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Camera
A camera is a device that records and stores images. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the camera obscura , an early mechanism for projecting images...
body and a lens. It is confined to cameras where the body allows interchangeable lenses
System camera
A system camera is a camera with interchangeable components that constitutes the core of a system. Early representatives include Leica I Schraubgewinde , Exakta and the Nikon F...
, most usually the single lens reflex type or any movie camera
Movie camera
The movie camera is a type of photographic camera which takes a rapid sequence of photographs on strips of film which was very popular for private use in the last century until its successor, the video camera, replaced it...
of 16 mm or higher gauge
Film gauge
Film gauge is a physical property of photographic or motion picture film stock which defines its width. Traditionally the major film gauges in usage are 8 mm, 16 mm, 35 mm, and 65/70 mm...
. 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
C mount
A C mount is a type of lens mount commonly found on 16mm movie cameras, closed-circuit television cameras, and trinocular microscope phototubes....
or T-mount
T-mount
T-mount is a standard lens mount for cameras and other optical assemblies.The T2 version is a screw mount using a male M42x0.75 metric thread on the lens with a flange focal distance of 55 mm, and a mating female thread on a camera adapter or other optical component. This thread form is referred...
elements.
A lens mount may be a screw-threaded type, a bayonet-type, or a 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 mount
Bayonet mount
A bayonet mount or bayonet connector is a fastening mechanism consisting of a male side with one or more pins, and a female receptor with matching L slots and spring to keep the two parts locked together....
s 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 (Nikon, Canon, Contax/Yashica, Pentax, etc.) are almost always incompatible. Many allege that this is due to the desire of manufacturers to "lock in" consumers to their brand. However, since there are other differences between manufacturers — specifically the flange focal distance
Flange focal distance
For an interchangeable lens camera, the flange focal distance of a lens mount system is the distance from the mounting flange to the...
from the lens mount to the film or sensor — one would not want to mount a lens which wasn't specifically designed for their type of camera, at least not without an adapter to correct the spacing.
In movie cameras, the two most popular mounts in current usage on professional 35 mm
35 mm film
35 mm film is the film gauge most commonly used for chemical still photography and motion pictures. The name of the gauge refers to the width of the photographic film, which consists of strips 35 millimeters in width...
cameras are Arri
Arri
-History:Arri was founded in Munich, Germany as Arnold & Richter Cine Technik in 1917, named after founders August Arnold and Robert Richter. They produce professional motion picture equipment, digital and film cameras and cinematic lighting equipment...
's PL-mount
Arri PL
Arri PL is a lens mount developed by Arri for use with both 16 mm and 35 mm movie cameras. The PL stands for "positive lock". It is the successor mount to the Arri bayonet; however, unlike the bayonet mount, it is incompatible with older Arri-mount lenses, due to the larger diameter...
and Panavision
Panavision
Panavision is an American motion picture equipment company specializing in cameras and lenses, based in Woodland Hills, California. Formed by Robert Gottschalk as a small partnership to create anamorphic projection lenses during the widescreen boom in the 1950s, Panavision expanded its product...
's PV-mount
PV mount
A PV mount is a lens mount developed by Panavision for use with both 16 mm and 35 mm movie cameras. It is the only mount offered with Panavision cameras and Panavision-designed lenses, and since the company only rents its equipment, this is likely to remain an exclusive arrangement for the time being...
. 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 mount types
These types are organized by category; find details in the section that follows.Stills
- Canon EF-mountCanon EF lens mountIntroduced in 1987, the EF lens mount is the standard lens mount on the Canon EOS family of SLR film and digital cameras. EF stands for "Electro-Focus": automatic focusing on EF lenses is handled by a dedicated electric motor built into the lens...
- Canon EF-SCanon EF-S lens mountThe EF-S lens mount is a derivative of the EF lens mount created for a subset of Canon digital single-lens reflex cameras with APS-C sized image sensors. It was released in 2003. Cameras supporting the EF-S mount are backward-compatible with the EF lens mount and, as such, have a flange focal...
- Canon FDCanon FDThe Canon FD lens mount is a physical standard for connecting a photographic lens to a single-lens reflex camera body. The standard was developed by Canon of Japan and was introduced in March 1971 with the Canon F-1 camera. It was the primary Canon SLR lens mounting system until 1987 when the...
- Canon FLCanon FLCanon FL refers to a lens mount standard for 35mm single-lens reflex cameras from Canon. It was introduced in April 1964 with the Canon FX camera, replacing the previous Canon R mount. It was in turn replaced in 1971 by the Canon FD lens mount...
- Contax N
- Contax/Yashica bayonet
- Contax RF bayonet
- Exakta bayonet mountExaktaThe Exakta is a pioneer brand camera produced by the Ihagee Kamerawerk in Dresden, Germany, founded as the Industrie und Handels-Gesellschaft mbH, in 1912.- Characteristics :Highlights of Exakta cameras include:...
- Four Thirds SystemFour Thirds SystemThe Four Thirds system is a standard created by Olympus and Kodak for digital single-lens reflex camera design and development.The system provides a standard that, with digital cameras and lenses available from multiple manufacturers, allows for the interchange of lenses and bodies from different...
- Fujica X bayonetFujica X bayonetThe Fujica X mount was a lens mount created by Fujifilm in the late 1970s for the new Fujica SLR lineup : AX-1, AX3, AX-5, STX-1, STX-1N, STX-2. It replaced the old M42 screw mount used on their earlier SLRs....
- Konica F-mount
- Konica AR-mount
- Leica M-mountLeica M mountThe Leica M mount is a camera lens mount introduced in 1954 with the Leica M3, and a range of lenses. It has been on all the Leica M series up to the current film Leica M7 and digital Leica M9....
- Leica M39 screw mount
- Leica R bayonetLeica R bayonetThe Leica R bayonet lens mount is the standard method of connecting a lens to the Leica R series of 35 mm single-lens reflex cameras. The mount is descended from those used for the Leicaflex, Leicaflex SL and Leicaflex SL2 SLR cameras, but differs in the cams used to communicate lens aperture...
- M42M42 lens mountThe M42 lens mount is a screw thread mounting standard for attaching lenses to 35 mm cameras, primarily single-lens reflex models. It is more accurately known as the M42 × 1 mm standard, which means that it is a metric screw thread of 42 mm diameter and 1 mm thread pitch...
- Mamiya bayonet
- Minolta A-mount aka Sony A-mount
- Minolta V-mountMinolta VectisThe Minolta Vectis S series comprises two models of analogue SLR cameras made by Minolta, the flagship model Vectis S-1 and the Vectis S-100...
- Minolta SR-mount (MC/MD)
- Miranda bayonet (all MirandaMiranda Camera CompanyThe Miranda Camera Company, originally named the Orion Camera Company, manufactured cameras in Japan between 1955 and 1978. Their first camera was the Miranda T. Many of their products were single-lens reflex cameras for 135 film...
cameras had a dual bayonet/M44 screw mount) - Nikon F-mountNikon F-mountThe Nikon F-mount is a type of interchangeable lens mount developed by Nikon for its 35 mm SLR cameras. The F-mount was first introduced on the Nikon F camera in 1959, and features a three lug bayonet mount with a 44 mm throat and a flange to focal plane distance of 46.5 mm...
- Nikon S-mountNikon S-MountThe Nikon S-mount is a type of interchangeable lens mount used by a series of Nikon 35mm rangefinder cameras...
- Nikon 1-mount
- Olympus OM
- Pentacon 6/P6Pentacon Six mountThe Pentacon Six mount is a breech-lock bayonet lens mount originally used by several medium format single-lens reflex cameras from East Germany....
- Pentax K
- Sigma SASigma SA mountThe Sigma SA mount is a design of lens mount designed by the Sigma Corporation of Japan for use on their single-lens reflex camera designs. The SA mount uses a bayonet mount which is physically similar to the Pentax K mount but uses a flange focal distance of 44 mm, identical to that of the Canon...
- Samsung NXSamsung NX mountThe Samsung NX-mount is the lens mount used on NX series mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras by Samsung. The mount was first implemented in the Samsung NX10, and Samsung initially referred to the NX line as 'hybrid digital cameras', citing their combination of attributes of both DSLR and...
- T-mountT-mountT-mount is a standard lens mount for cameras and other optical assemblies.The T2 version is a screw mount using a male M42x0.75 metric thread on the lens with a flange focal distance of 55 mm, and a mating female thread on a camera adapter or other optical component. This thread form is referred...
(T-thread) - Topcon (Exakta) bayonet mountTopcon RE-SuperTokyo Kogaku KK launched their first 35mm SLR camera in 1957, about two years before the Nikon F and the Canonflex. This was the Topcon R that acquired the bayonet lens mount from the Exakta Varex camera from Ihagee in Dresden, successor to the Kine Exakta of 1936...
- Yashica AF
Cine
- Aaton universalAaton universalAaton universal is a lens mount developed by the Aaton camera company for use with their 16 mm movie cameras. It is distinguished by its three-pronged flange, which can be oriented in any of three positions and is held in place with a friction locking ring...
- Arri bayonetArri bayonetArri bayonet is a lens mount developed by Arri for use with both 16 mm and 35 mm movie camera lenses. Lenses of this type are distinguished by "outer wings" which both control aperture and bayonet alignment, and are placed in the mount while two pressure tabs are simultaneously depressed at the...
- Arri PLArri PLArri PL is a lens mount developed by Arri for use with both 16 mm and 35 mm movie cameras. The PL stands for "positive lock". It is the successor mount to the Arri bayonet; however, unlike the bayonet mount, it is incompatible with older Arri-mount lenses, due to the larger diameter...
- Arri standardArri standardArri standard is a lens mount developed by Arri for use with both 16 mm and 35 mm movie cameras. Lenses are distinguished by a tab inside an outer ring. Because of the weak seating strength and ability of the aluminum mount to gradually become poorly seated, the stainless steel Arri bayonet mount...
- B4
- BNCRBNCR mountBNCR is a lens mount developed by Mitchell for use with their REFLEX 35 mm movie cameras. It was an update of the BNC mount done to accommodate the reflex viewer in the later cameras. BNC mount lenses cannot be used in reflex Mitchell cameras as they will hit and damage the reflex viewer, which, in...
- C mountC mountA C mount is a type of lens mount commonly found on 16mm movie cameras, closed-circuit television cameras, and trinocular microscope phototubes....
- CA-1
- PV (Panavision)PV mountA PV mount is a lens mount developed by Panavision for use with both 16 mm and 35 mm movie cameras. It is the only mount offered with Panavision cameras and Panavision-designed lenses, and since the company only rents its equipment, this is likely to remain an exclusive arrangement for the time being...
Universal (stills and movie)
- Micro Four Thirds SystemMicro Four Thirds systemThe Micro Four Thirds system is a standard created by Olympus and Panasonic, and announced on August 5, 2008, for mirrorless interchangeable lens digital cameras and camcorders design and development...
- Sony E-mount
Industrial
- C mountC mountA C mount is a type of lens mount commonly found on 16mm movie cameras, closed-circuit television cameras, and trinocular microscope phototubes....
- CS mountC mountA C mount is a type of lens mount commonly found on 16mm movie cameras, closed-circuit television cameras, and trinocular microscope phototubes....
- T-mountT-mountT-mount is a standard lens mount for cameras and other optical assemblies.The T2 version is a screw mount using a male M42x0.75 metric thread on the lens with a flange focal distance of 55 mm, and a mating female thread on a camera adapter or other optical component. This thread form is referred...
(T-thread) - Nikon FNikon F-mountThe Nikon F-mount is a type of interchangeable lens mount developed by Nikon for its 35 mm SLR cameras. The F-mount was first introduced on the Nikon F camera in 1959, and features a three lug bayonet mount with a 44 mm throat and a flange to focal plane distance of 46.5 mm...
- S mountS mountThe S-mount is a standard lens mount used in various surveillance CCTV cameras and webcams. It uses a male metric M12 thread with 0.5 mm pitch on the lens and a corresponding female one the lens mount. For the lens mounts and lenses are usually attached directly to the pcb of the sensor, it is...
(M12 thread) - Front-plate mount
Scientific
- C mountC mountA C mount is a type of lens mount commonly found on 16mm movie cameras, closed-circuit television cameras, and trinocular microscope phototubes....
- CS mountC mountA C mount is a type of lens mount commonly found on 16mm movie cameras, closed-circuit television cameras, and trinocular microscope phototubes....
List of lens mounts
This list of lens mounts is ordered by flange focal distanceFlange focal distance
For an interchangeable lens camera, the flange focal distance of a lens mount system is the distance from the mounting flange to the...
, from shortest to longest. It includes both digital, still photography and movie lens mounts.
| OEM model line(s) | Interchangeable type name | Frame size | Camera type | Throat or thread diameter | Mount thread pitch | Mount type | Flange focal distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "board camera" mount | 1/6 inch to 1/3 inch | CCTV, webcams | mm (1 inch) | 0.5 mm pitch | Screw | no flange -- mount threads serve for focus adjustment | |
| Pentax Pentax Pentax is a brand name used by Hoya Corporation for its medical-related products & services and Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company for cameras, sport optics , etc. Hoya purchased and merged with the Japanese optics company on March 31, 2008. Hoya's Pentax imaging business was sold to Ricoh Company, Ltd... Q |
Pentax Q Pentax Q The Pentax Q is a mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera announced in June 2011. It uses a new lens mount which is smaller than the old Pentax K mount.... |
1/2.3 inch | digital still | Bayonet | mm | ||
| D-mount D mount A D-mount is a type of lens mount commonly found on 8mm movie cameras.Throat or thread diameter 15.88 mm Mount thread pitch 32 TPIFlange focal distance 12.29 mm-External links:*. Collection of cine optics and photos of them.... |
8 mm 8 mm film 8 mm film is a motion picture film format in which the filmstrip is eight millimeters wide. It exists in two main versions: the original standard 8mm film, also known as regular 8 mm or Double 8 mm, and Super 8... |
movie and CCTV | mm (0.625 inch) | 32 TPI Unified Thread Standard The Unified Thread Standard defines a standard thread form and series—along with allowances, tolerances, and designations—for screw threads commonly used in the United States and Canada... |
Screw | mm | |
| CS-mount | 1/3 inch, 1/2 inch | movie, CCTV, industrial, scientific | mm (1 inch) | 32 TPI Unified Thread Standard The Unified Thread Standard defines a standard thread form and series—along with allowances, tolerances, and designations—for screw threads commonly used in the United States and Canada... |
Screw | mm | |
| C-mount | 1/2 inch, 16 mm 16 mm film 16 mm film refers to a popular, economical gauge of film used for motion pictures and non-theatrical film making. 16 mm refers to the width of the film... , 2/3 inch, 1 inch |
movie, CCTV, industrial, scientific | mm (1 inch) | 32 TPI Unified Thread Standard The Unified Thread Standard defines a standard thread form and series—along with allowances, tolerances, and designations—for screw threads commonly used in the United States and Canada... |
Screw | mm (0.69 inches) | |
| Nikon Nikon , also known as just Nikon, is a multinational corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in optics and imaging. Its products include cameras, binoculars, microscopes, measurement instruments, and the steppers used in the photolithography steps of semiconductor fabrication, of which... 1 |
Nikon 1 | 13.2 x 8.8mm | digital still | Bayonet | 17 mm | ||
| Sony Alpha NEX | Sony E-mount | 23.4 mm × 15.6 mm APS-C APS-C Advanced Photo System type-C is an image sensor format approximately equivalent in size to the Advanced Photo System "classic" size negatives... |
digital still and camcorder Camcorder A camcorder is an electronic device that combines a video camera and a video recorder into one unit. Equipment manufacturers do not seem to have strict guidelines for the term usage... |
mm (1.815 inch) | Bayonet | 18 mm | |
| Canon EX | camcorder | Bayonet | 20 mm | ||||
| Olympus E-P, E-PL and E-PM series, Panasonic G, GH, and GF series | Micro Four Thirds Micro Four Thirds system The Micro Four Thirds system is a standard created by Olympus and Panasonic, and announced on August 5, 2008, for mirrorless interchangeable lens digital cameras and camcorders design and development... |
17.3 mm × 12.98 mm | digital still and camcorder | 38~38 mm | Bayonet | mm | |
| Bolex Bolex Bolex is a Swiss company that manufactures motion picture cameras and lenses, the most notable products of which are in the 16 mm and Super 16 mm formats. The Bolex company was initially founded by Jacques Bogopolsky in 1927. Bolex is derived from his name. He had previously designed cameras for... |
16 mm 16 mm film 16 mm film refers to a popular, economical gauge of film used for motion pictures and non-theatrical film making. 16 mm refers to the width of the film... |
movie | Breech lock | mm | |||
| Samsung NX | NX-mount | 23.4 mm × 15.6 mm APS-C APS-C Advanced Photo System type-C is an image sensor format approximately equivalent in size to the Advanced Photo System "classic" size negatives... |
digital still | 42 mm | Bayonet | mm | |
| Pentax Auto 110 Pentax Auto 110 The Pentax Auto 110 and Pentax Auto 110 Super are single-lens reflex cameras made by Asahi Pentax that use Kodak's 110 film cartridge. The Auto 110 was introduced with three interchangeable lenses in 1978. Three more lenses were introduced in 1981, and then the Super model was released in 1982.... |
110 film 110 film 110 is a cartridge-based film format used in still photography. It was introduced by Kodak in 1972. 110 is a miniaturised version of Kodak's earlier 126 film format. Each frame is , with one registration hole.... |
still | Bayonet | 27 mm | |||
| Minolta/Leica M bayonet Leica M mount The Leica M mount is a camera lens mount introduced in 1954 with the Leica M3, and a range of lenses. It has been on all the Leica M series up to the current film Leica M7 and digital Leica M9.... |
M-mount (aka EM, VM, ZM) | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still and digital still | 44 mm | Bayonet | mm | |
| Leitz/Minolta CL, Minolta CLE | compact M-mount | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | 44 mm | Bayonet | mm | |
| Konica Hexar RF | KM-mount | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | 44 mm | Bayonet | 28 mm (27.80 mm?) | |
| Canon screw mount | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | 39M39 M39 lens mount The M39 lens mount is a screw thread mounting system for attaching lenses to 35 mm cameras, primarily rangefinder Leicas. It is also the most common mount for Photographic enlarger lenses.... |
1 mm | Screw | ||
| Leica M39 screw mount | M39 M39 lens mount The M39 lens mount is a screw thread mounting system for attaching lenses to 35 mm cameras, primarily rangefinder Leicas. It is also the most common mount for Photographic enlarger lenses.... |
35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still, enlarger Enlarger An enlarger is a specialized transparency projector used to produce photographic prints from film or glass negatives using the gelatin silver process, or from transparencies.-Construction:... s |
39M39 M39 lens mount The M39 lens mount is a screw thread mounting system for attaching lenses to 35 mm cameras, primarily rangefinder Leicas. It is also the most common mount for Photographic enlarger lenses.... |
26 TPI Unified Thread Standard The Unified Thread Standard defines a standard thread form and series—along with allowances, tolerances, and designations—for screw threads commonly used in the United States and Canada... |
Screw | mm |
| Narciss | 16 mm 16 mm film 16 mm film refers to a popular, economical gauge of film used for motion pictures and non-theatrical film making. 16 mm refers to the width of the film... |
still | 24M24 | 1 mm | Screw | mm | |
| Olympus Pen F Olympus Pen F The Olympus Pen F, Pen FT and Pen FV were very similar half-frame 35 mm single-lens reflex cameras with interchangeable lenses produced by Olympus of Japan between 1963-1966 , 1966-1972 and 1967-1970... |
3035 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... half-frame |
still | Bayonet | mm | |||
| Contax/ (Kiev rf) I, II, III, IIa, IIIa | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | 34 | Double bayonet | mm | ||
| Zeiss Panflex 5522/23 for Contax rf | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | 34 | Double bayonet | mm | ||
| Contax G Contax G The Contax G1 and Contax G2 are interchangeable-lens cameras sold by Kyocera under the Contax brand in competition with the Leica M7, Voigtlander Bessa R, and Konica Hexar RF. The G1 was introduced in 1994 with the G2 joining it in 1996... |
35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | Breech lock | mm | |||
| Hasselblad Xpan | 35 mm panoramic 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | Bayonet | mm | |||
| Nikon Rangefinder Nikon S-Mount The Nikon S-mount is a type of interchangeable lens mount used by a series of Nikon 35mm rangefinder cameras... |
Nikon S-mount Nikon S-Mount The Nikon S-mount is a type of interchangeable lens mount used by a series of Nikon 35mm rangefinder cameras... |
35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | Bayonet | mm | ||
| Alpa Alpa Alpa was formerly a Swiss camera design company and manufacturer of 35 mm SLR cameras. The current owners bought the company name after bankruptcy of the original company and the company exists today as a designer and manufacturer of high-end medium-format cameras.-History:Alpa was an offshoot of... |
35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | Bayonet | mm | |||
| Minolta Vectis Minolta Vectis The Minolta Vectis S series comprises two models of analogue SLR cameras made by Minolta, the flagship model Vectis S-1 and the Vectis S-100... |
V-mount | 30.2 mm × 16.7 mm APS APS -Education:* Army Public School, group of Army schools in India under AWES* APS Netherlands, or APS International, a Dutch educational non-governmental organization* Abbottabad Public School and College... |
still and digital still | Bayonet | mm (38 mm?) | ||
| Olympus E, Panasonic Lumix DMC-L, Leica Digilux | Four Thirds Four Thirds System The Four Thirds system is a standard created by Olympus and Kodak for digital single-lens reflex camera design and development.The system provides a standard that, with digital cameras and lenses available from multiple manufacturers, allows for the interchange of lenses and bodies from different... |
17.3 mm × 12.98 mm | digital still | 44~44 mm | Bayonet | mm | |
| Aaton universal Aaton universal Aaton universal is a lens mount developed by the Aaton camera company for use with their 16 mm movie cameras. It is distinguished by its three-pronged flange, which can be oriented in any of three positions and is held in place with a friction locking ring... |
16 mm 16 mm film 16 mm film refers to a popular, economical gauge of film used for motion pictures and non-theatrical film making. 16 mm refers to the width of the film... |
movie | Breech lock | 40 mm | |||
| Konica F Konica F The Konica F was the first 35 mm SLR camera produced by Konishiroku, released in February, 1960. It featured a built-in light metering system to set the correct exposure. The meter utilized a large selenium cell panel on the front of the viewfinder prism to detect light levels... |
Konica F-mount | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | 40 mm | Bayonet | mm | |
| Konica A/R | AR-mount | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | 47 mm | Bayonet | mm (40.7 mm) | |
| Miranda Camera Company Miranda Camera Company The Miranda Camera Company, originally named the Orion Camera Company, manufactured cameras in Japan between 1955 and 1978. Their first camera was the Miranda T. Many of their products were single-lens reflex cameras for 135 film... |
Miranda bayonet/M44 | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... and APS-C APS-C Advanced Photo System type-C is an image sensor format approximately equivalent in size to the Advanced Photo System "classic" size negatives... |
still, industrial | Bayonet | mm | ||
| Canon R | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | Breech lock | 42 mm | |||
| Canon FL Canon FL Canon FL refers to a lens mount standard for 35mm single-lens reflex cameras from Canon. It was introduced in April 1964 with the Canon FX camera, replacing the previous Canon R mount. It was in turn replaced in 1971 by the Canon FD lens mount... |
35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | Breech lock | 42 mm | |||
| Canon FD | FD-mount | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | Breech lock | mm | ||
| Fujica-X | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | 49 mm | Bayonet | mm | ||
| Minolta SR/MC/MD | SR-mount | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still, medical | Bayonet (54°) | mm | ||
| Petriflex | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | Breech lock | mm | |||
| Canon EOS EF Canon EF lens mount Introduced in 1987, the EF lens mount is the standard lens mount on the Canon EOS family of SLR film and digital cameras. EF stands for "Electro-Focus": automatic focusing on EF lenses is handled by a dedicated electric motor built into the lens... |
EF-mount (aka ZE) | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | 54 mm | Bayonet | mm | |
| Canon EOS EF-S Canon EF-S lens mount The EF-S lens mount is a derivative of the EF lens mount created for a subset of Canon digital single-lens reflex cameras with APS-C sized image sensors. It was released in 2003. Cameras supporting the EF-S mount are backward-compatible with the EF lens mount and, as such, have a flange focal... |
EF-mount | APS-C APS-C Advanced Photo System type-C is an image sensor format approximately equivalent in size to the Advanced Photo System "classic" size negatives... |
digital still | 54 mm | Bayonet | mm | |
| Sigma SA Sigma SA mount The Sigma SA mount is a design of lens mount designed by the Sigma Corporation of Japan for use on their single-lens reflex camera designs. The SA mount uses a bayonet mount which is physically similar to the Pentax K mount but uses a flange focal distance of 44 mm, identical to that of the Canon... |
35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | Bayonet | mm | |||
| Paxette | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | 39M39 | 1 mm | Screw | 44 mm | |
| Praktica B | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | Bayonet | mm | |||
| (Konica) Minolta AF/Alpha/Dynax/Maxxum, Sony Alpha DSLR/SLT | A-mount (aka ZA) | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... and APS-C APS-C Advanced Photo System type-C is an image sensor format approximately equivalent in size to the Advanced Photo System "classic" size negatives... |
still and digital still, industrial | mm (1.939 inch) | Bayonet (54°) | mm | |
| Rolleiflex SL35 Rolleiflex SL35 The Rolleiflex SL35 is a range of SLR cameras from the German camera maker, Rollei. This range of camera uses 35mm film. The camera bodies were initially made in Germany, and later, Singapore.-History:... |
35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | Bayonet | mm | |||
| Exakta, Topcon | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | Bayonet | mm | |||
| Pentax K Pentax K mount The Pentax K mount, sometimes referred to as the "PK mount", is a lens mount standard for mounting interchangeable photographic lenses to 35 mm single-lens reflex cameras. It was created by Pentax in 1975, and has been used by all Pentax 35 mm and digital SLRs since... |
K-mount (aka ZK) | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | Bayonet | mm | ||
| Asahiflex Asahiflex The Asahiflex was a 35mm single-lens reflex camera built by the Asahi Optical Corporation . It was the first SLR camera built in Japan.... |
35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | 37 mm | 1 mm | Screw | mm | |
| Praktica | M42 lens mount M42 lens mount The M42 lens mount is a screw thread mounting standard for attaching lenses to 35 mm cameras, primarily single-lens reflex models. It is more accurately known as the M42 × 1 mm standard, which means that it is a metric screw thread of 42 mm diameter and 1 mm thread pitch... |
35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | 42 mm | 1 mm | Screw | mm |
| Yashica Yashica Yashica was a Japanese manufacturer of cameras.-History:The company began in December, 1949 in Nagano, Japan, when the Yashima Seiki Company was founded with an initial investment of $566. Its eight employees originally manufactured components for electric clocks... /Contax Contax Contax was a camera brand noted for its unique technical innovation and a wide range of Zeiss lenses, noted for their high optical quality. Its final incarnation was a line of 35 mm, medium format and digital cameras engineered and manufactured by Kyocera, and featuring modern Zeiss optics... |
Y/C-mount | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | Bayonet | mm | ||
| Mamiya ZE | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | Bayonet | mm | |||
| Kyocera Yashica 230 AF etc. | MA-mount | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | Bayonet | ~45.8 mm | ||
| Olympus OM | OM-mount | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | 46 mm | Bayonet | 46 mm | |
| Nikon F-mount Nikon F-mount The Nikon F-mount is a type of interchangeable lens mount developed by Nikon for its 35 mm SLR cameras. The F-mount was first introduced on the Nikon F camera in 1959, and features a three lug bayonet mount with a 44 mm throat and a flange to focal plane distance of 46.5 mm... |
Nikon F-mount | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still, industrial | 44 mm | Bayonet | mm | |
| Leica R Leica R bayonet The Leica R bayonet lens mount is the standard method of connecting a lens to the Leica R series of 35 mm single-lens reflex cameras. The mount is descended from those used for the Leicaflex, Leicaflex SL and Leicaflex SL2 SLR cameras, but differs in the cams used to communicate lens aperture... |
R-mount | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | Bayonet | mm | ||
| Contax-N | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | Bayonet | 48 mm | |||
| Praktina | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | Breech lock | 50 mm | |||
| Tamron | T-Thread (Very earliest type) | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | M37 | 0.75mm | Screw | 50 mm |
| Tamron | Adapt-A-Matic | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | Bayonet | mm | ||
| Tamron | Adaptall 1 & 2 | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | Bayonet | mm | ||
| Arri standard Arri standard Arri standard is a lens mount developed by Arri for use with both 16 mm and 35 mm movie cameras. Lenses are distinguished by a tab inside an outer ring. Because of the weak seating strength and ability of the aluminum mount to gradually become poorly seated, the stainless steel Arri bayonet mount... |
35 mm 35 mm film 35 mm film is the film gauge most commonly used for chemical still photography and motion pictures. The name of the gauge refers to the width of the photographic film, which consists of strips 35 millimeters in width... and 16 mm 16 mm film 16 mm film refers to a popular, economical gauge of film used for motion pictures and non-theatrical film making. 16 mm refers to the width of the film... |
movie | Tab lock | 52 mm | |||
| Arri bayonet Arri bayonet Arri bayonet is a lens mount developed by Arri for use with both 16 mm and 35 mm movie camera lenses. Lenses of this type are distinguished by "outer wings" which both control aperture and bayonet alignment, and are placed in the mount while two pressure tabs are simultaneously depressed at the... |
35 mm 35 mm film 35 mm film is the film gauge most commonly used for chemical still photography and motion pictures. The name of the gauge refers to the width of the photographic film, which consists of strips 35 millimeters in width... and 16 mm 16 mm film 16 mm film refers to a popular, economical gauge of film used for motion pictures and non-theatrical film making. 16 mm refers to the width of the film... |
movie | Bayonet | 52 mm | |||
| Arri PL Arri PL Arri PL is a lens mount developed by Arri for use with both 16 mm and 35 mm movie cameras. The PL stands for "positive lock". It is the successor mount to the Arri bayonet; however, unlike the bayonet mount, it is incompatible with older Arri-mount lenses, due to the larger diameter... |
35 mm 35 mm film 35 mm film is the film gauge most commonly used for chemical still photography and motion pictures. The name of the gauge refers to the width of the photographic film, which consists of strips 35 millimeters in width... and 16 mm 16 mm film 16 mm film refers to a popular, economical gauge of film used for motion pictures and non-theatrical film making. 16 mm refers to the width of the film... |
movie | Breech lock | 52 mm | |||
| Tamron Tamron is a Japanese company manufacturing photographic lenses, optical components and commercial/industrial-use optics. Tamron Headquarters is located in Saitama City in the Saitama Prefecture of Japan.... |
T2, T-mount T-mount T-mount is a standard lens mount for cameras and other optical assemblies.The T2 version is a screw mount using a male M42x0.75 metric thread on the lens with a flange focal distance of 55 mm, and a mating female thread on a camera adapter or other optical component. This thread form is referred... or T-thread |
35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still, industrial | 42 mm | 0.75 mm | Screw | 55 mm |
| Sigma Corporation Sigma Sigma is the eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, and carries the 'S' sound. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 200. When used at the end of a word, and the word is not all upper case, the final form is used, e.g... |
YS Auto T-Thread | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still, industrial | 42 mm | 0.75 mm | Screw | 55 mm |
| Tokina Tokina is a Japanese manufacturer of photographic lenses and CCTV security equipment.-History:Tokina, become a partner of Pentax, division of Hoya Corporation and jointly developed some lenses. These will be available under the Pentax and Schneider Kreuznach D-Xenon and D-Xenogon brands in Pentax K mount... |
T-thread type | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | 47 mm | 0.75 mm | Screw | 55 mm |
| Panavision PV mount PV mount A PV mount is a lens mount developed by Panavision for use with both 16 mm and 35 mm movie cameras. It is the only mount offered with Panavision cameras and Panavision-designed lenses, and since the company only rents its equipment, this is likely to remain an exclusive arrangement for the time being... |
35 mm 35 mm film 35 mm film is the film gauge most commonly used for chemical still photography and motion pictures. The name of the gauge refers to the width of the photographic film, which consists of strips 35 millimeters in width... |
movie | Breech lock | mm | |||
| Mamiya 7/7II | 6×7 120 film 120 is a film format for still photography introduced by Kodak for their Brownie No. 2 in 1901. It was originally intended for amateur photography but was later superseded in this role by 135 film... |
still | Bayonet | 60 mm (approx.) | |||
| Mitchell BNCR mount BNCR mount BNCR is a lens mount developed by Mitchell for use with their REFLEX 35 mm movie cameras. It was an update of the BNC mount done to accommodate the reflex viewer in the later cameras. BNC mount lenses cannot be used in reflex Mitchell cameras as they will hit and damage the reflex viewer, which, in... |
35 mm 35 mm film 35 mm film is the film gauge most commonly used for chemical still photography and motion pictures. The name of the gauge refers to the width of the photographic film, which consists of strips 35 millimeters in width... |
movie | Breech lock | mm | |||
| Mamiya 645 | 706×4.5 120 film 120 is a film format for still photography introduced by Kodak for their Brownie No. 2 in 1901. It was originally intended for amateur photography but was later superseded in this role by 135 film... |
still | Bayonet | mm | |||
| Leitz Visoflex II/III | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | Bayonet (Leica M) | mm | |||
| Pentax 645 | 706×4.5 120 film 120 is a film format for still photography introduced by Kodak for their Brownie No. 2 in 1901. It was originally intended for amateur photography but was later superseded in this role by 135 film... |
still | Bayonet | mm | |||
| Arri Maxi PL | 70 mm 70 mm film 70mm film is a wide high-resolution film gauge, with higher resolution than standard 35mm motion picture film format. As used in camera, the film is wide. For projection, the original 65mm film is printed on film. The additional 5mm are for magnetic strips holding four of the six tracks of sound... |
movie | 64 mm | mm | |||
| Pentacon Six Pentacon Six mount The Pentacon Six mount is a breech-lock bayonet lens mount originally used by several medium format single-lens reflex cameras from East Germany.... |
6×6 120 film 120 is a film format for still photography introduced by Kodak for their Brownie No. 2 in 1901. It was originally intended for amateur photography but was later superseded in this role by 135 film... |
still | Breech lock | mm | |||
| Hasselblad Hasselblad Victor Hasselblad AB is a Swedish manufacturer of medium-format cameras and photographic equipment based in Gothenburg, Sweden.The company is best known for the medium-format cameras it has produced since World War II.... |
6×6 120 film 120 is a film format for still photography introduced by Kodak for their Brownie No. 2 in 1901. It was originally intended for amateur photography but was later superseded in this role by 135 film... |
still | Bayonet | mm | |||
| Kowa Six/Super 66 | 6×6 120 film 120 is a film format for still photography introduced by Kodak for their Brownie No. 2 in 1901. It was originally intended for amateur photography but was later superseded in this role by 135 film... |
still | breech lock | 79 mm | |||
| Pentax 6x7 Pentax 6x7 The original Asahi Pentax 6×7 of 1969, as well as the later Pentax 67 models, are SLR medium format system cameras for 120 film. It resembles a traditional 35mm SLR camera with interchangeable viewfinder and lens, but is considerably bigger and heavier, weighing with plain prism and standard lens;... |
6×7 120 film 120 is a film format for still photography introduced by Kodak for their Brownie No. 2 in 1901. It was originally intended for amateur photography but was later superseded in this role by 135 film... |
still | Bayonet | mm | |||
| Leitz Visoflex I | 35 mm 135 film The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format... |
still | 39M39 | 26 TPI Unified Thread Standard The Unified Thread Standard defines a standard thread form and series—along with allowances, tolerances, and designations—for screw threads commonly used in the United States and Canada... |
Screw | mm | |
| Bronica S2A | 6×6 120 film 120 is a film format for still photography introduced by Kodak for their Brownie No. 2 in 1901. It was originally intended for amateur photography but was later superseded in this role by 135 film... |
still | 57 mm | 1 | Bayonet | mm | |
| Rolleiflex SL66 Rolleiflex SL66 The Rolleiflex SL66 is a single lens reflex camera made by Rollei, in regular production from 1966-82. The SL66 represented a change in direction for Rollei, which until that time had focussed almost exclusively on its popular twin lens reflex cameras, the Rolleiflex and Rolleicord.- History :In... |
6×6 120 film 120 is a film format for still photography introduced by Kodak for their Brownie No. 2 in 1901. It was originally intended for amateur photography but was later superseded in this role by 135 film... |
still | Bayonet | mm | |||
| Mamiya RZ67 RZ67 thumb|right|RZ67 Pro I ready for shootingThe Mamiya RZ67 line of medium format single-lens reflex cameras manufactured by Mamiya includes three successive models, the RZ67 Professional , RZ67 Professional II and RZ67 Professional IID... |
6×7 120 film 120 is a film format for still photography introduced by Kodak for their Brownie No. 2 in 1901. It was originally intended for amateur photography but was later superseded in this role by 135 film... |
still | Bayonet | 105 mm | |||
| Mamiya RB67 | 6×7 120 film 120 is a film format for still photography introduced by Kodak for their Brownie No. 2 in 1901. It was originally intended for amateur photography but was later superseded in this role by 135 film... |
still | Bayonet | 112 mm | |||
| Canon Canon -Culture and arts:*Canon , material that is considered to be genuine*Western canon, the books, music, and art that have been the most influential in shaping Western cultureMusic... RC-701 |
Canon SV | digital still | Bayonet | ||||
| Sony Sony , commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues.... Mavica |
Mavica | digital still | Bayonet | ||||
Legend
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| OEM model line(s) | primary manufacturer(s) or model line(s) with this mount |
| Interchangeable type name | interchangeable mounts used by multiple camera body and lens manufacturers |
| Frame size | maximum or typical film or image sensor format or size used for this mount |
| Camera type | digital, still, movie, CCTV, ... |
| Throat or thread diameter | Nominal inside-female or outside-male major diameter (D) with units: inch, mm, or M (ISO 68-1 metric thread pitch mm) |
| Mount thread pitch | (P) either: (Unified-thread) pitch count/inch, or (metric) mm/thread pitch |
| Mount type | Bayonet, Breech, Screw, ... |
| Flange focal distance | Nominal (mm) distance from film or image sensor to lens mount |
Secondary lens mount
Secondary lensSecondary lens
In photography, a secondary lens is a lens designed to be used in conjunction with another lens, called the primary lens.A secondary lens may be designed to be used either in front of the primary lens, between it and the subject, or behind the primary lens, between it and the film.Secondary lenses...
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 tube
Extension tube
An extension tube is an accessory for cameras with interchangeable lenses, used primarily for macro photography. The tube contains no optical elements; its sole purpose is to move the lens farther from the image plane. The farther away the lens is, the closer the focus, the greater the...
s and secondary lenses like teleconverter
Teleconverter
A teleconverter is a secondary lens which is mounted between the camera and a photographic lens. Its job is to enlarge the central part of an image obtained by the objective lens...
s; which mount in between the camera body and the primary lens, both using and providing a primary lens mount.
Canon PowerShot A
Canon PowerShot A
The Canon PowerShot A is a series of digital cameras released by Canon. The A-series is Canon's budget line of cameras, although its feature set has varied as cameras have ranged from low-end point-and-shoot cameras to high-end prosumer cameras capable of rivaling Canon's flagship...
and Canon PowerShot G
Canon PowerShot G
The Canon PowerShot G is a series of digital cameras released by Canon. The G series cameras are Canon's flagship 'compact' models aimed at prosumer photography enthusiasts desiring more flexibility than a point-and-shoot without the bulk of a digital single-lens reflex camera.The G series offers...
cameras have a built-in or non-interchangeable primary (zoom) lens; and Canon has "conversion tube" accessories available for some Canon PowerShot
Canon PowerShot
The PowerShot products are a line of consumer and prosumer grade digital cameras, launched by Canon in 1996. The PowerShot line has been successful for Canon, and is one of the best-selling digital camera lines worldwide....
camera models which provides 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".
External links
- SLR Mount Identification Guide
- Standard: GOST 10332-72 (in Russian) — M42×1/45.5, M39×1/28.8
- 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»
- Camera mounts & registers from Robert Monahan Medium Format Photography Megasite http://medfmt.8k.com/
- Camera mounts & registers from Willem-Jan Markerink http://www.markerink.org/WJM/HTML/mounts.htm
- Camera Mounts Sorted by Register
- Alphabetical List of Camera Mounts
- Nikon Lens Nomenclature - a study in frustration
- Adaptall-2.com
- Mechanical & Optical Instruments