Speed Booster or Adapter for your Canon M50?

Should you buy the Viltrox Speed Booster, or Adapter, for your Canon M50?

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[RVKevin]

Mark, describing the difference in such a way that it is easier for a beginner to understand, i appreciate.
I own the Adapter but now i will get the speed booster because now i understand the options it will provide me.
Thank you for what you are doing, and the link.

[baldeagle]

I love my speed booster. You can also remove the EFS adapter from some of the EFS lenses, and they will work with the speed booster also. I actually cut the plastic EFS mount off of my EFS 10-18mm lens so I could use it with the speed booster on my Canon M6-II and it works GREAT for video when I need a wide angle.

[alexev]

I’m watching your videos and despite English isn’t my main language, your explanations are so clear, that i sometimes understand the theme better with your videos than with videos on my native language. Great work!

[ThoriumHeavyIndustries]

The easy answer is get both. You need both. And while you are on it also buy a tele-converter. (However it might be a bit complicated to get a Metabones EF-M / EF speedbooster ... since they ship from HongKong) and no shop has them on the shelf. Some has the viltrox... but that´s comes with visibly inferior image quality in regards of sharpness.

[Designsforpurpose]

And I almost sold my adapter since I had the speed booster. Now I’m keeping them both. Thank you for sharing

[hanniosman]

Good summary, I started with the adapter and have since bought the speed booster. I tend to have my nifty50 on the speed booster for the wider angle and bokeh effect, then the adapter on my zoom lens. Great combo I reckon, although my speed booster seems to be missing it's software... Still works and I normally manually focus anyhow. Im on the old m3 but still takes fantastic shots.

[lugaroz]

Hi, Mark!

Thank you so much for every single one of your videos, really great.

I just get the M50 mark ii and a good guide like this is really helpful, I hope you keep making content for the M50, at least for the M mount, beginners like me need comprensibles messages like yours.

Hope you doing fine, gracias.

[jaimetan]

I love my M50ii! But after watching countless videos of creators jumping ship to Sony, part of me wonders whether or not it’s worthwhile sticking around to see what’s up with the EF or EF-M series… would love your point-of-view in any upcoming videos!

[normanfranke]

Great summary (as usual)! I have both for very specific reasons. I have the straight adapter for use on my EF-S 55-250 which gives longer reach than the native M lens in that category at a lower price point, and also for my Sigma 17-50mm fixed f/2.8 zoom which is a lovely (albeit bulkier) replacement for the kit lens and great in low light. But I have the Speed Booster for use with my vintage Helios M44-2 EF mount adapted lens for exactly the reasons you described — namely, the intended wider field of view and the artistic effect of the classic “swirly Bokeh” with that lens.

[joakimskurk]

I bought the Viltrox Speed Booster to use with my Helios 44-2 and it is now my favorite combo for my M50. Using it 90% of the time.

[miramaldito]

I watched your last video, thank you so much for giving us your opinion and all of this information, this will be my first time using a "professional" camera after wanting one ever since graduating High School and your videos are in very helpful for me to understand the photography world. I wish you the best!

[EchoesOfNewEngland]

Thank you so much for this clear, concise explanation! Just ordered a speedbooster along with a 50MM lens for my M50. Very excited to try it out after watching this!

[MadMusic]

Thank you for this explanation ❤ I used a 50mm lens with the adapter on my Canon M50 Mark II last night for some astrophotography and was so confused as to why the image appeared so zoomed in / cropped. I think I understand why now after watching your video. So thank you!

[safetyhomeloans]

Finally the video I was looking for. Thanks for taking the time to put this together for us. Thumbs up 👍🏼

[tonykeltsflorida]

I have both Viltrox adapter and speedbooster. I got a M6 mark II. Now that everyone is buying the RF lenses, I am still using EF, EF-S and EF-M lenses that I already have.

[mr-vet]

I just received 2 adapters…ordered via Amazon yesterday….EF-M for FD and EF-M for EF/EF-S lenses. Still learning my M50 Mark II, though (bought it over a year ago). I got a Canon A-1 with 4 lenses and Rebel EOS T2 with one lens in a lot of cameras I won in a silent auction a couple of years ago. Decided to try out the 5 lenses.

[RogerAVHansen]

I have both, find myself using the regular adapter the most 😊

[Dominss]

Nope. The f-stop doesnt change the aperture so speedbooser doesnt affect the dof by itself. It does that because it changes fov and the distance from the subject changes. Dof is not shallower compared to ff but you get more light.

[faspetend]

I flipped back and forth on my opinion. I had the booster and then sold it. Then bought it again because I missed the versatility of it. Then sold my M50 with the booster. My final opinion was I liked having it. I would not hesitate to recommend it to anyone that's looking for versatility with the lenses that they have. It's another tool to add to your kit.

[chingymofo]

I have both. I love the fact that it’s almost like having 2 focal lengths in one lens. I want an almost actual 50mm? Speed booster. I want 85mm? Adapter. Also I’ll definitely buy a couple more ef lenses to really utilise this method and since I’m still a beginner it’s a good hands on and cheap way to figure out what focal lengths are good for certain situations so whenever I upgrade to full frame I know what good lenses I’d wanna fork the money out for!