{"id":29238,"date":"2013-05-19T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-19T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philipbloom.net\/?p=29238"},"modified":"2013-05-19T20:55:13","modified_gmt":"2013-05-19T20:55:13","slug":"speedbosterblackmagic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/speedbosterblackmagic\/","title":{"rendered":"How to “sort of” give your Blackmagic Cinema Camera a Super 35mm sensor!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There is nothing wrong with gear. Far from it. It’s all superb. I just never use a lot of it. So why take up space in a cupboard when I can give it to a good home and at same time help in my quest for a better life\/ work balance? <\/span>(You can read my\u00a0<\/span>incredibly\u00a0important post about that <\/span><\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

If there are any bits of gear you need…whether it’s cameras, lenses, monitors (tripods coming soon) and so much more to come, do check out my ebay store. Everything is an auction with no reserve. There are going to be some awesome bargains there!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Check it out here:\u00a0http:\/\/stores.ebay.co.uk\/PBs-Blooming-Bargains<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

One of my biggest issues with the Blackmagic Cinema camera is its bloody awkward “in-between” sensor size. It’s not micro four thirds…it’s not super 16…just somewhere in between. This is a pain, as no glass is specifically made for this size. Super 16 glass vignettes, micro four thirds glass (both only possible on the MFT version) you waste some of it and with the lack of active MFT mount on this version of the camera, your MFT glass choice is damn limited anyway. The EF version gives you few options when it comes to glass choice. With a fixed EF mount you are limited to Canon glass, Nikon glass, Contax M43 and a few others…basically anything that has a flange distance the same or greater than the EF flange distance.<\/p>\n

That is why I mostly prefer the MFT version. We lose that flange issue but also lose the ability to use Canon glass or any powered glass due to the passive mount. We can still use Canon glass, but we need a self powered adopter like the (non IS) redrockmicro one, which is quite old now, and the expensive but IS supporting MTF services ones. My two reviews of the cameras are the bottom of this post.<\/p>\n

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Metabones, who in association with Conorus<\/a>\u00a0have brought us an excellent EF lens adaptor for Sony E-mount cameras like the FS100, 700 and many stills cameras under the NEX umbrella. It’s powered by the camera, supports IS and lets us change the iris. Then they brought us the “Speed Booster” for these cameras. An astonishing piece of kit that I cover fully here….in essence it focuses the light from the lens projecting a larger image that is almost a stop brighter and somewhat sharper. Yes voodoo<\/a>\u00a0or almost Blackmagic (come on…I had to!)<\/p>\n

I bought the Speedbooster for my FS700 after testing the preproduction one. Like many, I have eagerly been awaiting the one for the MFT mount. They are apparently still working on it, but in the meantime they have sent me the CONTAX C\/Y M43 and Leica R version to test out. Unfortunately as the flange distance on both of these is greater than a Canon and Nikon lens, there is no adaptor to use my existing glass on these pre-production ones. I don’t own any Contax M43 or Leica R mount glass (I do have a few Leica M ones but they are even worse!) so I bought a lens for each on eBay purely to test these mounts out.<\/p>\n

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