Now we have the poor man’s Full frame thanks to Metabones Speed Booster!
Metabones Speed Booster – FS100 vs 5D Mark III from Andrew Reid on Vimeo.
The Metabones Speed Booster may be the highlight of the moment. We have two new reviews out there that underline the superb image quality you get thanks to the Speed Booster. Andrew from EosHD (Click here) wrote a long review is extremely surprised by the good performance of the adapter. There is almost not problem, just a tiny bit of sharpness loss on the corners. And the second test has been done by Robert from Lensrentals (Click here). And he likes it a lot: “The Speed Booster does what they said it would do, much to my shock and surprise“.
The Metabones adapter suddenly makes your lens faster and wider giving you a more “Full Frame” rendering. At least so is what reviewers tell us. Can’t wait to test it on my mirrorless camera! You can preorder the adapter at Metabones directly. Or if you prefer save this search on Slidoo to get notified when it will be available on eBay too.
camaman
5 months ago |Nice!
can we confirm now that this math:
m4/3 FOV equiv = F * 0.71 * 2.0 = F * 1.42,
in terms of depth of field, that ƒ/1.2 aperture is equivalent to ƒ1.2 * 1.4 * 1.4 = ƒ/2.4.
APS-C FOV equiv = F * 0.71 * 1.53 = F * 1.086
taken from here is legit and final?
http://diglloyd.com/blog/2013/20130114_6-Metabones-Speed-Booster-Caldwell.html
http://diglloyd.com/blog/2013/20130114_5-Metabones-Speed-Booster.html
Zeiss
4 months ago |In terms of depth of field, that ƒ/1.2 aperture is equivalent to f/0.9 in m4/3 after using Speed Booster.
Nico Foto
5 months ago |Pretty amazing stuff what metabones has done. A simple and brilliant idea. What’s not to like? Great news for guerrilla filmmakers.
Wonder when the micro four thirds adapter is coming
Dacia
4 months ago |And just how exactly is this contraption the “poor man’s full frame”?! Are we just parroting syntagms without an understanding of the meaning?
Let’s whip out the humble calculator. First, we have a the camera body, that oes from 200EUr for the older ones to circa 1000EUR for the top NEX. Second, let’s take a small value for a 35mm lens, say 50-100EUR. And, finally, third, this “poor man’s” device comes to at least 450EUR. Add the three figures and we come up with anything from 700EUR for a first generation NEX body and run-of-the-mill lens combo to anything beyond 1500EUR for top of the line NEX and lens.
In my book, that does not equal to “poor man’s” anything. Though, maybe, we are talking Saudi Arabia equiv. of “poor man” here and I’m not aware of it.