Cross-brand camera mount × adapter compatibility matrix
Read across rows for "what lens am I trying to use", down columns for "what camera body do I have". Each cell summarises the best-case result with a current production adapter; click through to a per-mount page for SKU lists and caveats.
How to read this
- Native
- Native — same mount, no adapter needed.
- Mechanical
- Mechanical adapter — fits, AF/electronics depend on smart-adapter availability.
- Speed booster
- Focal-reducer (Speed Booster) required to reach infinity focus.
- No
- Cannot be adapted (mirrorless lens → DSLR body, or flange deficit too large).
| Lens ↓ / Body → | Canon EF | Canon EF-S | Canon RF | Canon EF-M | Nikon F | Nikon Z | Sony A / Minolta A | Sony E (incl. FE) | Fujifilm X | Fujifilm GFX (G-mount) | Micro Four Thirds | L-Mount | M42 (Pentax / Praktica screw mount) | Leica M | Pentax K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Canon EF | Native AF fullIS fullAp. electronic | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical AF fullIS fullAp. electronic | Mechanical AF fullIS fullAp. electronic | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical AF fullIS fullAp. electronic | Mechanical AF fullIS fullAp. electronic | Mechanical AF partialIS lens-onlyAp. electronic | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical AF fullIS fullAp. electronic | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel |
Canon EF-S | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Native AF fullIS fullAp. electronic | Mechanical AF fullIS fullAp. electronic | Mechanical AF fullIS fullAp. electronic | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel |
Canon RF | No | No | Native AF fullIS fullAp. electronic | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | No | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | No | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | No | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | No |
Canon EF-M | No | No | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Native AF fullIS fullAp. electronic | No | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | No | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | No | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | No |
Nikon F | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Native AF fullIS fullAp. electronic | Mechanical AF partialIS fullAp. electronic | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel |
Nikon Z | No | No | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | No | Native AF fullIS fullAp. electronic | No | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | No | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | No |
Sony A / Minolta A | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Native AF fullIS fullAp. electronic | Mechanical AF fullIS fullAp. electronic | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel |
Sony E (incl. FE) | No | No | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | No | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | No | Native AF fullIS fullAp. electronic | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | No | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | No |
Fujifilm X | No | No | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | No | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | No | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Native AF fullIS fullAp. electronic | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | No | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | No |
Fujifilm GFX (G-mount) | No | No | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | No | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | No | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Native AF fullIS fullAp. electronic | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | No | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | No |
Micro Four Thirds | No | No | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | No | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | No | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Native AF fullIS fullAp. electronic | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | No | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | No |
L-Mount | No | No | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | No | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | No | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Native AF fullIS fullAp. electronic | No | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | No |
M42 (Pentax / Praktica screw mount) | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. ring | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. ring | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. ring | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. ring | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. ring | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. ring | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. ring | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. ring | Native MFno ISAp. ring | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. ring | Speed booster ——Ap. ring |
Leica M | No | No | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. ring | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. ring | No | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. ring | No | Mechanical ——Ap. ring | Mechanical ——Ap. ring | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. ring | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. ring | No | Native MFno ISAp. ring | No |
Pentax K | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Speed booster MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Mechanical MFIS lens-onlyAp. wheel | Native AF fullIS fullAp. electronic |
Scroll the table horizontally on narrow screens. Smart-adapter badges reflect best-available AF/IS preservation; older bodies without on-sensor PDAF may behave differently.
About this matrix
The matrix is computed from each mount's flange focal distance and electronic protocol, then layered with curated overrides for documented smart-adapter SKUs (Canon EF-EOS R, Nikon FTZ II, Sony LA-EA5, Sigma MC-11 / MC-21, Metabones, Viltrox, Fringer EF-FX / EF-GFX, Voigtländer M-mount, Techart LM-EA9, and others). Where a cell calls a combination "impossible", it means a plain mechanical or focal-reducer adapter cannot achieve infinity focus — not that no exotic optical-engineering workaround exists.
Reading the matrix
- What does the 'Mechanical' badge actually mean?
- A plain machined-metal adapter with no glass and no electronic contacts. The lens physically attaches to the body and reaches infinity focus, but the camera has no way to communicate with the lens — autofocus, in-lens image stabilization, and electronic aperture become manual. Aperture-ring lenses still work normally; aperture-by-wire lenses (most modern EF, F, A-mount) need an adapter with a built-in aperture-control wheel.
- Why is a combination marked 'impossible'?
- Two reasons. First, mirrorless lenses cannot be mounted onto DSLR bodies — the lens is engineered for a flange distance shorter than the body's mirror box, so the rear element collides with the mirror. Second, when the flange-distance deficit exceeds about 12 mm, no commercially available focal reducer (Speed Booster) has enough correction range to restore infinity focus.
- Why does 'AF partial' show up on the EF → Z and F → Z rows?
- Either some lenses in the family lose autofocus (the FTZ II cannot drive screw-drive AF-D lenses; they revert to manual focus with focus confirm), or autofocus is preserved but slower and more glitch-prone than native — typical of smart EF adapters on Sony / L-Mount / GFX. The per-mount detail pages explain the specific scope.
- Does a Speed Booster preserve autofocus?
- It depends on the adapter and the body. Metabones' Speed Booster XL for Canon EF → MFT preserves contrast-detect AF on most Olympus / OM System and Panasonic bodies. Sony E variants vary by body generation (phase-detect AF works on PDAF-capable bodies, contrast-detect on older A7 generations). Pure mechanical focal reducers from no-brand vendors lose AF entirely.
- Are the adapter SKUs in each cell exhaustive?
- No — each cell names the most reputable adapter(s) for that combination, not every adapter sold. Cells where smart adapters exist (EF → RF, F → Z, A → E, EF → E, EF → FX, EF → L, EF → GFX) list the names users actually search for. Less popular combinations show 'generic mechanical adapter' because there's no canonical SKU.