The video on top shows again the soon to be market Contax G to E-mount electronic adapter. It will be sold soon while the Canon EF to NEX version is now available on [shoplink 17542 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Speed Booster news: The request of the adpaters is soo high that all Speed Boosters are out of Stock at Metabones website. The only exception is the Alpa to NEX adapter (yes Alpa and not Alpha!). And two adpaters are for sale in Europe (on eBay via Slidoo).
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Wish I could understand what he said. i tried . . . really.
“thank you for watching bye bye”
I understand easily, but wait, ho… you can hear but you need un brain to understand. Sorry, we cant help you…
You also need a brain to be able to write properly…
I am not a native english speaker. I can not, frankly, many times understand people with thick regional accents (like northern England or Scottland) but I can understand the gist of what they are saying. I understand 80% of what this guy is saying and I find it difficult to believe that many do not understand him. I sometimes get a sense of slight discrimination when something like ‘I can’t understand him’ comes up with native speakers.
I am not native speaker too, but i dont understand him. I can understand the gist, because i can read title…
I think, that this would be better to speak in native and use english subtitles. 🙂
I really feel the same. For me the tragic thing is as those people mostly speak one foreign language at best. Often they aren’t even very good at that one. It’s that notion of saying anyone is speaking English anyway. By the way this is completely ignoring that actually more people speak Chinese then English.
While one can understand through the context and the video what he is actually saying, he speaks pretty badly and frankly, talking about “discrimination” is preposterous. Preposterous.
No, it isn’t preposterous. It is veiled racism.
Saying that someone is speaking a certain language badly when they do speak it badly is veiled racism? Care to explain that and defend your preposterous argument?
FFS Vlad stop being a knob. If you can’t tell the difference between somebody who genuinely can’t understand somebody and a veiled racist comment, then you need to get out more.
Thought so, Frank. You can’t, so you went with the insult.
I like how everyone seems to be more concerned with that guy’s accent than the actual product.
Well, he is presenting the product. What is more concerning is what western sensibilities have become nowadays, when it is even impossible to say that someone is speaking badly without getting accused of being a racist.
I can understand what he said no less but still found his English very amusing and, may I say, entertaining. 😀 Nevertheless, good job bro!
as least he is sincerely advise you to turn off the camera before attached on/off… at least he tried with the video, not like u just type a few words on the web
I understood everything he said.
People who say they can’t understand what he’s saying just aren’t trying hard enough. That being said, he’s trying to sell a product or inform people on how to use it. The heavy accent is enough to detract from the presentation. These videos would be much more effective if he just spoke in chinese and put english subtitles.
Or just had someone else do it who could speak a little better. Maybe an ego thing here?
i agree they should’ve (and easily could’ve) done a better job presenting the product. all this discussion about his accent (and grammar) is really distracting and unnecessary.
I don’t think there is anything wrong with his English nor do I understand someone commenting on it rather than the adapter. It’s just as bad as the 54mb guy clogging up these comments.
Wondering: Did he say that the lens had to be used wide open? Does the adapter not control the aperture?
Contax G lenses have fully mechanical aperture diaphragms. The original Contax G1 and G2 film cameras were not able to control the aperture of Contax G lenses either. The camera bodies didn’t even know the aperture setting of the lens! It was perfectly fine for a rangefinder whose focusing is NOT TTL (through the lens). Think Leica. There was no program mode or shutter priority mode. Only aperture priority and manual exposure.
So, the adapter does not, and should not be expected to control the aperture of the Contax G lens.
Thank you. I revisited the message and saw the mechanical aperture ring. What you wrote makes perfect sense. Thanks for the heads up.
it is very difficult for someone to speak another language,especially when they aren’t fluid enough to speak as smooth as americans.
But he should not be made fun off because he isn’t proficient as some would want him to be.
Could he have had someone else do the presentation..Yes, but dont chastise him for trying.
Have a little compassion, and respect please.
I’ve heard some americans, who cant speak english all that clearly, let alone a foreigner.
THIS
Could you, please, point to a comment here which is “making fun of”, let alone “chastising” the guy? People merely mentioned that they do not understand him well enough.
it would be really nice to know differences between the two chines EF to NEX electronic adapters, which one is best?
DEO :
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DEO-Canon-EOS-EF-EF-S-lens-to-Sony-NEX-E-adapter-AF-AUTOFOCUS-USM-I-S-Work-/181093083503?pt=US_Lens_Adapters_Mounts_Tubes&hash=item2a29fd296f
R.J :
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Canon-EOS-EF-EF-S-lens-to-Sony-NEX-E-adapter-AF-AUTOFOCUS-IS-APERTURE-NEX7-FS700-/360509211176?pt=US_Lens_Adapters_Mounts_Tubes&hash=item53f0060228