Ahoj! This is Zdenka Darula. I know that many of you watching my channel have
been waiting for this video for a long time.
Me too. I was getting comments popping up and me from everywhere. What do you think
of Viltrox Speedbooster? Is it any good? Is it gonna turn my camera into
full-frame camera? Well, guess what? I've got such speedbooster right here. I got it
last week. I had a chance to review it, play with it, tested it out and today I'm
gonna answer all that. What do I think about this speedbooster? Is it any good?
And mainly, is it gonna turn Canon EOS M50 into full frame camera?
Today, I will be working with two cameras. One is Canon EOS M50 which is
filming right now. The second one is my main DSLR which is Canon 5D Mark iii. I
have three lenses. EF lenses. Canon 50mm lens, 24 - 105 and 70 - 200
millimeters. What am I gonna be doing today? Obviously testing and it's a lot
of fun because when just think you know it all about your equipment, sometimes
you realize you don't know much. So let's dive right into it. So let's start with
for the samples. We'll look at video right after. Here is 50 mm lens on a
Canon 5D Mark iii DSLR. This is how it looks like when it's on full frame
camera. Second photo here. We have Canon EOS M50 with 50 mm lens
on it and just regular adapter. And here we get that 1.6x crop because of the
cropped sensor, so right now the lens actually became 80 mm lens. Here
I need to mention something for you to realize. Truthfully, I needed to realize
it myself thanks to Paul. Hi Paul! Because I shoot on full-frame camera for so
many years and this is my first mirrorless camera with cropped sensor,
whenever you put any lens on Canon EOS M50, even the kit lens, you need to
multiply the focal length 1.6x because of the cropped APS-C sensor. So
for example, the kit lens which comes with the Canon EOS M50, 15 - 45 mm
is really equivalent to 24 - 72 mm. Lastly, I have photo
here which was taken with Canon EOS M50, Speedbooster and the 50 mm
lens. Let's just compare the photo from full-frame DSLR and Canon EOS M50. The
lens now becomes 56 mm, which is a lot closer to the 50 mm on
DSLR. F-stop is lowered as well from F/1.8 to F/1.2 which means
two things. You will get a lot nicer bokeh which is the blurry background
and you can also get a lot more light in which means you can use faster shutter
speed and lower ISO. Let's quickly look at the other two lenses. Here is a photo
from Canon 5D Mark iii which I took with the 24 - 105. Here is photo from Canon
EOS M50 with regular adapter and 24 - 105 mm lens. I had it obviously
zoomed on the lowest 24 to make sure I get a very wide angle. Lastly, here is a
photo with Speedbooster and 24 - 105 mm on Canon EOS M50. Much
closer again to the full-frame camera. Let's quickly zoom in 100% and look at
it. When I put out the telephoto lens outside and I try to see how much I can
see on Canon EOS M50, here is the photo I took with actually Speedbooster
first. It is much closer to the full-frame camera when i zoom all the
way in. Here is it another photo I took with just a regular adapter and I put it
on a canon EOS M50. Now, I gotta say I was quite surprised how much I can see.
Because of the cropped sensor 1.6x 200 mm now becomes 320
mm. I can see so much more. I can get so much further. That will be amazing
lens for windsurfing shots in the summer. Anyways, I was very impressed. Let's zoom
in 100% and see. It's a very sharp. The quality it's beautiful. I don't
have any issue with that. If you are wondering, what the focal length will be
on a Canon EOS M50 and the Speedbooster, all you have to do is multiply
the focal length by 1.13x to get the end result. And now it's time
to test out the video. I'm not gonna do video with the Canon 5D Mark iii. I simply
hate doing video on that one. Let's put 50 mm lens with
regular adapter on a Canon EOS M50. Now we are looking at footage 50
mm lens with Speedbooster at 1080p.
Another footage here we have is 50 mm with a regular adapter in 4K,
and here is footage with 50 mm lens and Speedbooster in 4K. Crop is
much smaller now. What do I think? Well, when you put 50 mm lens
with adapter or speed booster on Canon EOS M50, listen to this when it's
focusing.
In very simple words, 50 mm lens is EF lens. It is not the
STM. STM lenses such as the kit lens 15 - 45 mm have different
technology which makes the focus extremely silent. So, for me, if I'm gonna
be using 50 mm lens or any other EF lens on this camera, I'm gonna
be using it for B-roll. It is absolutely amazing to use it for b-roll. But if I'm
gonna be using it for talking like right now I'm definitely going to reach for
STM lens like this kit lens 15 - 45 mm. I also noticed that the
auto focus with the Speedbooster is definitely much faster than the auto
focus with just regular adapter. I read online about the battery issue. Well, if
you leave the Speedbooster on Canon EOS M50 overnight, turned off, in the
morning it will drain your battery a lot. So just get into the habit that you will
take it off from your camera. I do it anyways. I just leave whatever I want on
the camera or I don't leave any lens, so just get into the habit and it should be
fine. Also, Viltrox suggests that if
you are changing lenses, you take the speed booster off your camera, change the
lens, then put it back on together. Don't leave the Speedbooster on the camera.
Just detach the lens and just attach it again to avoid error which might be lens
rejection. Answer to the question if you can turn Canon EOS M50 into
full-frame camera? No, you cannot. It can get a lot closer to the full-frame
camera but there is so much more to the full-frame camera. That's why the
difference. What I always say, you cannot turn a regular van into a Ferrari. Do you
really need Speedbooster? For the price, it's amazing. When you think about it, you
are gaining extra lenses. Prime lenses. For example the 50 mm lens with
the regular adapter is 80 mm lens. With the Speedbooster is 56
mm lens. Plus you get a lower F-stop. You get more light in. It's
amazing for low-light situations, for b-roll. You get huge variety. Right now, it
feels like actually I have way too much equipment. Way too many lenses. I don't
even know what to do with all of them. It just it gives me such a different
range now, I have to kind of get it through my head first to decide what I
really need for the next shoot to take with me because I just did just so much
I gained right now. Because of this. It is definitely worth it by my opinion. I'm
very pleased. I was first very sceptical. I was seeing all these videos online
about it and I was like thinking... oh yeah... well, they are just selling it. You know they are
just ...Maybe it's little bit overrated. But now, that I got it,
I'm hooked. I like it myself. I'm definitely hooked. So that's it when
it comes to Speedbooster video. If you're waiting about my eye updates just
just I'll say something after I say goodbye okay? For the new faces if you
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below. I read all the comments and I always try to respond as much as I can.
Now, when it comes to my eye. I'm seeing optometrist tonight. I had to wait for
awhile to get the appointment. I'm not feeling pain right now, which is
good. I'm still seeing those floaters though but what I want to say mainly
that I would love to thank you from bottom of my heart too. For the all
comments you guys left me and girls left me. Also for emails. Many of you were
sharing your stories, your life stories as well. It brought me so much closer to
you.
I want to just explain. When you start YouTube channel and you start filming the videos
and kind of look at the lens, it kind of feels very silly. Just to talk to the
lens because you don't see any people behind it.
Now, that the channel grew into 5000 subscribers, some of you I already kind
of knew from the comments. We were communicating back and forth but now
that you were writing me so much more, I just don't see the evator anymore in
just a few comments. I actually see real people. I got to know you. Many of you I
already know my name and it is fantastic. I'm realizing that I have such amazing
fantastic group people there. You guys are phenomenal, just beautiful people. All
of you, so thank you very much from bottom of the heart for all these
comments and emails. You definitely mentally lifted me up. I am as you can
tell I have in a better mood today, so yeah, it is just I'm just blown away with
the kind of people you are... anyways ... thank you so much. I'll keep you updated and I will
see you in the next one. Cau... Ahoj...