Autofocus not working (bmpcc4k)

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Autofocus not working (bmpcc4k)

PostThu Mar 12, 2020 2:47 pm

Hello, I bought the Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera 4k with a speedbooster Viltrox EF-M2 II. My lense is Canon 24-105L. When I set up my camera, neither the IS or autofocus worked. I fixed the IS problem with a downgrade of Viltrox to version 2.3. But the autofocus is still not working - button doesn’t do anything. Did any of you have a similar problem? :)
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Re: Autofocus not working (bmpcc4k)

PostThu Mar 12, 2020 2:53 pm

zahry77 wrote:Hello, I bought the Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera 4k with a speedbooster Viltrox EF-M2 II. My lense is Canon 24-105L. When I set up my camera, neither the IS or autofocus worked. I fixed the IS problem with a downgrade of Viltrox to version 2.3. But the autofocus is still not working - button doesn’t do anything. Did any of you have a similar problem? :)


I have a sigma and with the same viltrox and it works occasionally. I heard that the metabones works great but its four times the cost.

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Re: Autofocus not working (bmpcc4k)

PostThu Mar 12, 2020 2:54 pm

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=87267&p=596679&hilit=viltrox#p596679

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=109040&p=602384&hilit=viltrox#p602384

You might try the forum search function with the keyword "Viltrox" - should give you a good overview of the issue.
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Re: Autofocus not working (bmpcc4k)

PostThu Mar 12, 2020 5:08 pm

I had the same Viltrox and it didn't work. I bought the much much better metabones adapter which is specially designed for the Pocket: https://www.metabones.com/products/details/MB_SPEF-m43-BTA
It works very good!
Viltrox just don't work.
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Re: Autofocus not working (bmpcc4k)

PostFri Mar 13, 2020 12:27 am

It seems to work for some. Why so strict, even if you can afford a Metabones?
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Re: Autofocus not working (bmpcc4k)

PostTue May 04, 2021 11:18 am

anyone found a solution for this (viltrox)?
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Re: Autofocus not working (bmpcc4k)

PostTue May 04, 2021 11:23 am

Yes, don't buy it. Sorry to say but Metabones is much better.

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