Pekka Buttler, 2022
You may be someone who is happily and monogamously married to one combination of camera and lenses. Or you may be temporarily unattached, and scouting your options. Or you might be … not exactly unattached, but still playing the field. Or maybe you’re even one of those who think all limits are made to be broken… Whatever’s the case, there are good reasons for you to have a general interest in lens mounts.
This page tries to gather together all those JAPB pages and articles that in any way touch upon lens mounts. Welcome.
General articles
• An introduction to lens mounts
• Identifying a lens mount (updated guide!)
• Intermediate mounts
• Being strategic with adapters
• Set lenses
Articles detailing specific lens mounts:
• Altix
• Ambi Silette (Agfa)
• Canon EF
• Canon EX
• Canon FL, FD and newFD
• Canon R
• Canon RF
• Contaflex
• Contarex
• Contax G
• Contax / Kiev
• Contax/Yashica
• Diax
• DKL
• Enna Sockel
• Exakta
• Four Thirds
• Fujica X
• Fujifilm G
• Fujifilm X
• Icarex BM
• Kiev 88
• Kiev Automat
• Konica AR
• Konica F
• L mount
• Leica M
• Leica R
• LTM (Leica Thread Mount)
• M42
• Mamiya (All 7 Mamiya 35 mm SLR lens mounts)
• Micro Four Thirds (MFT)
• Minolta A (Sony A)
• Minolta SR
• Nikon 1
• Nikon F
• Nikon S
• Nikon Z
• Olympus OM
• Olympus Pen F
• Pentacon Six
• Pentax K
• Petri FT
• Praktica B
• Praktina
• Rollei QBM
• Sigma SA
• SLK
• Sony FE (including Sony E)
• T/T2
• T-4/TX
• Tamron Adaptall (1&2)
• Topcon UV
• Yashica AF
• Yashica Pentamatic
(and more to come)