This will make quite some people happy here: Metabones just announced the new Olympus OM to Micro Four Thirds Speed Booster adapter! It has the following Features:
- Increase maximum aperture by 1 stop.
- Increase MTF.
- Makes lens 0.71x wider.
- Optics designed by Caldwell Photographic in the USA (patent pending).
- The tripod foot is detachable and compatible with Arca Swiss, Markins, Photo cam ball heads.
I am an OM lens owner too so this is a great day for me too 🙂
As you know there are a huge amount of OM lenses we can use! This is just the list of the prime lenses…Click on the link to check the price and auctions on eBay: [shoplink 28869 ebay]21mm f/2.0 and 21mm f/3.5 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28870 ebay]24mm f/2.0 and 24mm f/2.8 and 24mm f/3.5 shift lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28871 ebay]28mm f/2.0 and 28mm f/2.8 and 28mm f/3.5 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28872 ebay]35mm f/2.0 and 35mm f/2.8 and 35mm f/2.8 shift lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28873 ebay]40mm f/2.0 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28874 ebay]50mm f/1.2 and 50mm f/1.4 and 50mm f/1.8 and 50mm f/2.0 macro and 50mm f/3.5 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28876 ebay]55mm f/3.5 macro lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28880 ebay]85mm f/2.0 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28881 ebay]90mm f/2.0 macro lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28882 ebay]100mm f/2.0 and 100mm f/2.8 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28884 ebay]135mm f/2.8 and 135mm f/3.5 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28885 ebay]180mm f/2.0 and 180mm f/2.8 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28886 ebay]200mm f/4.0 and 200mm f/5.0 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28887 ebay]250mm f/2.0 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28888 ebay]300mm f/4.5 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28889 ebay]350mm f/2.8 lens[/shoplink],, [shoplink 28890 ebay]400mm f/6.4 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28891 ebay]500mm f/8.0 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28892 ebay]600mm f/6.6 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28893 ebay]1000mm f/11 lens[/shoplink].
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This is great news indeed, got to have it! Can’t wait to slap my Zuiko 50mm/F1.2 on it, I’ld get the FF equivalent of a 70mm/F0.95 lens or something? Drool…
No you don’t, keep the good money.
I guess 35mm FOV, no 70mm. Am I wrong here?
But it should act as a 70mm because of m43.
did you see that conversion table list posted earlier? its very useful.
Would be more like 70mm (in 35mm fov terms) and F0.86 light intensity.
I think mitakon has a similar lens 80mm F0.85.
Just an opinion folks, but I don’t think we need anymore width. We have lots of wide lenses and now a means to make existing lenses wider. Give me a quality teleconverter, please.
I just want EF. Then i can adapt almost anything else.
Still waiting for a proper EF to MFT. Any updates?
The attached chart may be useful to some folks. (Last cell-bottom right-should read “2.8/5.6”)
whaw …didnt realized my lovely 50 1.8 will turn to 1.2 …..pretty cool! ..but with the focal reducer 0,7 …I think I would like buy the 85mm f/2
thats a practical conversion tabel. It prevents getting those awful dof discussions.
Thanks for sharing the conversion chart! Very useful, indeed!
I’m actually glad it will make the lenses not quite as long with 2x crop factor. My 50mm f1.4 can now be a 71mm f1.0/2.0! Excellent! Not a bad portrait length at all with very useful brightness and shallower DOF!
Wow, that’s really useful, thanks !
I’m glad the cooperative nature of this site hasn’t disappeared among all the trolling, this is how this site use to be originally, lots of tips and info being shared between users and none of the gear obsessed trolls.
Back on topic, I hope metabones extends their speedbooster adapters to other mounts as well, maybe someday they’ll even be able to actually achieve a decent IQ at 0.5x magnification so that we can get 1:1 FF equivalency, that would finally shut up all the naysayers.
Anyway ,Thank you again.
The F1.2 aperture speed becomes F0.86. F1.8 will capture as an F1.3 and F4 => 2.8.
gnagnagnagnagna,
I want a K to m43……
DEAR METABONES! PLEASE! PRETTY PLEASE!! Create an M42 and PK Speedbooster for Micro Four Thirds! That’s the only legacy lens mounts that I currently use!
That’s $400.00 in US Bones. Ouch!!!!!!!!!
Will wait for second hand 😉
I agree on EF to mFT like other mention… these other ones are nice and all, but the majority of people seem to be wanting EF. What gives?
Don’t wat to piss on the parade, but – did they fix adapter body, so it can be mounted on e-m1 too, without being physically obstructed?
Do you think OM 50/1.2 compatible with this adapter?
Yes! I am going to use my OM 55/1.2 lens with this adapter.
Have you tried? Previously metabones stated that very wide lenses might not see T-stop increase, or not compatible at all.
BTW, about your 55/1.2 – what does Auto-S means?
I haven’t tried because the speed booster was just released! As for the Auto in the name, not sure what that means..it’s a manual lens.
The “Auto” probably refers to the fact that while you choose the aperture manually, the aperture doesn’t stop down until you press the shutter. It’s common now for lenses designed for SLRs, but it wasn’t always so. For a “non-auto” lens look at the Voigtländer lenses for M43.
I’m a bit unsure about the “S”. It could simply mean that it’s a “Standard” lens, but sometimes manufacturers used letters like that to refer to different revisions, different coatings or different construction.
It does. The Auto-W, Auto-S and Auto-T labels on the front ring of OM Zuiko lenses were used to mark the Wide, Standard and Tele lenses.
Do you use the 55mm as a portrait lens at the moment? Very nice at f2.
Yes, I used it often before I got the Oly 75/1.8!
So it may be that I am stupid. But given the prices on e-bay why would someone without any of the above lenses buy the metabooster?
Drat, I got tired of waiting and sold my 50mm f1.2 Ahhh well, to buy them both back I may as well just get the 42.5mm VL instead.
So which OM primes are nice, small, sharp?
The 50mm f1.2 is gorgeous, small, sharp, good contrast and multi-coated. The 55mm is not – soft, larger and lacking in multi-coating.
Stop the 55mm down to f2 and it is sharp and works well as it is on m43 as a portrait lens. Wide open and with white in the shot and it has real problems.
50/55 f/1.2 – they are probably great considering the speed, but they are not so sharp. I’ve done some comparision and they are softer at f/1.4 than OM 50mm OM f/1.4. And I think it is the lens worth mentioning here.
I would also like 135mm f/2.8.
I have an Oly OM 135mm f2.8. Stopped down a bit , it’s pretty damn sharp, but has very nice rendering. Sure, a 135mm isn’t exactly small, but it’s a great lens.
100mm f2.8 is great. 40mm f2 is also nice. Even a 200mm f4 can produce good results. 135mm f3.5 not so good. Better to go for the 2.8. 55mm as already mentioned is very nice but not wide open.
The 85mm F2.0 is stellar.
The Zuiko Macro 50mm/F2 for OM is one of the sharpest standard lenses ever made and relatively light (320 g). The 90mm/F2 Macro and 100mm/F2 are also very good but rather big and heavy (550 g / 520 g) for OM lenses.
They really need k-mount and m42 adapters. There is a ton of second-hand lenses for these mounts.
An M42 mount version would be great.
I have couple of Asahi Pentax SMC Takumar lenses (50mm f1.4 and 105mm f2.8) that might be fun to use!
It would be great if Metabones could produce a Tilt-Shift speedbooster , that would be amazing! Although I think it would be quite a niche product if at all possible.
Pray Jesus he gives you some brain… I am so sorry for your poor mother.
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Admin, can you please ban this guy’s IP for the love of decent intellectual debate ? I’m sure this is the same guy who’s been ruining every thread on this site for the past months, you did a great job with the new comment system, but please, ban this clown’s IP so he can’t come here anymore. I’m sure everyone else is sick and tired of this situation so this is my last response to him, so please, ban his IP.
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Lot’s of people don’t have fixed IP addresses and get a different one every time they turn off or re-boot their router, so your suggestion might not work.
Good points guys, thanks.
Just restrain yourself, don’t reply, and down vote the comment. He got a rise and a lengthy post from you, exactly what he was hoping for. If you ignore them they go away.
Fair comment apart from the fact that Disqus does not count negative votes, information from Disqus help.
Time to make Konica AR to MFT!
I have an OM 50mm f1.2. Tempted.
Could be interesting with the 180mm F2.0 and 250mm f2.0 at those focal you get very low DoF better than most systems at the equivalent focal. Adding IBIS to the mix and those start to be very usable…
You might find the 300mm F2.0 Nikon before you find the 250mm F2.0 OM lens since there were 450 300mm F2.0 lenses made and I bet there were less than that of the 250mm F2.0 OM lenses made.
At that point that was purely theorical, and the Nikkon at 7.5 kg is heavier than the Olympus (3.9 kg) for just 50mm. Any estimate exist on how many 250mm were made?
You get a shallow depth of field with the 180mm f2, just as it is. I can’t say I have ever wished it to be shallower. And it’s very usable hand held with IBIS.
http://i1351.photobucket.com/albums/p794/An0nemu5/dc3_zps551de8a8.jpg
with full body people shots you wont get this on mft with this lens I think
Exactly, on MFT this lens is a 360mm lens which is nice but with the SB it becomes a 255mm which give it more versatility and actually a great focal for Fashion shots.
Is there a meta bones speed booster micro four thirds lenses?
No, that would be impossible unless you are trying to adapt them to a camera with a smaller sensor.
This is great, but i still in need of the electronic EF speedbooster.
All you need is an EF mount SpeedBooster and adapters. 90% manual lens mounts would be met.
EF !!!!
We should just refuse to buy any of the m43 Speedboosters. Once sales drop drastically they would be forced to finally come out with the EF version. The others will mainly quickly become redundant.
And exactly why should I take a EF version when I do not have anything from Canon?
Because you can fit Olympus OM, Pentax K, Pentax M42, Nikon G, Nikon F, Leica R, Converted Canon FD, Some Minolta, Tamron adaptall, T-mount, Contax Yashica, Mamiya 645, Pentax 6×7 and 645, Arri….
ALL on an EF mount using cheaper simpler adapters.
Well there are cheap and simple adapters for OM to M43 too (I have one, bought it for 19 euro or so). If decently priced I will however consider this metabones thing for my 3 OM lenses. And buying a Canon camera for cheaper adapters kind of defeats the whole purpose isn’t it :P.
Or am I misunderstanding this and yous ay that I should get an EF mount adapter and then screw one of these on? (That would like weird and cluncky, is that even possible?)
So, yeah misunderstanding;)
Very possible – I use an EF mount focal reducer and cheap adapter for several lens mounts and it works fine. They’ll use the same glass in any adapter, so instead of paying for it multiple times, get it once, and adapt the lens to it. It’s just like adapting the lens to a canon body when you have the reducer on your MFT camera.
It’s not clunky – I actually just leave cheap adapters on my lenses so they can just be attached whenever.
There’s multiple benefits to this.
If you have multiple types of lenses you’re spending less
If you swapping lenses, there’s less to swap. so it’s easier and faster
When buying lenses, you can just go for the best price in any mount
When selling lenses you can sell to more buyers
Con
More adapters may have more play in using the lens (this can be tightened on the cheap adapter with a screw driver)
IHere’s a link where I’m tested Nikon F and a converted FD
http://beomagi.blogspot.com/2014/03/evaluating-cheap-focal-reducer-with.html