |
Minolta V | 38.00 mm | APS-H | Bayonet | Still | Minolta Vectis | ||
Minolta A | 44.50 mm | 35 mm and APS-C | 49.7 mm (1.939 inch) | Bayonet (54°) | Still | Minolta AF/Alpha/Dynax/Maxxum Sony α | |
Pentax Auto 110 | 27 mm | 110 film | Bayonet | Still | |||
Pentax Q | 9.2 mm | 1/2.3', 1/1.7' | 31 mm | Bayonet | Still (Digital) | ||
Pentax K | 45.46 mm | 35 mm and APS-C | 44 mm | Bayonet | Still | ||
Leitz Visoflex I | 91.3 mm | 35 mm | M39 | 26 TPI | Screw | Still | |
Leitz Visoflex II/III | 40 mm | 35 mm | 44 mm | Bayonet (Leica M) | Still | ||
Leica M | 27.80 mm | 35 mm | 44 mm | Bayonet | Still | Leica M series Leica CL Minolta CLE | |
Leica R | 47.00 mm | 35 mm | 49 mm | Bayonet | Still | ||
Leica L | 20 mm | 35 mm and APS-C | 51.6 mm | Bayonet | Still (Digital) | L-Mount Alliance (Leica, Panasonic and Sigma) | |
Contax RF | 34.85 mm | 35 mm | 44 mm | Double bayonet | Still | Contax I, II, III, IIa, IIIa Kiev 35mm | |
Contax G | 29.00 mm | 35 mm | 44 mm | Breech lock | Still | ||
Contax N | 48 mm | 35 mm | 55 mm | Bayonet | Still | ||
Contax/Yashica | 45.5 mm | 35 mm | 48 mm | Bayonet | Still | Yashica/Contax | |
MA | ~45.8 mm | 35 mm | Bayonet | Still | Kyocera Yashica 230 AF etc. | ||
Fujica X | 43.5 mm | 35 mm | 49 mm | Bayonet | Still | Fujica-X | |
Fujifilm X | 17.7 mm | APS-C | 44 mm | Bayonet | Still (Digital) | Fujifilm X-series | |
Olympus Pen F | 28.95 mm | 35 mm half-frame | Bayonet | Still | |||
Olympus OM | 46 mm | 35 mm | 46 mm | Bayonet | Still | ||
Four Thirds | 38.67 mm | 17.3 mm × 12.98 mm | ~44 mmA[›] | Bayonet | Still (Digital) | Olympus E Panasonic Lumix DMC-L Leica Digilux | |
Micro Four Thirds | 19.25 mm | 17.3 mm × 12.98 mm | ~38 mmA[›] | Bayonet | Still (Digital) | Olympus Pen & OM-D series Panasonic G, GF, GX & GH Series Blackmagic Design Cinema Camera | |
KM | 28 mm (27.80 mm?) | 35 mm | 44 mm | Bayonet | Still | Konica Hexar RF | |
Konica F | 40.50 mm | 35 mm | 40 mm | Bayonet | Still | Konica F | |
Konica AR | 40.50 mm | 35 mm | 47 mm | Bayonet | Still | Konica Autoreflex | |
Samsung NX mini | 6.95 mm | 1' | 38 mm | Bayonet | Still (Digital) | ||
Samsung NX | 25.5 mm | APS-C | 42 mm | Bayonet | Still (Digital) | ||
D | 12.29 mm | 8 mm | 15.88 mm (0.625 inch) | 32 TPI | Screw | Cinematography | |
CS | 12.526 mm[2] | 1/3' , 1/2' | 25.40 mm (1 inch) | 32 TPI | Screw | Cinematography / Industrial | |
C | 17.526 mm (0.69 inches) | 1/2' , 16 mm, 2/3' , 1' | 25.40 mm (1 inch) | 32 TPI | Screw | Cinematography / Industrial | |
S (a.k.a. M12) | No Flange. Back focal distance from <1mm to 12mm. | 1/6' to 1' | 12 mm | 0.5 mm pitch | Screw | CCTV, PCB | Edmund Optics μ-Video |
Bolex Bajonet | 23.22 mm | 16 mm | Breech lock | Cinematography | effective focal distance 17.526 mm (0.69 inches) due to beam splitter behind mount flange (accepts C-mount lenses with adapter) | ||
1/3' bayonet mount | 25 mm | 1/3' (5.24x2.94) | Bayonet | Video | JVC professional video cameras | ||
M39 (a.k.a. L-Mount, LSM) | 28.80 mm | 35 mm | M39 | 26 TPI | Screw | Still | Leica M39 screw mount |
Narciss | 28.8 mm | 16 mm | M24 | 1 mm | Screw | Still | |
1/2' bayonet mount | 37.80 mm | 1/2' (6.97x3.92) | Bayonet | Video | Non-Sony professional video cameras | ||
Alpa | 37.80 mm | 35 mm | 42 mm | Bayonet | Still | ||
Sony 1/2' Video | 38 mm | 1/2' (6.97x3.92) | Bayonet | Video | Sony professional video cameras | ||
Aaton universal | 40 mm | 16 mm | 50 mm | Breech lock | Cinematography | ||
Miranda bayonet/M44 | 41.5 mm | 35 mm and APS-C | Bayonet | Still | Miranda Camera Company | ||
Petriflex | 43.5 mm | 35 mm | Breech lock | Still | |||
Sigma SA | 44.00 mm | 35 mm | Bayonet | Still | Sigma SA | ||
Paxette | 44 mm | 35 mm | M39 | 1 mm | Screw | Still | |
Praktiflex | 44 mm | 35 mm | M40 | 1 mm | Screw | Still | |
Praktica | 44.40 mm | 35 mm | 42 mm | Bayonet | Still | ||
Exakta, Topcon RE | 44.7 mm | 35 mm | 46 mm | Bayonet | Still | ||
Zenit M39 | 45.2 mm | 35 mm | M39 | 1 mm | Screw | Still | |
M37 | 45.46 mm | 35 mm | 37 mm | 1 mm | Screw | Still | Asahiflex |
M42 | 45.46 mm | 35 mm | 42 mm | 1 mm | Screw | Still | Praktica,[3] Pentax, Zenit |
B4-mount | 48 mm | 2/3' (9.6x5.4) | Bayonet | Video | Professional and broadcast video cameras | ||
Praktina | 50 mm | 35 mm | 46 mm | Breech lock | Still | ||
T-Thread (Very earliest type) | 50.7 mm | 35 mm | M37 | 0.75mm | Screw | Still | Tamron |
Adapt-A-Matic | 50.7 mm | 35 mm | 54 mm | Bayonet | Still | Tamron | |
Adaptall 1 & 2 | 50.7 mm | 35 mm | 54 mm | Bayonet | Still | Tamron | |
Arri standard | 52 mm | 35 mm and 16 mm | 64 mm | Tab lock | Cinematography | ||
Arri bayonet | 52 mm | 35 mm and 16 mm | 64 mm | Bayonet | Cinematography | ||
Arri PL | 52 mm | 35 mm and 16 mm | 64 mm | Breech lock | Cinematography | ||
T | 55 mm | 35 mm | 42 mm | 0.75 mm | Screw | Still | Tamron |
YS Auto T-Thread | 55 mm | 35 mm | 42 mm | 0.75 mm | Screw | Still | Sigma Corporation |
T-thread | 55 mm | 35 mm | 47 mm | 0.75 mm | Screw | Still | Tokina |
Panavision PV | 57.15 mm | 35 mm | 49.5 mm | Breech lock | Cinematography | ||
B3-mount | 58 mm | 2/3' | Reverse bayonet | Video | Ikegami | ||
Mitchell BNCR | 61.468 mm | 35 mm | 68 mm | Breech lock | Cinematography | ||
Zeiss Panflex 5522/23 for Contax RF | 64.50 mm | 35 mm | Double bayonet | Still | |||
Arri Maxi PL | 52 mm | 70 mm | 64 mm | Cinematography | |||
Kowa Six/Super 66 | 79 mm | 6×6 | Breech lock | Still | |||
Hasselblad | 74.9 mm | 6×6 | 69 mm | Bayonet | Still | ||
Hasselblad Xpan | 34.27 mm | 35 mm panoramic | 46 mm | Bayonet | Still | ||
Bronica ETR | mm | 6×4.5 | mm | 1 | Bayonet | Still | |
Bronica RF | mm | 6×4.5 | mm | 1 | Bayonet | Still | |
Bronica SQA | 101.7 mm | 6×6 | 57 mm | 1 | Bayonet | Still | |
Bronica GS1 | mm | 6×7 | mm | 1 | Bayonet | Still | |
Mamiya 6 | mm (approx.) | 6×6 | mm | Bayonet | Still | ||
Mamiya 7/7II | 59 mm (approx.) | 6×7 | 49 mm[4] | Bayonet | Still | ||
Mamiya 645 | 63.3 mm | 6×4.5 | 62 mm | Bayonet | Still | ||
Mamiya RZ67 | 105 mm | 6×7 | 60 mm | Bayonet | Still | ||
Mamiya RB67 | 112 mm | 6×7 | 60 mm | Bayonet | Still | ||
Mamiya ZE | 45.5 mm | 35 mm | Bayonet | Still | |||
Mamiya/Sekor E | 43.5 mm | 35 mm | 49 mm | Bayonet | Still | ||
Pentax 645 | 70.87 mm | 6×4.5 | 61.2 mm | Bayonet | Still | ||
Pentax 6x7 | 84.95 mm | 6×7 | 72 mm | Bayonet | Still | ||
Pentacon Six | 74.1 mm | 6×6 | 60 mm | Breech lock | Still | ||
Fujifilm G | 26.7 mm | 43.8x32.9 mm | 65 mm[5] | Bayonet | Still (Digital) | Fujifilm GX-series | |
Rolleiflex SL66 | 102.8 mm | 6×6 | Bayonet | Still | |||
Rolleiflex SL35 | 44.46 mm | 35 mm | 46 mm | Bayonet | Still | ||
RMS thread, society thread | 150/180 mm | 0.8', Whitworth | 36 tpi | Screw | Microscope | older microscopes | |
Leica Nikon Biological | Unknown | M25 | 0.75 mm | Screw | Microscope | ||
BD Mount | Unknown | M26 | 0.7 mm | Screw | Microscope | Mitutoyo Olympus BD Nikon BD | |
Zeiss | Unknown | M27 | 0.75 mm | Screw | Microscope |
For small camera modules, used in e.g. CCTV systems and machine vision, a range of metric thread mounts exists. The smallest ones can be found also in e.g. cellphones and endoscopes. The most common by far is the M12x0.5, followed by M8x0.5 and M10x0.5.[6]
- M4.2x0.2 (1/7' sensors)
- M4.6x0.25 (1/5', 2.4mm, 3.8mm sensors, industrial endoscopes)
- M5x0.35 (1/6', 1/5' sensors)
- M5.5x0.35 (1.7', 1/5.8', 1/5', 1/4' sensors)
- M6x0.35 (1/4', 5.2mm, 4.85mm sensors)
- M6.4x0.25 (1/3' sensors)
- M7x0.35 (1.8', 1.7', 1/6', 1/5', 1/4', 1/3.6', 1/3.2', 1/2.7', 4.85mm sensors)
- M8x0.35 (1/4', 1/3' sensors)
- M8x0.5 (1/5', 1/4', 1/3' sensors; sometimes occurs in diode laser modules)
- M9x0.5 (1/2.7', 1/3', 1/3.2' sensors; also commonly encountered in diode laser modules)
- M10x0.5 (1/4', 1/3' sensors)
- M12x0.5 (the S-mount, listed in the table)
Focusing lens mount[edit]
The axial adjustment range for focusing Ultra wide angle lenses and some Wide-angle lenses in large format cameras is usually very small.
So some manufacturers (e.g. Linhof) offered special focusing lens mounts, so-called wide-angle focusing accessories for their cameras.With such a device, the lens could be focused precisely without moving the entire front standard.
Secondary lens mount[edit]
A teleconverter attached between a camera and its objective
Secondary lens refers to a multi-element lens mounted either in front of a camera's primary lens, or in between the camera body and the primary lens.
(D)SLR camera & interchangeable-lens manufacturers offer lens accessories like extension tubes and secondary lenses like teleconverters, which mount in between the camera body and the primary lens, both using and providing a primary lens mount. Various lensmakers also offer optical accessories that mount in front of the lens; these may include wide-angle, telephoto, fisheye, and close-up or macro adapters.
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Canon PowerShot A and Canon PowerShot G cameras have a built-in or non-interchangeable primary (zoom) lens, and Canon has 'conversion tube' accessories available for some Canon PowerShot camera models which provide either a 52mm or 58mm 'accessory/filter' screw thread. Canon's close-up, wide- (WC-DC), and tele-conversion (TC-DC) lenses have 2, 3, and 4-element lenses respectively, so they are multi-element lenses and not diopter 'filters'.
Lens mount adapters[edit]
This lens adapter is a passive adapter designed for mounting a Nikon F mount lens to a Micro Four Thirds camera.
Lens mount adapters are designed to attach a lens to a camera body with non-matching mounts. Generally, a lens can be easily adapted to a camera body with a smaller flange focal distance by simply adding space between the camera and the lens. When attempting to adapt a lens to a camera body with a larger flange focal distance, the adapter must include a secondary lens in order to compensate. This has the side effect of decreasing the amount of light that reaches the sensor, as well as adding a crop factor to the lens. Without the secondary lens, these adapters will function as an extension tube and will not be able to focus to infinity.[7]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
^A: The authoritative normative source for 4/3 standards information is Four-Thirds.Org and not 3rd-party reviews.
4/3's published facts:
- 'Size of the 4/3-type Sensor: The standard diagonal length of the sensor is 21.63 millimetres (0.852 in). It is half that of 35-mm film format (36 millimetres (1.4 in) x 24 millimetres (0.94 in) = 43.27 millimetres (1.704 in)) The image circle of the interchangeable lens is specified based on this diagonal length. The focal length is about a half that of a 135 film camera lens assuming the same angle of view.'[8]
- 'The foundation for the high picture quality of the Four Thirds system is the lens mount, which is about twice the diameter of the image circle.'[9]
- 'Differences between Four Thirds System mount and Micro Four Thirds System mount: Mount diameter reduction; As a result of research aimed at facilitating the design of compact, lightweight lenses while maintaining the current strength, the outer diameter of the lens mount has been reduced by approx. 6 millimetres (0.24 in). .. the Micro Four Thirds System .. specifies the optimum flange back length required to reduce camera size and thickness, assuming the omission of the mirror box. The flange back length has been reduced to about 1/2 that of the Four Thirds System.'[10]
So:
- 21.63mm * 2 = 43.26 millimetres (1.703 in) or ~44mm
- 43.26mm – 6mm = 37.26 millimetres (1.467 in) or ~38mm
- ; See: Pythagorean theorem ()
NOTE:Some published reviews of 4/3 instead cite the (female) 'outside diameter' of the lens or mount as ~50mm (and micro-4/3 as ~44mm),[11] and not the appropriate major diameter (D) ~44mm which is the camera body's female mount inside-diameter and the lens's male mount outside-diameter (micro-4/3 ~38mm).
References[edit]
- ^'Camera Story – 1987–1991 EOS'. Canon. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- ^Hornberg, Alexander (2007-02-27). Handbook of Machine Vision. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN9783527610143.
- ^The M42 (Praktica) mount is sometimes referred to as a 'P' thread. See, e.g., 'Questar Corporation: Photographic Camera Adapters 'P' Thread'. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
- ^'Camera Mounts Sorted by Register'. www.graphics.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
- ^'FUJIFILM GFX 50S, Features'. Fujifilm. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
- ^'cctvopticallens-m12 and cs mount lens provider'. www.cctvopticallens.com. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^'Lens mount compatibility chart'. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
- ^'About Four Thirds, Standard, Whitepaper (Summary of Standard)'. Four Thirds System. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
- ^'About Four Thirds, Standard, Benefits of Four Thirds'. Four Thirds System. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
- ^'Micro Four Thirds, Standard, Whitepaper (Summary of Standard)'. Four Thirds System. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
- ^'Olympus and Panasonic announce Micro Four Thirds'. Digital Photography Review.
Sources[edit]
- Markerink, Willem-Jan. 'Camera mounts & registers'.
External links[edit]
- Standard: GOST 10332-63 (in Russian) – M39×1/45.2 (aka «Z39»), M39×1/28.8, bayonet «C» (cameras: «Zenit-5», «Zenit-6», «Zenit-7»), bayonet «Zenit-7» (in Russian)
- Camera mounts & registers from Robert Monahan Medium Format Photography Megasite https://web.archive.org/web/20081221083400/http://medfmt.8k.com/
- Camera mounts & registers from Willem-Jan Markerink http://www.markerink.org/WJM/HTML/mounts.htm
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