JJC TCR-40S Silver 40cm Threaded Cable Release, Mechanical Shutter Release Cable, Bulb-Lock Design for Long exposures

As a simple mechanical adapter, it does exactly what it should -- allow you to fit an older lens to MFT camera bodies. Since there is no focusing or aperture control on the adapter, make sure the lens you want to use can be manually focused easily, and has a manual aperture ring.That said, once you have this you are able to use a lot of old lenses you might have, or shop for bargains at garage sales.

This adapter has solid metal construction, and a good, snug fit. In fact, at first I thought it was too snug. It wasn't turning to the "click" position when attaching a lens to the front, but then I reread some other reviews saying it required a little extra "oomph" and that did the trick. I also like the extra tripod mount included. It seems to take some strain off the camera mount and tripod bushing when I use heavier Minolta lenses.

Not as tight as I would like, but certainly usable.

Exactly what I needed. It has a weird cable lock that I had to fiddle with, but now that I understand it it’s fine.

I used this to mount my old Minolta MD mount lenses to my Blackmagic pocket cinema camera it works well. Its sturdy and fits snug with no light leaks and mounts lenses and camera nicely. It focuses slightly past infinity, but that was expected based on other reviews I read. I wish it had a rear cap included but it's certainl.y not a deal breaker.

My dad had an Minolta Single lens Reflex camera and some lenses. It is a film camera which I no longer use. Some of these lenses are well thought of optically. Since I have gotten several micro four thirds cameras, this lens adapter is ideal. I recommend the Olympus micro four thirds cameras,for example the E-PL5, since they have image stabilization built into the camera. All Panasonic micro four thirds cameras will also work well. You simply attach the adapter to the camera and attach the lens. Shoot on A priority mode. You do have to manually focus and at times you need to adjust the exposure compensation. If you don't have any lenses you can buy them at bargain prices.

This adapter fits snugly, is easy to use, and provides an accurate infinity focus for the two lenses I have used with it. I'm very happy to be able to use my Rokkor 55mm f/1.7 which is a beautiful lens that produces pinpoint images corner-to-corner, even when wide open at f/1.7. An equivalent lens made for the micro four thirds (MFT) camera would cost around $500. I also have a 200mm f/3.5 Vivitar which was never that sharp in the corners at f/3.5, but with the half-size format of the MFT, it too looks like a $500 lens. The downside, of course, is that you must manually focus and set f/stop. Also, if your couple to the Panasonic MFT, you won't have image stabilization available. You still would have it on an Olympus, which has in-camera stabilization. If you have some old lenses that you don't use anymore, resurrect them with this adapter (adapters for other cameras to micro four thirds are also available).

I am very happy with the product and with a lot of use it has not shown any signs of wear or failure. I do find that the lens to adapter interface on my copy is rather tight when putting on and removing lenses. That's better than being loose but it makes it hard for lenses like the 28mm 2.8 that don't have any fixed space to get a grip on to be attached without applying more force that I am comfortable with. Regardless, I would buy the same unit again however.