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Nikon FTZ II — F lenses onto Z bodies

One hundred and eighty-five euros to put F-mount lenses on a Z body, with full autofocus and auto exposure claimed for "numerous" of them — and four bullets that name none.

Nikon FTZ II adapter mounted between an F-mount lens and a Z-mount body

Nikon FTZ II — F lenses onto Z bodies

One hundred and eighty-five euros to put F-mount lenses on a Z body, with full autofocus and auto exposure claimed for "numerous" of them — and four bullets that name none.

Mounts joined
F to Z — the second true mount adapter on this shelf, beside the 95 € Canon. The intro above explains the direction: F sits far from the sensor because it was built around a mirror, Z sits close, so the adapter restores a distance rather than correcting an optical error
Contacts present
Not itemised, but necessarily there: the second bullet claims full autofocus and automatic exposure, and neither is possible through a passive tube. The page never says how many contacts or what else passes — stabilisation communication and metadata are not mentioned
Functions claimed
Two, and separately, which is more than any other adapter page here manages: FULL AUTOFOCUS and AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE, for "numerous" F lenses. The intro above warns that claims of this kind are graded rather than binary and that makers usually publish a compatibility list; the word "numerous" is doing the work of that list
Optical elements
None named, and none is required in this direction
Tripod foot
Not mentioned anywhere in four bullets. The intro above calls a foot important as soon as the lens outweighs the body, which describes most F-mount telephotos on a Z body
Aperture ring
Not mentioned. Older F lenses with no electronic aperture depend on how the adapter drives the mechanical lever, and the page says nothing about that at all
Build
Robust and protected against dust and splashes, in the fourth bullet, with good ergonomics claimed in the first. The third bullet — "a new level of sharpness" — is a claim about image quality on a device this page never says contains an optical element
Amazon reference
B09KKTQSQ9 (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
4960759909121
  • Autofocus and automatic exposure claimed as two separate functions, not as one word
  • Dust and splash protection on a 185 € adapter, matching the 95 € Canon here
  • Four bullets, and not one names a lens or a body

Best for: F-mount glass moving onto a Z body, for a buyer who will check their own lenses against the maker’s published list elsewhere.

≈ $226 / £148 / 185 €
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Specifications

Mounts joined
F to Z — the second true mount adapter on this shelf, beside the 95 € Canon. The intro above explains the direction: F sits far from the sensor because it was built around a mirror, Z sits close, so the adapter restores a distance rather than correcting an optical error
Contacts present
Not itemised, but necessarily there: the second bullet claims full autofocus and automatic exposure, and neither is possible through a passive tube. The page never says how many contacts or what else passes — stabilisation communication and metadata are not mentioned
Functions claimed
Two, and separately, which is more than any other adapter page here manages: FULL AUTOFOCUS and AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE, for "numerous" F lenses. The intro above warns that claims of this kind are graded rather than binary and that makers usually publish a compatibility list; the word "numerous" is doing the work of that list
Optical elements
None named, and none is required in this direction
Tripod foot
Not mentioned anywhere in four bullets. The intro above calls a foot important as soon as the lens outweighs the body, which describes most F-mount telephotos on a Z body
Aperture ring
Not mentioned. Older F lenses with no electronic aperture depend on how the adapter drives the mechanical lever, and the page says nothing about that at all
Build
Robust and protected against dust and splashes, in the fourth bullet, with good ergonomics claimed in the first. The third bullet — "a new level of sharpness" — is a claim about image quality on a device this page never says contains an optical element
Amazon reference
B09KKTQSQ9 (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
4960759909121

On the listing

Four bullets, which is the shortest specification on this shelf: good ergonomics; full autofocus and automatic exposure for numerous F lenses; a new level of sharpness; and a robust build protected against dust and splashes.

Autofocus and exposure, claimed separately

The buying advice on this shelf asks for exactly this. Autofocus and aperture control are two claims that are usually sold as one word, and this page at least separates the functions it names.

“Numerous”, where a list belongs

The 95 € Canon adapter here names ten bodies. This page names nothing — not a lens, not a camera — on a purchase whose entire value depends on which lenses keep working.

Sharpness, from a device with no glass in it

Nothing on the page describes an optical element, and in this direction none is needed. An empty tube preserves what a lens does; it cannot add to it.

Ninety euros above the Canon, on four bullets

Both adapters join a mirror-era mount to a mirrorless one and both claim sealing. The difference this page publishes is two function names; the difference the Canon page publishes is ten camera models, two caps and a pouch.

Availability

Between 185 € and 211 € on the German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores when this page was last checked.

The American and British Amazon stores carry it too, priced in local currency. Those amounts are deliberately absent from the range above, which reads euro stores only.

Everything in this section is the figure Keepa carried on the day of the last update to this page. Availability and prices shift without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 13 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

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