MFT to MFT Speedbooster?

blazer003

blazer003

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So there are all these different models of speedboosters coming from Metabones, and I really want one. But a lot of my glass is old classic MD Rokkor Minoltas, and Metabones said that they're not sure if they will be making one for Minolta. So, I thought, why could they not just make a MFT to MFT speed booster? Sure the lenses would stick out there a little more with two adapters, but that way as soon as you adapt to MFT, you pass it through the speed booster and voila, anything you've adapter to MFT is adapted to the speed booster.

Is there anything that I'm not thinking of? I think it's still projecting a full frame area around the MFT sensor when you stick a FF lens on a MFT adapter? So if that light is still there, wouldn't it work to put the speedbooster behind that, refocus that light?

Thoughts?
 
Yes, any additional m4/3 adapter would act like an extension tube, which would turn any lens you put on it into a close-focus or macro-focusing lens. It would be useless for standard video work.
 
Ok, I guess I thought that since the speedbooster had it's own optics (it's not just a hollow tube like an adapter) that it could be designed to re angle the light correctly, but, granted, I didn't know a thing about lenses two years ago before I switched to the GH cameras and entered the world of DSLR/MFT. I'm sure that you are correct, wish it was that easy though. Thanks for the helpful response.
 
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