Metabones speedbooster: is there any reason to get full frame now?

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Donald Duck
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Re: Metabones speedbooster: is there any reason to get full frame now?
In reply to Erik Magnuson, 4 months ago

Erik Magnuson wrote:

Donald Duck wrote:

It makes the 135/2, for example, a crappy 85/1.2 lens.

If it has the same FOV, same DOF, and collects the same amount of light, how does it become "crappy?"

There are also things like resolution, corner performance, bokeh. Constructing an 85/1.2 lens by taking a well designed 135/2 lens and putting an adapter on the back does not sound to me as a great design. In the center, I expect the combo to work well though.

Like the cheap wide angle adapters that you can screw on top of your lens but in this case, it goes to the back of the lens.

There is a huge difference where you put the optics.

And your point is?

No, it is not better. 135/2, for example becomes 85/1.2 but that is on crop, so it is equivalent to 135/2 again.

It's no better than than the 135/2 on FF but it's also not worse.

That is what I said, too (in terms of light gathering).

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