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<blockquote data-quote="TwistedThrottle" data-source="post: 758535" data-attributes="member: 46724"><p>Just got a Z6 with the 24-70 kit lens and FTZ adapter.&nbsp; Adapter works great with the 70-300 AF-P, (full frame variant) and several other full frame lenses including old school AF-D, (manual focus only but with added vibration compensation ends up working better than on DLSR) but was very disappointed to find out when a DX lens is attached, the camera AUTOMATICALLY kicks it into DX mode with no way to override.&nbsp; On my ancient D800, I could choose between DX or FX when a crop lens was attached, not so with the Z6.&nbsp; Wouldn't be a problem but I intended to use the Tokina 11-16 f2.8 which is a DX lens but shoots without clipping corners at 16mm so is a 16mm f2.8 prime on my D800 and its SHARP!&nbsp; Now, if I want to use that lens on the Z6, it kicks it into DX and my resolution drops to something like 10.6MP.&nbsp; That is not conducive to night time landscape shots. My other wide angle lens is the Tamron 15-30 F2.8 V1 which I was going to sell with the D800.&nbsp; It fits the FTZ adapter, but will not autofocus and acts weird on the camera.&nbsp; More testing is needed, but I am not holding my breath it will work sufficiently or consistently.&nbsp; A little irritating that something that can be fixed with a firmware update will never see the light of day so they can push native glass.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="TwistedThrottle, post: 758535, member: 46724"] Just got a Z6 with the 24-70 kit lens and FTZ adapter. Adapter works great with the 70-300 AF-P, (full frame variant) and several other full frame lenses including old school AF-D, (manual focus only but with added vibration compensation ends up working better than on DLSR) but was very disappointed to find out when a DX lens is attached, the camera AUTOMATICALLY kicks it into DX mode with no way to override. On my ancient D800, I could choose between DX or FX when a crop lens was attached, not so with the Z6. Wouldn't be a problem but I intended to use the Tokina 11-16 f2.8 which is a DX lens but shoots without clipping corners at 16mm so is a 16mm f2.8 prime on my D800 and its SHARP! Now, if I want to use that lens on the Z6, it kicks it into DX and my resolution drops to something like 10.6MP. That is not conducive to night time landscape shots. My other wide angle lens is the Tamron 15-30 F2.8 V1 which I was going to sell with the D800. It fits the FTZ adapter, but will not autofocus and acts weird on the camera. More testing is needed, but I am not holding my breath it will work sufficiently or consistently. A little irritating that something that can be fixed with a firmware update will never see the light of day so they can push native glass. [/QUOTE]

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