AUTO LENS ADAPTER User Manual LAE-SE-NFV5 Nikon F-Mount to Sony E-Mount Camera THANK YOU for CHOOSING VELLO

AUTO LENS ADAPTER User Manual LAE-SE-NFV5 Nikon F-Mount to Sony E-mount Camera THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING VELLO

The Vello LAE-SE-NFV5 and E-type (AF) lenses. The adapter is constructed Auto Lens Adapter is For other Sony E-mount of durable and lightweight designed to attach Nikon cameras, the adapter metal, and the inside has F-Mount lenses to Sony’s supports AE, aperture a matte finish coating to full-frame and APS-C control, and Exif data reduce internal reflections. E-mount cameras. For Sony transfer functionality with This finish ensures that cameras that use Focal select Nikon lenses. Nikon the light coming through Plane Phase Detection prime, telephoto, or wide- the lens does not flare AF, the adapter offers angle lenses can now be and ruin your exposure. support of autofocus, AE, used with Sony’s mirrorless aperture control, and Exif E-mount camera bodies, data transfer functionality and the settings can be with select Nikon G-type adjusted from the camera.

2 COMPATIBILITY INFO CONTENTS

Please reference the lens G-type and E-type (AF) • Vello LAE-SE-NFV5 compatibility chart on our lenses. Select Nikon D-type Auto Lens Adapter for website www.vellogear.com lenses support AE, aperture Nikon F-Mount to Sony for a full list of tested control, and Exif data. E-mount Camera cameras and lenses. We will conduct future lens Select Sony E-mount • Front and Rear Caps testing and post upgraded cameras without Focal firmware to our website. Plane Phase Detection AF: • User Manual Support of AE, aperture Sony cameras with Focal control, and Exif data with Plane Phase Detection select Nikon G-type, E-type AF: Support of AF, AE, (AF), and D-type lenses. aperture control, and Exif data with select Nikon

3 PRECAUTIONS

• Avoid sandy or dusty • Do not use solvents such • Do not attempt to environments when using as benzene, alcohol, or disassemble or repair this adapter. detergents to clean the the equipment—doing adapter. so will void the warranty, • Clean the adapter by and Vello will not be wiping it with a soft, • Handle the unit with responsible for any dry cloth. care. damage.

• Keep this unit away from • Keep this unit away from • Please read and follow children. water and flammable these instructions, and gases or liquids. keep this manual in a • Be sure to read the safe place. operating instructions for • Use only parts provided your digital camera. by the manufacturer. • Images are for illustrative purposes only. 4 OVERVIEW Front Back

Lens Release Camera Mount Button Alignment Dot F-Mount Lens (White) Alignment Dot (White) Nikon F-Mount Sony E-mount

Tripod Mounting Foot 1/4"-20 Tripod Socket

5 MOUNTING THE LENS ADAPTER

Note: Place the lens and 3. Line up the white camera on a stable, flat alignment dots on the surface when mounting or lens adapter and the removing the lens adapter. camera.

1. Turn the camera’s 4. Carefully insert the lens power off. adapter into the camera, and rotate clockwise 2. Remove all caps before until it locks into place. mounting.

6 5. Line up the alignment Important: When using a dot on the lens with the Nikon lens with an aperture alignment dot on the lens ring (for example, a Nikon adapter. D-type lens) you must lock the aperture ring on the lens. 6. Carefully insert the lens If you want to control the into the lens adapter, and aperture, you can adjust it rotate the lens assembly from the camera in aperture counterclockwise until it priority or manual mode. locks into place.

7 REMOVING THE LENS ADAPTER

1. Turn the camera’s 3. Rotate the lens clockwise power off. to release, and carefully detach the lens from the 2. Press and hold the lens adapter. release button on the lens adapter. 4. Reattach the front cap to the lens adapter.

8 5. Press and hold the lens 7. Reattach the rear cap to release button on the the lens adapter. camera. Note: If your lens has a built-in 6. Rotate the lens adapter tripod collar, use the collar on counterclockwise to the lens to mount the assembly release, and carefully to the tripod. detach the lens adapter from the camera.

9 UPGRADING THE FIRMWARE

To upgrade the firmware, visit our website vellogear.com and follow the instructions.

SPECIFICATIONS

Front Mount Nikon F-Mount

Rear Mount Sony E-mount

Tripod Mount 1/4"-20 threaded socket

Dimensions (H × W × D) 3.2 × 2.9 × 1.9 in. (8 × 7.3 × 4.8 cm)

Weight 7.1 oz. (201.3 g)

10 ONE-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY

This VELLO product is warranted to the original PARTICULAR PURPOSE. This warranty provides purchaser to be free from defects in materials and you with specific legal rights, and you may also have workmanship under normal consumer use for a additional rights that vary from state to state. period of one (1) year from the original purchase To obtain warranty coverage, contact the Vello date or thirty (30) days after replacement, whichever Customer Service Department to obtain a occurs later. The warranty provider’s responsibility return merchandise authorization (“RMA”) with respect to this limited warranty shall be limited number, and return the defective product to solely to repair or replacement, at the provider’s Vello along with the RMA number and proof of discretion, of any product that fails during normal purchase. Shipment of the defective product is use of this product in its intended manner and in its at the purchaser’s own risk and expense. intended environment. Inoperability of the product For more information or to arrange or part(s) shall be determined by the warranty service, visit www.vellogear.com or call provider. If the product has been discontinued, the Customer Service at 212-594-2353. warranty provider reserves the right to replace it with a model of equivalent quality and function. Product warranty provided by the Gradus Group. This warranty does not cover damage or defect www.gradusgroup.com caused by misuse, neglect, accident, alteration, abuse, VELLO is a registered trademark of the Gradus Group. improper installation or maintenance. EXCEPT AS © 2017 Gradus Group LLC. All Rights Reserved. PROVIDED HEREIN, THE WARRANTY PROVIDER MAKES NEITHER ANY EXPRESS WARRANTIES NOR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A