Adapter
Adapters are available for a wide field of camera media, parts and accessories. Examples:
Lens adapter
- A lens adapter is a device to mount lenses made for some type of camera on another camera for which they were not originally designed.
- An adapter will receive any lens with one type of lens mount, and attach it to a camera body with another lens mount. In some cases the use of a lens on an adapter changes the distance range or the speed of the lens.
Film adapter
- The most common film adapter is the rollfilm back for plate cameras. Plate adapters were attachable to some early 20th century rollfim cameras. 35mm film adapters were available for a few medium format cameras.
Tripod adapter
- The simplest tripod adapter connects camera and tripod if they have different thread sizes.
Flash adapter
- Modern cameras which usually use an own system flash can use old flashes with standard hot shoe with help of an adapter.
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