What does a Metabones speed booster do?
Speed Booster® physically reduces focal length and increases maximum aperture (smaller f-number) of the lens. The “35mm equivalent focal length” is not a focal length at all, but a measure of field of view (FoV).
Where are Metabones made?
Metabones has its engineering in Vancouver, Canada and its headquarters in Hong Kong, with its own production facilities in China. As the leading mount adapter specialist, Metabones is known for its unique designs, workmanship and reliability.
Do I need a speed booster?
The Speed Booster does two primary things: Provides a wider field of view — more of the scene will fit in the frame. Increases brightness by 1 stop (or more) — helps you to expose the image properly.
What is Ibis on Metabones?
User may choose between lens optical image stabilization (OIS) and in-body image stabilization (IBIS) using the lens’ IS switch (except for first-generation Tamron VC lenses). If the lens’ IS switch is ON, lens OIS is used and IBIS is turned off automatically. If lens’ IS switch is OFF, IBIS is used instead.
How do you calibrate Metabones?
To manually calibrate the lens, follow these simple steps.
- Turn on your camera.
- Attach lens to Metabones Speed Booster / Smart Adapter and attach adapter to camera.
- Point at a smooth surface with no contrast, and let autofocus hunt one round-trip between infinity and closest focusing distance.
What is a Metabones Adaptor?
A Metabones adaptor connects a camera to a lens that has an aperture ring on it – these are usually older manual focus lenses. Modern autofocus lenses that do not have an aperture ring and require aperture changes to be made in-camera are not compatible with a Metabones regular adaptor.
What is magnification of Metabones Ultra Speed Booster?
Like the revolutionary original Metabones Speed Booster announced in January 2013, the Speed Booster ULTRA has a magnification of 0.71x, and so it effectively reduces the crop factor of mirrorless cameras with DX-sized sensors, such as Sony E-mount and Fuji X-mount cameras, from 1.5x to 1.07x.
What do you need to know about the speed booster?
What is the Speed Booster? As we reported recently, the Speed Booster is an adapter that allows for a full frame lens to be mounted on APS-C or Micro Four Thirds mirrorless cameras. There are two reasons why this is very big news, and both revolve around the optics inside the adapter.
Is there a speed booster for Micro Four Thirds?
As we reported recently, the Speed Booster is an adapter that allows for a full frame lens to be mounted on APS-C or Micro Four Thirds mirrorless cameras. There are two reasons why this is very big news, and both revolve around the optics inside the adapter.
Is the canon NEX speed booster compatible with AF?
It’s also worth noting that the Canon EF to Sony NEX mount model is currently the only Speed Booster version to support AF at all. And the choice of AF-compatible lenses is limited to Canon EF models introduced in 2006 or later.
