Metabones (Click here) announced the new Canon EF Lens to Micro Four Thirds Speed Booster S which is finally compatible with the Olympus OMD cameras!
This is difference between Normal version and S version of EF-MFT Speed Boosters:
Metabones (Click here) announced the new Canon EF Lens to Micro Four Thirds Speed Booster S which is finally compatible with the Olympus OMD cameras!
This is difference between Normal version and S version of EF-MFT Speed Boosters:
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A totally useless gadget, but the “S” might do the trick. Next version should say “PRO”, it’s even better.
Totally useless comment, but the joke at the end might do the trick.
Excellent, now the huge array of EF lenses can be used on all M4/3 bodies with aperture control.
Perfect for sukkers!
Or it should say ‘Canon’ Then you’d praise it to high heaven and pay any amount wouldn’t you harrydicktom? It just has to have that magic name for you to buy in.
BTW, it’s cute how you spell ‘sukkers’ when you replied to yourself.
Poor clueless zeikon fanboy, I am sorry for your two neurons…
Does that mean you’re going to share your art with us now?
Congrats on your award “braindead and obsessed”. http://Www.flickr.com/photos/brfree for you all… Whoops our Gaykon obscured it… Why? Everybody would be proud of that portfolio LOL.
Now add a ‘Tom’ comment for a sock puppet trifecta.
Good that they made the “corrected” version. Interesting that the lens didn’t require alteration but just the case.
They didn’t just change the case if you’d look at the specs. They’ve taken out the jog-dial button (for aperture control) & external power connection.
I didn’t mention anything about alterations for electronics, only that the lens didn’t require any changes (the lens means all the optical elements inside the objective, objective means the whole thing, in this case the adapter is the whole thing with case, lens and electronics)
don’t you think it’s Olympus instead who should have fixed that hump?
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where’s Olympus own’ 0.5x reducer?
Olympus made their camera by m4/3 specs, it rules the minimal space around bajonet for different objectives.
It is third party manufacturer task to follow the specification of standard to fit their adapter to specs.
You say that the mountain must come to Mohammed, while it is vice versa.
so what do the specs say?
Enough, enough. Go and drink your milk now.
anyone has a calculation for proper m43 format?
what does it mean 0.71 wider as stated on their website?
Is it for 35mm focal lenght?
in this sense one would get very interesting manual zoom lens – ’35mm-150mm’ constant F2.8 lens would be a dream as it covers almost all focal lenght needed, but my calculation might be wrong.
I got it from 17mm – 75mm F2.8 results when I took great (and relatively compact) Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L lens as an example, so please correct me. The price of this lens these days is also very low, considering stellar canon output quality.
Plus with the new version aperture is controlled and exif data are there, so easy to see zoom info or correction of distortion is possible as well.
You should multiply the orignal Canon focal length with 0.71*2.0 to get the 35mm equivalent. So 24-105 f/40 L becomes 34-149 (f/2.8).
This will see thousands of Canon DSLR owners trying and then later switching to M43!
Dream on…
Yeah..yeah…this is just what I want to do..put my full-frame “L” lenses on my MFT camera….This always makes me laugh…WTF? MFT is great ..but this is just the stupidest idea LMAOFOTF.
Hey..while your at it….can you get me an adapter so that I can attach bazooka barrel to my hand gun?
LOL!
So sorry you are stuck in Canon with your big, heavy and expensive L lenses. This adapter is just offering one way out for those who have not so heavily shackled down by Canon and who are still able to make a move. Actually there should be much more than “thousands” of Canon owners who have only got the ordinary lenses, perhaps a hundred thousand, who can make the move without feeling such excruciating pain, as you obviously are. As the mirrorless revolution continues, there will be all you pitiful old souls left behind with their L lenses. So really sorry. The smarter ones will of course cut their loses while their L lenses are still worth good money, but they will be dumped one day and their prices continue to fall as the world moves on. So long, take care…
Matt…you are a tunnel-visioned fool. I embrace both MFT AN FF. (If you notice above I say that MFT is great )…MFT has a lot of pluses. Small size, increased DOF being two of the greatest pluses. …but if I plan on making big enlargements or REALLY need shallow DOF, well…FF is where I am heading…sometimes it really pays dividends to “haul the beast”!
I have two kits and I LOVE them both…but their lenses are going to stay where they perform the best..in their own system. Paying for an adapter full of promises that puts a giant lens on a small camera where it’s IQ is degraded and it auto-focuses butt slow or not at all is not this guys idea of photography. Do you put your bicycle wheels on your car too, Matt????
Mirrorless revolution? that’s bulls%%t. there is no revolution.
The smarter ones? Like you right?
To me that sounds like a decent idea. Especially the improved aperture and modified FOV caused by the Speedbooster makes for some interesting lenses.
The main reason to switch to m43 is the weight saving from the lenses. If you keep the lenses I don’t see people switching…. Who knows though??
True to some extent, but the smaller FD prime lenses are fairly light and compact. The 85mm isn’t much heavier than the M.Zuiko 75mm. There are lenses with no M4/3 equivalent, like the 135mm primes. And if you are on a budget, an happy to focus manually, the 28mm f2 and 50mm f1.8 are was at cheaper than, say, the Oly 25mm and 45mm. Plus those lenses are focus by wire, which isn’t ideal for video.
No equivalent?
Sigma 60mm f2.8 ART. That gives you same angle of view as 120mm on 35mm. And difference in angle of view between 120mm and 135mm is negligible.
Or then you can get Olympus 75mm f1.8 and it gives same angle of view as 150mm on 35mm.
And focus by wire is awesome for video, you just need to learn to do the focus correctly as you can do very quickly the focus to pull from front subject to rear subject accurately, or then do it very slowly more smoothly than geared focus allows.
And best thing is for video, AF tap-to-focus. Just tap the subject on screen and focus moves on it. Something that DSLR can’t do at all or manual focus lenses.
The main buyers for these have been the videographers and filmmakers.
Not the main reason. Just one of them.
Does anyone own one of these converters (even if for another mount)? How is the image quality? Does the depth of field also become shallower or is the +1 stop just for light gathering?
I own a few decent Canon primes (not L glass, but the respectable f/1.8 plastic fantastic 50, 85 and 28).
In addition to the stop of extra light gathering, if my math is correct, that would provide fields of view of 28mm = 40mm, 50mm = 71mm, 85mm = 121mm on M43.
These Canon primes are pretty small and light and are decent quality. If the background blur acts like an f/1.4, I’d be interested. If not, $600 seems like a lot of money to spend on a converter when fast, small, sharp autofocus options are available in similar focal lengths…
600 is a lot of money. That’s two hookers and a bag of blow for a weekend in Mexico. Or, ah…a nice sigma lens second hand. Tough decision.
I was thinking that $600 gets you close to an Olympus 45mm and a 25mm, or most of the way to the 75mm (my very favorite M43 lens).
Different priorities 🙂
If you have an issue with the price, don’t buy it. You can wait for cheap Chinese copies, but you’ll have to accept a loss in quality or functionality because you’ll get what you pay for. If you own a handful of EF-mount lenses, 600 bucks is money well spent for the ability to continue using them with your M43 camera. I personally don’t own any EF-lenses, but the wide selection and decent prices on second-hand EF lenses means I’m ver interested in this product.
the DOF becomes shallower too, it’s physically impossible to gather more light without changing DOF
Thanks
You get one stop more light, because the light is refocused to smaller area = makes light denser.
Same time you gain one stop for narrower depth of field because the optical magnification is smaller (wider angle of view) so you can move little bit closer.
And as bonus you get less CA and sharper image, because the light is refocused to smaller area, so all the optical flaws are “tighter” (smaller). It is like if you had CA previously on native mount camera around 2-3 pixels, with this adapter you have 1-1.5 pixels CA.
So one stop more light, sharper image, less optical flaws, wider angle of view.
If you get Canon body, you don’t gain one stop light, you don’t get sharper image, you have all the optical flaws but you get optimal use of imagine circle so you get widest angle of view.
It is your pick.
Man, this is a lot of nonsense in one post. I wouldn’t know where to start.
Don’t start, this guy is hopeless 🙂
Nonsense that doesn’t know how to start spewing nonsense. Amazing.
Thanks!
Be careful mate, that’s a bunch of nonsense.
Pls elaborate
I normally charge for this, so I will stick to the basics. I assume a comparison with an APS-C sensor, which yields a similar focal length:
1) inserting a lens will degrade image quality.
2) everything is smaller on a smaller sensor, also aberrations; but then you will have to magnify it more to match the desired output size, so you will magnify the aberrations again, and than some.
3) you won’t get any light bonus, because the larger sensor will behave better with any given amount of light.
4) same as 3) for dof.
5) Go and read Roger Cicala’s actual hands on experience with the SpeedBoosters and then come back here, troll.
Go and learn the basics, useless twt.
‘Note 4. Some improperly-made M42 screw mount adapters may short the electronic
contacts of the Smart Adapter and cause damage to the Smart Adapter
and/or camera body.’
It’s good that they mention this, but it does make me wonder which ones of the improperly made will and which ones won’t short the electronic contacts.
I need an alpha to M43 speed booster. They don’t make one. I guess I”m stuck in the bumper to bumper lane.
Is there a reason why the GX7 I sent mentioned in any of the models?
Translation from last post: is there a reason why the GX7 isn’t mentioned in any of the models?
Ugh, I sold off all of my L lenses already. I guess it’s time to buy new versions LOL. I thought this adapter got announced over a year ago because I remember Phillip Bloom talking about it for some reason. The 85LII is definitely on my list again but I would love an ultra wide angle.
Cool.
More ways for Metapoop to screw M4/3 users…..
Man… all these haters. Don’t buy it if you don’t need or want it. Rest of us will be having fun and shooting great stuff. If you HONESTLY can’t even put yourself in the mind of someone who has a use for this product, then you’re too dumb to have the right to voice your opinion.
If you can see yourself using this product, you are too dumb to voice your opinion.
That comment makes no sense at all. The EF mount covers a huge selection of lenses in a huge range of qualities and prices. Plenty of excellent glass at low prices. Even if I didn’t already own several EF lenses, I would be interested in this product especially if shooting video, where manual aperture and focus are ideal. So the reason for buying one is perfectly logical. If you have an issue with the price, wait year or so for a cheaper Chinese knock-off with wonky glass and bitch about that instead. 600 bucks is well worth it, if it means I can continue to use several lenses.
Yes, like 120mm portrait lens (rather compact) with OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD image quality and F/0.85? (using Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II lens )
Who would want that…let me think (note, I _bet_ image quality will be better that Noctiron and you get one stop of light as well. You loose AF though)
or replace MISSING 35mm lens in m43 (note: there isn’t ONE!!! mushy olympus 17mm f1.8 or blue-hazed old noisy slow focusing Panasonic 20mm F1.8 which is my fav lens, but hey, has its flaws!) with finally STELLAR!! optical quality of now Canon 34mm F1.0 lens!! That is TWO STOPs faster than any m43 lens in that area with unmatched optical quality – whoever used Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II will know.
So why would I use them? Well… let me think….
manual focus is no longer a bummer on new m43 bodies (with focus peaking and what not) and DOF with f/0.85 and f/1.0 is not an issue either…
if you can afford it… really tempting for me
If you put that on a Rebel / 60D, with no crummy adaptor, you will get a better result and full function. You can even track moving objects. Just a thought.
ah, but WHAT IF – you have an EF lens or two and a micro four thirds camera? Would this product POSSIBLY be of interest? (let me help you out there. YES)
Let me think: it costs as much as an EOS camera, it degrades iq, it will never focus as well as an EOS camera, it will force your pics into that tiny sensor… Your brain says yes, who am I to object?
That comment makes no sense at all. The EF mount covers a huge selection of lenses in a huge range of qualities and prices. Plenty of excellent glass at low prices. Even if I didn’t already own several EF lenses, I would be interested in this product especially if shooting video, where manual aperture and focus are ideal. So the reason for buying one is perfectly logical. If you have an issue with the price, wait year or so for a cheaper Chinese knock-off with wonky glass and complain about that instead. 600 bucks is well worth it, if it means I can continue to use several lenses.
I’m afraid, Yun, you are the dumb one. Panasonic is great for videos. This thing brings the Panasonic sensor even closer to Super 35 standard.
Do you really want a reply or are you happy knowing we laugh at you?
man laugh away I don’t give a flying… I’m just amazed how many people don’t understand what this “gadget” does. People hating on it for the price alone instead of being happy it exists. Why don’t you just accept it’s too expensive for you and go away?
600 bucks will buy an EOS camera that will work”slightly” better with Canon lenses. Choices are nice but this one is comical.
Frankly, all 43 and m43 offerings do not match my idea of “choice”. The new compacts with larger sensor are the first product from those manufacturer, which might cut it. They are late to the party, but that does not make them bad.
So why are you here?
Because I can.
kipon EOS-M43 AF/AE support
http://www.kipon.com/articledetail.asp?id=69
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2aWIrNO1Qo