![Lomography Diana F and Adaptor for Nikon F Mount-Black [Camera]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/410WkgtaO9L.__AC_SY300_SX300_QL70_ML2_.jpg)
![Lomography Diana F and Adaptor for Nikon F Mount-Black [Camera]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/410WkgtaO9L._SS75_.jpg)
I’m writing as a photographer who appreciates the lomo look but has no intention of messing around with film cameras. That limits my options. I recently tried the cheap 60mm toy lens that Holga makes for Nikon (the HL-N) but found that it was too loose on my camera body and admitted too much gunk onto the image sensor. Not only were all the shots I took with that lens marred by sensor dust, but I just couldn’t get the sensor clean no matter how hard I tried, and I was still finding shots had been ruined weeks and weeks later.
After that I thought my only option was converting a body cap into a pinhole “lens,” but while that can be amusing to play around with, the fact is you wind up working way too hard to get a lot of awful shots; a soft-focus lo-fi aesthetic is one thing, but (in my opinion) even the best of the best pinhole pictures are only just this side of usable.
So I took a chance on this and a used 38mm Diana lens I got on eBay. Given the reason I couldn’t use the Holga, reviews that talk about how loose this is gave me pause, but I saw no alternative.
I have found that the adapter fits nice and snugly on the body of my D3300, as much so as a body cap. There’s only one point on the circle that will actually click into place, but that’s not a problem.
Connecting with the lens is a bit more problematic. However, when I look at the Diana lens mount, I really don’t see how it can be otherwise. For one thing, you turn the Diana lens into place in the opposite direction from how you turn a Nikon lens, so the adapter is always going to be getting twisted in opposite directions—an unenviable position. Worse, the hooks on the Diana lens are tiny. Maybe inside a Diana camera there’s something they can really sink into, but I really see no way to improve on the mount without making the adapter much larger and bulkier.
So in order to feel comfortable putting this on my camera, I resorted to the drastic but very simple step of using superglue. I don’t think I’d want any of the other Diana focal lengths—they all seem too specialized for what’s already going to be a once-in-a-blue-moon niche product—and I neither own nor wish to own a Diana camera, so permanently connecting the two isn’t a problem for me. It’s only been a few days but they seem to be holding together as if they were one piece. I haven’t taken the lens out for a proper shoot yet, but I have taken a few test shots to confirm it works fine. It must be used in manual of course, but with a fixed aperture that’s really no different from shooting in S mode.
Unfortunately some of the glue got into the focusing ring, and now I can’t adjust the focus. That’s not really a problem with the Diana lens: It has only three fixed focus modes, and is stuck in the most versatile of the three, four meters to infinity. I believe lomography does not yield its best results at closer distances than that, and since I won’t be turning the focusing ring I can have even greater confidence that the adapter will stay tightly locked to my camera body.
However, if I hadn’t been able to connect the lens with the adapter permanently, I’d have some fairly major reservations about taking it outdoors.
Buy it with
![Lomography Diana F and Adaptor for Nikon F Mount-Black [Camera]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/410WkgtaO9L._AC_UL116_SR116,116_.jpg)
$14.00
Get it May 29 - 30
In Stock
+
Total price:
To see our price, add these items to your cart.
Choose items to buy together.
Customers who bought this item also bought
Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1
Reviews with images
Make sure to align adaptor with your Nikon's lens locking clip. It's a perfect fit between the lens and your camera.
This adaptor perfectly fits the Diana F+ 38MM Super Wide Lens Diana F+ Lomography Diana F+ 38mm Super Wide Angle Lens, and the Nikon F Mount.However, *be sure to align this adaptor with your Nikon camera's lens locking clip.*I failed to do so, and the adaptor kept detaching from my camera as I would adjust the focus of the lens.There is a small indent that is intended for the lens locking clip to fit into (shown in my photo).
Top reviews from the United States
There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2023
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2016
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2013
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2017
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2012
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2015
However, *be sure to align this adaptor with your Nikon camera's lens locking clip.*
I failed to do so, and the adaptor kept detaching from my camera as I would adjust the focus of the lens.
There is a small indent that is intended for the lens locking clip to fit into (shown in my photo).
Make sure to align adaptor with your Nikon's lens locking clip. It's a perfect fit between the lens and your camera.
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2015
This adaptor perfectly fits the Diana F+ 38MM Super Wide Lens [[ASIN:B001M5U76O Diana F+ Lomography Diana F+ 38mm Super Wide Angle Lens]], and the Nikon F Mount.Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2015
However, *be sure to align this adaptor with your Nikon camera's lens locking clip.*
I failed to do so, and the adaptor kept detaching from my camera as I would adjust the focus of the lens.
There is a small indent that is intended for the lens locking clip to fit into (shown in my photo).
Images in this review
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2014
Top reviews from other countries
Mango
Rubbish quality for a product to be used with a Nikon DSLR.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 5, 2013