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hi I'm Dustin Abbott and I'm here today
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to give you one of my head-to-head
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versus videos in this case between the
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newer NW etz adapter and the mega dap
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etz 21 pro adapter in both of these
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cases there is a simple premise the idea
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is to allow you to use Sony E Mount
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lenses with autofocus on Nikon Z Mount
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cameras the claim includes transmitting
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XF data information for VR or inbody
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image stabilization if your camera is so
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equipped and at their best both of these
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adapters really work quite well
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delivering some of the best autofocus
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that I've ever seen from an adapted
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scenario though there's always limits
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both of them add almost no bulk just 2
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mm of additional thickness and 46 gram
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of additional weight for the newer and
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43 gram of additional weight for the
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MEAP so which one of these should you
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out so first of all some reasons to buy
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nwz adapter the first of these is price
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it is definitely the cheapest costing
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just $ 160 compared to $250 for the MEAP
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there's also although I haven't tested
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it but there is a weather sealed option
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that adds a gasket that allows you to
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have a seal point there that's available
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for $20 more that was one of the things
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that I did cite the MEAP 4 in my review
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of it is that when you use that adapter
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because there's no gas and this becomes
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the rear most thing it means there's no
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gasket between your lens now and the
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camera body itself which could have a
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negative impact on your weather ceiling
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the uh fact that you have an adapter
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Avail or an adapter available from newer
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that does have a gasket can be a
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beneficial thing if that's something
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you're concern concerned about the newer
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has a bit of an Easter egg type added
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bonus to it and that is that it provides
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Focus confirmation for manual focus
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lenses even those without any kind of
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electronics at all for example I used
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the typw samera which is a mount lens I
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used an Mount to e-mount adapter I put
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that on the newer adapter and I got
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Focus confirmation in the Nikon camera
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by the way I could do that with m42
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glass any kind of of lens and of course
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e-mount lenses as well that have no
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electronics at all it's essentially
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adding electronic Focus confirmation to
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the mix and allowing even Nikon's Focus
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Aid which shows you which direction you
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need to focus to get to proper focus it
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allows you to have all of that and it
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seems to work really really effectively
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that's something that the MEAP adapter a
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feature that it simply doesn't have at
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this point however there are also some
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reasons to choose the mega dap adapter
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over the top of the newer first of all
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there is a better firmware update
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process for the Mega DAP in this case
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with their newest version you can
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actually do your firmware updates right
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inside the camera body whereas with the
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newer adapter you are relying like you
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used to have to do with mega dap on a
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cable that magnetically attaches to the
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adapter itself which I found to be a
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very unreliable connection and basically
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it only worked when I kept a finger on
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it holding it in place for the firmware
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update it's a much simpler process more
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straightforward when using the mega dap
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adapter I also found that though both of
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them are supposed to communicate XF data
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and do to some degree only the mega dap
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communicates the correct XF data and so
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in this case it gives you the proper
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lens designation it also seem to
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communicate more effectively to the
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camera body and for some reason you seem
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to get some profile Corrections even for
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video while using the mega dap which you
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don't when using the newer so uh could
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be a significant factor there I also
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found that the MEAP produces more
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consistent autofocus performance and
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what I mean by that is when the newer
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works it works really well so for
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example with this Sony 35mm f1.4g Master
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it works like a treat not far off of a
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native lens performance however if I
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throw the 50mm f1.4 G Master on the
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newer I get fairly garbage Focus results
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whereas with the mega dap I got really
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consistent results across different
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things lenses that have slower Focus
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Motors yeah they're going to focus a
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little bit slower that's to be expected
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but at least they all autofocus and I
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just didn't find that to be the case
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with the newer adapter Mega dap also
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claims their new adapter is the only one
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to work on apsc or DX Nikon bodies and
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So that obviously is a built-in
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intrinsic advantage and of course it
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works with more lenses than what the
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newer does so my conclusion is this both
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of these adapters have some unique
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strengths but I think for most people
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the extra money spent for the Mega dap
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is probably worth it now I think that
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the newer shows a lot of promise and as
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I said when it works it works really
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really well but I think what we're
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seeing the difference here is that the
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newer is a first generation adapter
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whereas the mega dap is not only their
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second generation it's actually the
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second Vari a of the second generation
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so arguably moving towards a third
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generation so that has given them time
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to squash more bugs to deal with
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compatibility issues and they have
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continued to broaden out the lenses that
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work well with their adapter the bodies
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that work well with their adapter
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including you know after the firmware
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2.0 on a body like the Nikon Z8 that I'm
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using and as a byproduct they are able
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at this stage or the time of this review
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deliver a more consistent performance
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with uh more consistent compatibility
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and to me that makes it worth the extra
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90 bucks to spend on the mega dap but of
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course your mileage may vary I'm Dustin
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Abbott if you want more information you
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can find in the description links to
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both the reviews both video and text
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reviews for both of these adapters some
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buying links there for either one of
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them as always thanks for watching have
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a great day and let the light in
