The new (and amazing!) 0,64x Speed Booster is now in Stock at BHphoto (Click here). As you know that new Speed Booster has a 1.28 crop factor. In Cinema 4K video mode the crop factor is almost identical to Super35 (1.5x). The lens also makes any lens 1.3 stops faster with a maximum possible aperture of f/0.8!!!
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Do any of these work with OMD cameras?
Not this one mentioned : “This adapter can be mounted onto the Panasonic DMC-GH4, GH3, G3, G5, G6,
G10, GF3, GF5, GF6, and GX1 Mirrorless Micro Four Thirds Digital
Cameras; the Olympus PEN E-PL7 Mirrorless Micro Four Thirds Digital
Camera; the Blackmagic Cinema Camera with Micro Four Thirds mount; and
the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera.”
What “any of these”, some 0.72x work with some OM-Ds.
It is hard to find out which adaptors work with the OM-Ds from the website. Metabones also doesn’t seem to respond to emails frequently.
I have the original Nikon G to M43 speed booster, it works on my GH2, GH3 and EM5.
I am using Sigma 18-35 and Nikon 85mm.
What is amazing is the price, you can buy a native Canon DSLR for that money, and not even the worst one.
you are correct, but then canon hasn’t evolved past 720p resolution (that it passes off as 1080p) for nearly all of it’s cameras.
Okay, but the price is still not exactly the most joyful property of this speedbooster.
“The working distance has increased by 1mm to permit use on the Panasonic GH4 and a number of other Micro Four Thirds cameras without touching the flexible outer cover of the camera’s shutter mechanism.”
…tolerances aside, is this really enough clearance for a moving part?
I had the original version and there was just too much light leakage and not enough contrast when compared to native glass. It felt impossible to match two GH4s because of this. It seems to be a common side effect of speed boosters.
Not my experience.
Do you work for Mitakon?
No, just my experience with using the original model. I’ve actually sold all my Canon glass and now have a collection of native lenses.
I still think this is quite surprising. A simple cheap adapter usually won’t leak any light, but the one that is priced like a camera does? Sounds like bad news, this won’t make me decide to ever get one, though i planned to / hesitated since the first rumors.
$650 for this… wow lol
Admin, this is misleading, you know this only works with SLR lenses
>The lens also makes any lens 1.3 stops faster