New MFT to Nikon Speedbooster adapter

New MFT to Nikon Speedbooster from Fotodiox for $159


http://fotodioxpro.com/index.php/the-vi ... af100.html

Oh nice. Wonder how good the optical element is...

Cool!

What about MFT to MFT ... and then a lot of cheap adapter for any lens to MFT Pocket mount.
C-mount,PL,OCT-18,19,Nikanon,M,39-SML.....
Thoughts?

Space would be the main issue. The next would be that any MFT lens (or any crop sensor lens for that matter) would vignette.

It's designed to shrink a full frame image circle down so it is smaller on a crop sensor.

Fotodiox regular version of Nikon to MFT adaptor has major issues with infinity focus. Customer service non existent: email not answered, phone calls not returned. I would tread very carefully.

New MFT to Nikon Speedbooster from Fotodiox for $159


http://fotodioxpro.com/index.php/the-vi ... af100.html

A little competition for the Metabones Speed Booster. Maybe the thread title should include the description Light Cannon?

Rick Lang
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Fotodiox regular version of Nikon to MFT adaptor has major issues with infinity focus. Customer service non existent: email not answered, phone calls not returned. I would tread very carefully.

Thanks for the heads up Dimitry

@Chris - Speedbooster became a synonym for those types of devices (like Kleenex for paper tissues) so everybody knows, what it's all about.

And by the way, "Light Canon" - really? What where they thinking?

Fotodiox regular version of Nikon to MFT adaptor has major issues with infinity focus. Customer service non existent: email not answered, phone calls not returned. I would tread very carefully.

Mmmm, maybe that is why the have this at the end of the description: "Infinity focusing is guaranteed."
But we will have to see some tests first! Hope it does.
They don't mention anything about the increased resolution MTF, unlike the SpeedBooster, hope it does increase it too... cuz prize is not bad hehehe!
Thanks for the shared info Frank!
Cheers,

Noob Question: Will it do electronic aperture control? Or do you still need to be rocking a manual lens?

Might think of getting one for the pocket cam if that's a possibility.

It's not electronic, however the blue dial on the center's a "manual" override for Nikon G glass. So it works like their other Nikon G adapters, but with the focal reducer built in.

As much as I want this to be EF mount, the price is pretty good, it ships immediately, so I bought one to try out with BV1-MFT and some Zeiss ZFs, and will definitely put it on le Pocket Cam when it comes time.

Fotodiox regular version of Nikon to MFT adaptor has major issues with infinity focus. Customer service non existent: email not answered, phone calls not returned. I would tread very carefully.

Mmmm, maybe that is why the have this at the end of the description: "Infinity focusing is guaranteed."
But we will have to see some tests first! Hope it does.
They don't mention anything about the increased resolution MTF, unlike the SpeedBooster, hope it does increase it too... cuz prize is not bad hehehe!
Thanks for the shared info Frank!
Cheers,

Well yes, that's what they say. When I was purchasing my adaptor (not a new one) not only their web page and their amazon store said "infinity focus guaranteed" they actually had an image of the adaptor attached to one of the very lenses I own. Guess what — no infinity focus with any of my nikon lenses at the apertures below f/11.

I don't understand why no one makes these in EF, passive. Obviously they think only active EF mounts get bought, however with a passive BMCC it's obsolete.

Also, I can adapt so much to EF; like M42, Leica R, Olympus OM, Contax/Yashica and even Nikon. I don't understand why Metabones tries to feed us with Leica R and C/Y when they could easily come up with a passive EF one and sell them BIG TIME. I don't even own a single Canon AF Lens, coming from Canon DSLRs.
I swear, when the first one (Metabones, Fotodiox, Zhongy Lens Turbo, maybe a fourth?) releases EF->MFT "Speedbooster", I order it blind.

Isn't it a PITA to work with a lens, where you can't change the iris?
I don't understand why someone would want to have a passive EF adapter.
I really doubt, that a lot of folks would buy such a thing, instead of waiting for an active one.

Space would be the main issue. The next would be that any MFT lens (or any crop sensor lens for that matter) would vignette.

It's designed to shrink a full frame image circle down so it is smaller on a crop sensor.

Yep,seem no sense MFT to MFT,but a lot of sense with the Pocket s16. The 0.72x get approximate 2x crop like MFT sensor size,isn´t?
Is a little bit paradoxical but could enjoy MFT lens on the Pocket without crop.

I don´t know,I don´t have any MFT lens. Just hope to use my Lomo anamorphic and other FF lens in the Pocket with x2 crop,non with x2.88 crop.

I don´t think Speedbooster develop MFT to OCT-19,so MFT-EOS-OCT-19 could work

Any way,I have a friend who bought the Nikon one,now he want sell it and buy the EOS to adapt other lens.
Nikon is just for Nikon...no thanks!

by reading the subject i thought metabones have released their mft to nikon speedbooster and got very excited (;-). would love to see some footage and hear from someone who ones it how good it is.

Fotodiox regular version of Nikon to MFT adaptor has major issues with infinity focus. Customer service non existent: email not answered, phone calls not returned. I would tread very carefully.

Mmmm, maybe that is why the have this at the end of the description: "Infinity focusing is guaranteed."
But we will have to see some tests first! Hope it does.
They don't mention anything about the increased resolution MTF, unlike the SpeedBooster, hope it does increase it too... cuz prize is not bad hehehe!
Thanks for the shared info Frank!
Cheers,

Well yes, that's what they say. When I was purchasing my adaptor (not a new one) not only their web page and their amazon store said "infinity focus guaranteed" they actually had an image of the adaptor attached to one of the very lenses I own. Guess what — no infinity focus with any of my nikon lenses at the apertures below f/11.

Wow, that's really bad. I hope this one works. Will have to wait and see.
And it's true what you say about their customer service, it's just BS. The only time I had a question, I called and email them several times, and never got an answer. Thanks on the info on the other adapters thou, if a ever need a Nikon to MFT I know wich one not to get...

Isn't it a PITA to work with a lens, where you can't change the iris?
I don't understand why someone would want to have a passive EF adapter.
I really doubt, that a lot of folks would buy such a thing, instead of waiting for an active one.

On a BMCC you don't have an active MFT mount, so you can't change it anyway. There's only this Redrock Adapter with external power who could do this. Or what do you mean? For BMCC users, an active one is obsolete.
Also you could build a batch of 50 and see if they sell; I bet they would.

I don't own a single AF Lens for the EF mount; and could easily get a C/Y or a Leica R on a Canon EF. Why should I get a Leica R when I could buy a Canon EF (passive) and had more options?

best Regards from Berlin

Well I've just ordered one.

I hope it does what it says on the tin. Will let you know.

Jules

Well I've just ordered one.
I hope it does what it says on the tin. Will let you know.

fingers crossed, really hope it does!

Fotodiox regular version of Nikon to MFT adaptor has major issues with infinity focus. Customer service non existent: email not answered, phone calls not returned. I would tread very carefully.

I've have had the Fotodiox Nikon G to MFT adapter since the GH1 days. I used it with the GH1, GH2, AF100, and it is now on my BMCC. Focus was always able to reach infinity with every lens I put on it on all the cameras I listed. I have had zero issues with it.

Here are the list of lenses I use on it daily:
Tokina 11-16
Sigma 17-50
Nikkor 20mm f3.5 AI
Nikkor 28mm f2.8 E Series
Nikkor 35mm f2 AF-D
Nikkor 50mm f1.4 AF-D
Nikkor 85mm f1.8 AF-D
Nikkor 105mm f2.5 AI-s
Nikkor 135mm f2.8 AI-s

I have also used many other lenses like the Nikkor 70-200 f2.8 without issue.

Fotodiox regular version of Nikon to MFT adaptor has major issues with infinity focus. Customer service non existent: email not answered, phone calls not returned. I would tread very carefully.

I've have had the Fotodiox Nikon G to MFT adapter since the GH1 days. I used it with the GH1, GH2, AF100, and it is now on my BMCC. Focus was always able to reach infinity with every lens I put on it on all the cameras I listed. I have had zero issues with it.

Here are the list of lenses I use on it daily:
Tokina 11-16
Sigma 17-50
Nikkor 20mm f3.5 AI
Nikkor 28mm f2.8 E Series
Nikkor 35mm f2 AF-D
Nikkor 50mm f1.4 AF-D
Nikkor 85mm f1.8 AF-D
Nikkor 105mm f2.5 AI-s
Nikkor 135mm f2.8 AI-s

I have also used many other lenses like the Nikkor 70-200 f2.8 without issue.

I have a Fotodiox Pro Nikon F to MFT with shift. Manual glass here. (Have no issues with novo flex adaptor)

Just ordered one. I let you guys know how it plays with the BMC, as soon as it is here.

Cupon code is "facebook" by the way - gets you an $23.99 discount.

I just grabbed one too, thanks for the discount code! I would rather get the metabones one but its kinda hard when its not available. I dont expect the Nikon version to come anytime soon so at least this will increase the usability of the pocket cam when it arrives next month...hahaha

Awesome, keep us posted

Just ordered one. I let you guys know how it plays with the BMC, as soon as it is here.

Cupon code is "facebook" by the way - gets you an $23.99 discount.

Shipped pretty fast, my adapter's in California now so it should be out for delivery earlier tomorrow. Have some sketches shooting tomorrow and some corporate stuff in a Salon (Hair, my favorite!) so will post stills pretty soon.

Using Zeiss ZFs with the Light Cannon.

Awesome Kholi, since it takes at least a week for mine to cross the ocean, I can't wait to see what you get.

Just saw the first tests on Personal-View - looks like it's completely useless.

A homebuilt 35mm adapter, smeared with grease looks better.
Dammed, I just ordered one - looks like it goes straight back without even coming out of the box.

http://personal-view.com/talks/discussi ... and-nex/p5

cant believe it, are they serious?
while metabones teamed up with Caldwell Photographic, theese guys teamed up with lego and playmobil for their glass......

Frank,

I looked at the personal view link and saw the results. Spot on with the grease. One person mentioned though that there weren't any instructions with it. Could it be that the optical element needed to be tweaked in some way to get it to work properly. It's hard to imagine someone would sell a product that looks like that!

I have no idea, gonna report back as soon as mine arrives.

I know it feels kinda odd now, but I got an answer on my eMail if anyone is interested:

Thanks for contacting us, and hello back from Chicago!

We greatly appreciate your kind remarks, and to answer your questions,

We are planning on making a EOS version without electronic connection. So for the EOS people, it can only be used at wide open aperture.
WE will have this product in a months time.

Feel free to contact us with more questions.

I felt free and conacted again, with the question if the units might have been faulty or set up wrong. We'll see

Yet their booth at NAB was almost as big as Canon's (almost!!!)

damn, I agree its not even useful, I just wrote to them I dont even want to test it but I might. It is going back though shame on them thinking this is ok to put out on the market.

Looks like they realized what just hit them.

Here's the newest Tweet:

Fotodiox Inc @Fotodiox
@FrankGlencairn We are working on a new and updated version. Find out more on our facebook page.

Thank you to everyone that bought the Light Cannon. Fotodiox Pro realizes there are issues with the optical quality of the results, and is working hard to fix the problem.
If you are unhappy with the Light Cannon you may return the merchandise for refund of the product cost or exchange, if the return is made within 14 days of receipt. Refunds will exclude any return shipping charges.
However, if you decide to keep this first generation product, you will have the opportunity to receive the Light Cannon Mark II for FREE, when it becomes available in 3 to 4 months. The Mark II will address the optical quality of the glass with an upgraded optical element. The optical element will be completely redesigned to correct the color shift and to keep sharp focus across the image. There will be two versions of the Mark II: 0.5x (created for full-frame lens to open the aperture up 2 extra stops) and 0.7x (created for APS-C Sensors which will open the aperture up 1 more stop). As a Fotodiox Pro customer that tried our first version of the Light Cannon you will get your choice between the two. With the higher quality optics, the Mark II will retail around $199.95, but the optical quality will be better.
In order to get the free Mark II, please contact info@fotodiox.com to request the code for a free Light Cannon Mark II when it becomes available for purchase. Please include your name, email, what website you ordered from, and your order number so we can reference your order.
Thank you for your continued support for Fotodiox Pro.

I received one of these this morning to use with our collection of Nikon/Nikkor glass. It's going back tonight, very disappointing results. Definitely widens the frame, but it makes things very soft and unpleasant. Kinda reminds me of an old iPhone photo.

Here's a quick screenshot comparison between the Fotodiox Light Cannon NIK to m43 on the left, the plain vanilla Fotodiox NIK to m43 adapter on the right (Nikon 20mm lens, F5.6):

Right-click on the image to download it for larger viewing.

Fotodiox Light Cannon NIK to m43 on the left, the plain vanilla Fotodiox NIK to m43 adapter on the right (Nikon 20mm lens, F5.6)

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EDIT: Looks like I posted this at the same time as Frank's post. That's a pretty classy offer from Fotodiox. Will sleep on it and contact them tomorrow.

What do you think Frank are you keeping it now? In 3 to 4 months Im sure metabones will get around to releasing theirs but will the Nikon mount happen in that time...

Also they are saying 0.5X for full frame and 0.7 for apsc....kind of a big promise there with 2 stops improvement....

I got an email saying that I could return it but didnt get this info

I'd be up to wager we see the Metabones Speed Booster Nikon-to-MFT released this week...

Cool,
0.5X for full frame with 2 stops improvement, well I'll keep mine then.

And I'll get the Metabones one for my DX lens when that's out, but will wait for reviews this time.


Jules

What do you think Frank are you keeping it now? In 3 to 4 months Im sure metabones will get around to releasing theirs but will the Nikon mount happen in that time...

I gonna keep it (as a specialty/effect glass) and wait for the free, new version.
Meanwhile I keep an eye on the Metabones, should come out soon.