Metabones Minolta MD Lens to Fuji X Adapter

[daveleo]

Anyone out there with experience on this adapter. I understand that Metabones is a fairly reputable name. A little confused that BH wants $399 while Adorama wants $99 for the same item. ????

 

[GaryLH]

There are two different type of metabones md to Fuji x adapters. The normal one does not have a optical element built into it and is thus a normal 1.5x factor adapter. The more expensive one u are looking at is called a speedbooster. This has a .71 factor reducer built in due to the optical element which results in a 50 being essential a 50 (50x1.5x0.7) as opposed to a 75 fov due to the apsc sensor size of the xtran sensor. The reason it is known as a speedbooster is that u also gain a stop of light acquiring capability. A 50f2 lens is now a 50f1.4. Google metabones speedbooster for better info.

Gary

 

[daveleo]

Thanks, Gary.
I did miss the term "speedbooster" in the BH description even though I read it 5 times :bang:
Knew something was wrong.

 

[matthewm]

I see this is a little bit of an older thread, but for what it's worth, a good friend of mine uses the Mitakon (Zhongyi) Lens Turbo with his XE1 and Minolta lenses and he says it works extremely well. If I remember correctly, it was around $150 or so. I'll try to point him to this thread and see if he can offer some insight.

Here's a brief review of it: http://jonasraskphotography.com/2013/10/23/full-frame-x-pro1-the-mitakon-lens-turbo-review/

 

[OlliL]

So Matthew, you're right. 😉

Bought a demo unit from an US shop couple month ago, to use with my X-E1.
The review above is really good and convinced me, to try it out.

Couple shots on my flickr:
https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/13957131@N07/

 

[daveleo]

Let me tie this into another thread that I started on the Metabones adapter . . .

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=143679

I have since sent it back and been using Fuji X-lenses on the X-E1. Very happy with that.

 

[daveleo]

A follow-up ....

A follow-up ....

Last week I dropped $11(US) on a Fotasy adapter (Minolta-to-Fuji).

Got it. Attached a 50mm/f1.4 Minolta lens that I had and ... bang, I'm making pictures (always loved the look of Minolta pictures).

For sure, manual focusing the X-E1 is an "art", but I needed to slow down anyway.

I am very happy (2 days into this setup).

$11 😀