Konika to nikon adapter

[Aidy]

I inherited my grandfathers old 35mm konika film cameras and lenses, and was thinking of buying an adapter so I can use the lenses on my d5300. My questions are:
Is it worth it?
Would it be "ok" (use for taking photos of days out with the family), or would I get close to the same quality of shot that I get from my nikon lenses?
Or don't bother, it will be crap?

Thanks in advance
Aidy

 

[stevelmx5]

The flange focus depth (how far the lens has to be from the film/sensor to focus to infinty) for Konica lenses is around 40mm. The Nikon flange depth is 46.5 mm so you won't be able to use the Konica lenses, apart from as macro focusing only, as they would be mounted too far away from the sensor. Unfortunately, due to the relatively long flange depth of Nikons, they're not great for mounting other lenses.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flange_focal_distance

 

[Nod]

Have a look at SRB Griturn (name might have changed but I reckon Google will find them!) and see if they do an adaptor for that combination. Steve's right about the flange/sensor plane being a slight problem but some adaptors overcome this by using a corrective element or 2 in the adaptor. TBH, the effort probably isn't worth it unless you particularly want to use your Grandfather's lenses. You could always use his old bodies as well and get into film...

 

[Petrochemist]

That's just about the worst possible combination of SLR hardware for adapting.
Nikon cameras have the longest registration (the distance from rear mounting surface of the lens to film/sensor) of all common SLRs, and Konica have one of the very shortest.
To get infinity focus the lens would have to sit about 1/4" inside the camera. Unless the lenses are unusually long focal lengths you won't be able to focus on anything more than a few inches.

There MAY be adapters available with optical elements to regain infinity focus - I doubt it but it should be possible. Unlikely to be any good even if they do exist.

The Konica lens can be adapted to most mirrorless cameras (which usually have short registration), but they're not popular. I've never tried Konica lenses but have heard the aperture arrangement can make them tricky even on mirrorless systems...

If you want to use them your best bet is to try macro using the lenses reversed either directly onto your D5300, or infront of your standard lenses. Focus distance in both of these will still be very short (<2" ?) but you'll be able to reach impressive magnifications.

 

[Aidy]

Thanks all. I may just stick to using the lenses on the old bodies. It was just a thought, as there are quite a few lenses. Thanks for all your input