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Speedbooster with AF!

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Vivek

Guest
AFAIK, there is only one Speed Booster (it is a trade mark) and that (from Metabones) allows auto focus since its launch.
 

mazor

New member
Not sure if this has been mentioned in another thread, but I thought I would revive this thread with my experiences with the Speed booster ultra. I recently acquired a "Metabones" Speed booster ultra with a much more up to date firmware 0.56, the autofocus translation engine between Canon lenses and older Sony cameras that have solely CDAF AF has improved. This is thanks to Metabones "Native AF" feature. To put this into perspective, the non "Native AF" firmware would hunt back and forth prior to oscillating back and forth in decreasing increments until focus is acquired for CDAF type Sonys. The whole process would take a good 3-4 seconds for some lenses. With "Native AF" enabled firmware, AF engine does not have to travel quite as far, and AF can be acquired in as little as 1 second. Although this speed does not compare to PDAF enabled Sony FE and Emount cameras like the A7rii or the A6300, the improved AF speed is welcome and allows older non PDAF type Sony E and FE mount cameras to have usable AF when using Canon EF lenses.

I have tested the speed booster ultra on a variety of Canon EF lenses and they all have usable AF on my now vintage Nex 5r. Kudos of Metabones for it's continual support and updates.I am not sure if the Kipon version will perform as well, and the question begs do they even provide firmware updates for their smart adapters?
 
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