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Reddit mentions of Metabones Speed Booster XL 0.64x Adapter for Full-Frame Canon EF-Mount Lens to Select Micro Four Thirds-Mount Cameras
Sentiment score: 6
Reddit mentions: 7
We found 7 Reddit mentions of Metabones Speed Booster XL 0.64x Adapter for Full-Frame Canon EF-Mount Lens to Select Micro Four Thirds-Mount Cameras. Here are the top ones.
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Canon EF Lens to Micro 4/3 BodySupports In-Camera Aperture Control0.64x Micro 4/3 Crop Factor Compensation1.3-Stop Increase in Lens Apertures6 Optical Elements in 4 Groups
Specs:
| Color | Black |
| Height | 2.9527559025 Inches |
| Length | 2.6377952729 Inches |
| Weight | 0.37037660016 Pounds |
| Width | 1.3779527545 Inches |
The solution is to find a way to afford the Metabones Speedbooster. In my opinion, it's a necessary accessory if you are using Canon glass.
/u/MaveFilms - [here] (https://youtu.be/J4FDn8YX4Ao) is why you want to shoot 4K. - and [here] (https://youtu.be/kIf9h2Gkm_U) is why material originated at 4K looks better on a 1080p monitor than material originated at 1080p.
Bottom line: In late 2016, I would avoid cameras that are limited to 1080p.
And, FYI, the GH4 is not a Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) camera. The "R" refers to the reflex mirror that defines these cameras - while the GH4 has no mirror.
Panasonic calls them "DSLM"s, where the "M" stands for mirrorless.
Of the cameras on your list - the [$1197 (with a free copy of V-LOG) GH4] (https://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-DMC-GH4-Mirrorless-Recording-DMW-SFU1-VLOG/dp/B01D40CASW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=battleforthew-20) with a [$459 Metabones Speedbooster XL] (https://www.amazon.com/Metabones-Booster-Full-Frame-EF-Mount-Thirds-Mount/dp/B011GEMHU4//ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=battleforthew-20) [Referral Links] to reduce the crop would be a much better video camera than the 5D Mark III - with 4 times the video resolution; 1080/96p slow motion (the Canon is limited to 30 fps at 1080p and 60 fps at 720p); compatibility with affordable power zoom lenses, unlimited continuous recording (the 5D Mark III is limited to 30 minutes before it shuts down and has to be restarted), 4:3 aspect ratio video for easy anamorphic de-squeeze, touchscreen autofocus and many other video-centric features.
Here is the image quality the GH4 can produce at 4K with V-LOG (please set Vimeo to 4K and watch at your monitor's highest resolution):
Hope this is helpful - good luck finding the right camera for your needs and best of the holidays to you and yours!
Jump to the Panasonic GH5, then use a metabones speed booster to adapt your Canon EF mount lenses to the micro four thirds Panasonic lens mount.
There's two main adapters worth your while you may or may not be aware of. First the Metabones Speed Booster from Canon to MFT which has full electronic control and reduces the focal length to make it equivalent of having the lens on a APS-C body (roughly). The same happens with aperture making efectively 1 stop brighter and even sharper.
This is an expensive adapter so there's the cheap solution with the Mitakon Zhongyi Lens Turbo II that, unlike the Metabones, does not have electronics but does quite a nice job for around 1/3 of the price. The Nikon version does have an aperture control ring, not sure about the others. You can use a cheap adapter ring to get the Pentax to fit any of these I believe.
As for a tripod I'd look into the AmazonBasics workhorse (I know, I know) that you may be skeptical about, and yes, it's not perfect but for the price it's an amazing piece of gear.
SD Card-wise I have a couple of these and they've been working wonders.
I've seen general praise over SmallRig cage so you may want to look into that. You can get just the basic cage or you can add a handle a ton of other stuff.
I don't think you'd need an external recorder right now and even if you got it, the signal that the G7 outputs it's kind of weak. 8 Bit 4:2:0 as far as I remember (maybe 4:2:2 but the real difference would be 10 Bit). The general rule of thumb is always shoot 4K and use it on 1080 timelines. That makes for a super detailed 1080 image that has room for reframing.
You can get some bang for the buck LED Lights in the Yongnuo Yn 300 III with even cheaper prices if you get a slightly older model. They are not spectacular but I think you can't go wrong for the price and they output quite an amount of light. Here is a review just so you can see them in action. This guy uses a G7 with a Lumix 25mm 1.7 I believe so that may give a more real life scenario.
That's all I can think right now, I hope you find some if this stuff useful and congrats on your purchase, it's an awesome little camera, I think it will work wonders for your kind of projects.
As a canon shooter I was intrigued by this:
> Not got many Micro Four Thirds lenses? Well, if it fits (I have not tried mine with it yet), you can pair the E-M10 III with the EF mount Metabones Speed Booster XL. You’ll get an almost full frame image from your Canon EF lenses, at 1.28x crop in 4K on the E-M10 III with that adapter. Not bad for a $500 camera?
But then I looked up the adapter and it costs more than the camera! ($649 on amazon today).
Yikes!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B011GEMHU4
Take a look at B&H or Amazon if you want to buy new. There's also a pretty large secondary market for Gh4's on Craigslist, which I am always a fan of.
Speedbooster wise, for Canon lenses, at the moment you pretty much have two options for canon lenses: This guy or this guy
Welcome to the club! It's gonna be great.
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