Alphabetical List of Camera Mounts

This is basically a reformatting of the wonderful list published by William-Jan Markerink. See also this list. There is also a wonderful page with photographs of different mounts.

I have made the following changes:

The same list is available sorted in order of register distance here.

Camera System Mount type Register Comments
4/3 System digital bayonet 38.58 Designed by Olympus, this mount is apparently mechanically identical to the Olympus OM mount, but with a smaller register. An OM-to-4/3 adapter is just an extension tube.

Aaton bayonet(?) 40  
Alpa bayonet 37.8  
Argus bayonet 44.45  
Arriflex bayonet 52  

B4 bayonet 48 (air) For 2/3&Prime video, both normal and HDTV. Mentioned here. A technical report from Sandia National Labs agrees.
Bolex breech 23.22  
Bolex H8RX 1″×32tpi thread 15.31  
Bronica S2A bayonet & 57x1 thread 101.7  
Bronica ETRS      
Bronica GS1      

C-mount 1″×32tpi thread 17.526 (0.69″)
C-S mount 1″×32tpi thread 12.526 According to Navitar, who should know. Thread is also known as “1-32 UN 2A.”
Canon EOS bayonet 44  
Canon EX1/2 VL camcorder bayonet 20  
Canon R/FL/FD breech or bayonet 42 42.1mm according to this list, 42.00mm according to Wikipedia, 42.13mm according to a Japanese list that seems to have vanished from the Web. The Canon service manuals of the time specify a “42.14 Dial Gauge”, whatever that might be, to adjust the flange distance
Canon screw M39x1 thread 28.8  
Contarex   46  
Contax RF   34.85 31.76mm or 31.95mm according to this page.
Contax/Yashica bayonet 45.5  
Contax G1 bayonet 29  
Contax N bayonet 48 Zeiss gives this figure.

D-mount 0.625″×32tpi 12.29  

Exakta/Topcon bayonet 44.7  
Exacta 66 breech lock 74.1  
Eclair bayonet 48  

HDTV 2/3″ B4 bayonet 48 (air) Mentioned here. A technical report from Sandia National Labs agrees.
Hasselblad/Kiev88 multi start thread 82.1  
Hasselblad 500/2000 bayonet 74.9  
Hasselblad Xpan bayonet 34.27 mm, +/- 0.03 mm courtesy of Hasselblad UK, via Huw Finney and an alert reader whose name I have only as “David”

Icarex breech lock 48 44.7 according to this list; Icarex35  TM, 35S TM, SL706 use M42 mount.

Camera System Mount type Register Comments
K-mount bayonet 45.46  
Kilarflex   92.3  
Kilarscope   78.8  
Kiev 60/Kiev Six breech lock 74.1  
Kiev 88 multi start thread 82.1  
Kodak Retina Reflex bayonet 44.7? Used by Retina Reflex S, III, and IV, and even the Retina IIIs rangefinder; a slightly modified version of the Deckel bayonet used on the Voigtländer Bessamatic.
Konica Autoreflex bayonet 40.5 According to this page and this one. Markerink’s original list had it as 40.7.
Konica F bayonet 40.5  
Konica Hexar RF bayonet 28.00mm ± 0.03mm (pressure plate rails)
27.76mm (film rails)
Designed for compatibility with Leica M lenses, but nominal distances are slightly different.
Kowa Six/Super 66 breech lock 79  

Leica M bayonet 27.95 Measured to pressure-plate rails. 27.76 to film rails. See this page for a discussion of the subtleties.
Leica R bayonet 47  
Leica screw M39x26tpi 28.8 This and the Visoflex mount are sometimes mistaken for M39×1mm, a tiny difference, but enough to cause problems with some non-Leica M39 lenses.
Leitz Visoflex I M39x26tpi 62.5 (91.30 total)
Leitz Visoflex II, III Leica M bayonet 40 (68.80 total)

M42 screw M42x1 thread 45.46  
Mamiya 645 bayonet 63.3  
Mamiya RB bayonet 112.00  
Mamiya RZ bayonet 105.00  
Minolta AF bayonet 44.6 variously listed elsewhere as 44.5, 44.6, 44.7; Konica/Minolta’s digital SLRs were taken over by Sony, who uses the same mount.
Minolta MD bayonet 43.72 +0.01 -0.02 Measured (I think) to pressure plate rails: see this service manual for specifics.
43.7 +0.02, -0 according to this page.
Miranda dual bayonet/screw 4-claw bayonet and 44×1mm screw mount 41.5 41.46 according to this list and this one.

Narcissus M24x1 thread 28.8  
Nikon F bayonet 46.5  
Nikon rangefinder bayonet 34.85 Identical to Contax mount, but with slightly different focusing cam.
Novoflex   100  

Olympus OM bayonet 46  
Olympus Pen F bayonet 28.95  

Camera System Mount type Register Comments
Paxette M39x1 thread 44  
Pentacon 6 breech lock 74.1  
Pentax 6x7 bayonet 84.95 (74.10?)
Pentax 645 bayonet 70.87  
Pentax/Practica M42x1 thread 45.46 add film thickness, and get 45.50mm...
Practica bayonet    
Practiflex M40x1 thread 45.50(?)  
Petriflex breech lock 43.5  
Petri bayonet 45.5 from this list
Praktica bayonet 44.4  
Praktina breech lock 50  

Rectaflex   43.4  
Ricoh breech mount 45.5  
Rolleiflex SL35 bayonet 44.6 (44.5mm according to Schneider), 44.7 according to this list
Rolleiflex SL66 bayonet 102.8  

Schneider M26x0.5    
Sigma SA inner bayonet 44 Similar to Pentax K, but incompatible. Rumor from China has the Sigma mount using the same electrical signals as the Canon EOS mount, with which it shares a register of 44.0 mm.
Sony Alpha bayonet 44.6 Variously listed elsewhere as 44.5, 44.6, 44.7; identical to Minolta AF mount.

T2 mount M42x0.75 55  
Topcon IC1 bayonet 55  

Voigtländer Bessamatic bayonet 44.7 This is a leaf-shutter camera, but apparently designed with the shutter behind the lens, so the entire lens can be removed and used elsewhere. Someone will sell you an M42 adapter for this mount. The Bessamatic mount is so similar to that of the Kodak Retina Reflex that apparently it is possible to modify a lens to fit both cameras.

Yashica Pentamatic, Pentamatic II bayonet 43.00 (from this page) This mount predates the M42-mount Yashica SLR’s, which were introduced in 1962. Judging by the photos of Exakta and M42 adapters found in the manual, the register is significantly less than the 45.46mm of the M42 mount. Not to be confused with the shared Contax/Yashica bayonet mount, which has a register similar to that of the M42 mount.

Wrayflex M41.2×26tpi 42.05  

Zeiss Ikon Flektoskop, Flektometer   84.5 (119.35 total)
Zeiss Ikon Panflex   64.5 (99.35 total)
Zenith 3M M39x1 thread 45.46  
Zenit 80 multi start thread 74.1  


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