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Viltrox Speedbooster - Compatibility with my Lenses

Started Dec 16, 2018 | Discussions thread
tobicy68 Contributing Member • Posts: 700
Re: Amazon reviews (compare to OEM Canon speedbooster?)

Wayne Larmon wrote:

Tog-meister wrote:

So you guys are liking the performance?

Saw some pretty horrible reviews on Amazon but I guess this speedbooster is getting some love.

I was just looking at Amazon user reviews for the speed booster and saw several to the effect of "don't waste your money on this. Spend $300 and get the real Canon one."

Is there an official Canon speed booster? Or should I maybe take Amazon user reviews with a grain of salt?

Wayne

There has been rumors that Canon will release their own official speedbooster:

https://www.canonrumors.com/patent-canon-speedbooster-for-eos-m/

I don't see the reason for Canon not to do that, it'll be great for EOS M users to have more options.

But I don't think it's available and not sure where that $300 price tag come from, maybe they have released the price already idk.

As for the performance of the viltrox one, I'm pretty happy, at least it even works on old lenses like 85/1.2 and even 55-200 USM is imo better than expected.

It works well in video mode as well at least for my 85/1.2, touch screen dual pixel focus on the 85/1.2 works just like a Canon 70D/80D/SL2 etc, but at a much smaller package, and at a near full frame FOV! Canon APSC DSLRs can't do that unless you put a lens in front of the sensor. I can't complain much. The full frame alternative (5D IV/EOS RP/EOS R) with a 85/1.2 or Sony full frame + 85/1.4 GM with face tracking is much more expensive. Even an A6300 + speedbooster + 85/1.2 is still more expensive.

There were some issues I heard with the older firmware but I heard that it's fixed with the newer firmware. At least I had no problems with mine on my M100 so that's good.

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