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So I heard that Viltrox EF-EOS M2 mount adapter or speedbooster makes vignette and soft edges
in the photos.
The quality of the photos is not good.
Another one.
Hi.
Which one is better?
What should I get?
Adapter or Speedbooster for my Canon M50.
I've read these comments and this question on this channel many, many times and online
elsewhere as well.
Let's review photos from 3 different lenses.
Photos taken with Canon 5D Mark III and no speedbooster and photos taken with Canon EOS
M50 with Speedbooster.
Let's look at them at 100% view and discuss what we see.
And I already know now that opinions will vary from person to person.
Some of you will say yes, others might say no.
Well, I am going to show the images in great detail, you be your own judge.
You decide on your own if this tool is right for you or not.
And I will also answer a question if you should buy adapter or speedbooster or both.
Let's test it.
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My name is Zdenka Darula.
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What is this exactly?
This is regular adapter with no glass.
This makes EF lenses fit on M mount camera.
This is Speedbooster.
And it is more then just adapter.
Viltrox company says: "Viltrox EF-EOS M2 mount adapter is designed to allow Canon EF mount
series lenses to be used on interchangeable lens digital cameras that are compatible with
EF-M lenses."
So you can basically use those big EF lenses I've got here.
Canon 50mm F/1.8.
Canon 24-105mm and Canon 70-200mm.
I use these lenses mainly on my DSLR which is Canon 5D Mark III.
When you add Viltrox Speedbooster to a lens like this one.
This one is 50mm lens you have to multiply the focal length by 0.71.
So 50mm lens 50x0.71 is now 35mm lens.
But let's continue with the description of Viltrox Speedbooster which is directly on
their website.
"Which helps englarge one level aperture.
It is also built in four groups, 4 pieces optical glasses."
This is why you see on 50mm lens aperture F/1.2 instead of F/1.8.
And I already know that some of you will be discussing if it is really lowering the aperture
or not.
Well, let's not get into that.
What this video is all about is about the visual result.
And that's what I care about as a photographer.
I really want to know how the actual result, how the actual photo will look like.
Here are some random photos of random stuff and I literally had 15 minutes yesterday to
take those photos.
It's not about pretty photos.
These are not pretty photos.
It's about the details in a shot to be able to tell if there is any difference between
2 different cameras, between camera with speedbooster and camera with no speedbooster.
The photos are not edited whatsoever, this is how they are straight from the camera.
Here is side by side shot taken with 50mm lens.
On 5D Mark III it is 50mm and the lowest aperture is F/1.8.
On the Canon M50, it is 35mm with the speedbooster and it shows lowest aperture F/1.2.
Let's zoom in at 100%.
Let's look at the center.
Center image with the speedbooster is little bit softer, not much, tiny bit.
Let's look at the top corners.
Here you can clearly see the corners are softer with the speedbooster.
Now let's look at 2 images where I selected the same aperture F/1.8.
I don't see much difference when it comes to the center.
Now let's look at the corners and we can see that photos from Canon M50 with the speedbooster
are little bit softer.
Let's look at 70-200mm telephoto lens.
First shot I took at 70mm which on Canon M50 with speedbooster is 49mm.
And let's see them side by side so you can see how far you can actually see.
The aperture I selected here is F/8.
Now let's zoom in and I got to say I don't see much difference in a center.
They are both nicely sharp to me.
Now let's look at the corners.
They are almost the same, however the photo from DSLR 5D Mark III is tiny bit sharper.
Let's look at photos taken at 200mm which is on Canon M50 142mm and I selected aperture
F/5.6.
Now let's zoom in 100%.
Center is the same, I would say almost the same.
I don't see any difference really.
Edges on Canon M50 with speedbooster are tiny bit softer, not much though.
Let's look at the last lens which is 24 - 105mm.
First photo is shot at 24mm which is 17mm on Canon M50 and speedbooster.
Aperture I selected is F/8.
Here is side by side photo.
And let's zoom in.
The photo from DSLR without the speedbooster is little bit sharper in the center and the
edges.
And lastly we have photo taken with 105mm which is 74mm on Viltrox speedbooster.
Aperture I selected here is F/5.6.
Let's zoom in at 100% again and we can see that it is tiny bit softer with the Viltrox
speedbooster.
So is the softness a problem?
Not for me personally.
I've submitted many photos and videos to stock agencies and they've been accepted no problem.
They are selling no problem so I don't see any problems at all.
When I am looking at the images it doesn't bother me.
I am personally very happy with the product.
You my friends, you need to make your own personal judgement if the product is right
for you or not.
Should you buy adapter or Viltrox speedbooster?
I have them both.
I use them both.
They are great and I actually suggest them both.
When it comes to the regular adapter, it just makes the lenses EF lenses fit on the Canon
M50 and it drastically changes the focal length.
So you are actually gaining a lot more zoom.
So it is like I gained extra lenses.
Viltrox speedbooster will make the lenses when it comes to the focal length a lot more
similar to what you have on DSLR.
And it will also help you big time when it comes to low light shooting in low light situations.
So you need to decide if you just need something which will help you get different focal length
or if you need something for low light like Viltrox speedbooster.
Or you can have them both like me.
And I am pretty sure that some of you would like to compare the photos rather then seeing
photos in the video.
It might be actually harder to see the details in a video.
So lucky you, I created a link to ZIP file containing all the images from today's video
in a video description below.
So you can just click and download the photos to you own computer and make the judgement
on your own.
Compare the photos and see the details on your own.
Also I included links to products to adapter and speedbooster in a video description below
as well in case you are shopping and decided what's the best deal.
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