Metabones Canon EF to MFT Speed Booster Adapter Firmware V2.1 Released

Metabones has released a new firmware upgrade for four of their Canon EF to Micro Four Thirds adapters.

Firmware update version 2.1 for Canon EF to Micro Four Thirds Speed Booster adds autofocus support for Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera and fixes a bug with EF 400mm f/5.6L and EF Extender 1.4x where even after Extender is removed max aperture remains at f/8.

Metabones latest Speed Booster whch allows Micro Four Thirds users to attach Canon EF lenses to their mirrorless cameras, increases MTF, widens the lens by 0.71x, and increases the maximum aperture by one f-stop.

Metabones Canon EF to MFT Speed Booster Adapter Firmware V2.1 Released

RELEVANT PRODUCTS

This information is for the following models:

• Canon EF-BMCC Speed Booster^TM Adapter (model number MB_SPEF-BMCC-BM1)
• Canon EF-BMPCC Speed Booster^TM Adapter (model number MB_SPEF-BMPCC-BM1)
• Canon EF-Micro Four Thirds Smart Adapter^TM (model number MB_EF-M43-BM1)
• Canon EF-Micro Four Thirds Speed Booster^TM Adapter (model number MB_SPEF-M43-BM1)
• Canon EF-Micro Four Thirds Speed Booster^TM  S Adapter  (model number MB_SPEF-M43-BM2)
• Canon EF-Micro Four Thirds T Smart Adapter^TM (model number MB_EF-M43-BT2)
• Canon EF-Micro Four Thirds T Speed Booster^TM  ULTRA 0.71x Adapter  (model number MB_SPEF-M43-BT4)
• Canon EF-Micro Four Thirds T Speed Booster^TM  XL 0.64x Adapter  (model number MB_SPEF-M43-BT3)

ABOUT THIS DOWNLOAD

• Name: Firmware update V2.1 for  for Canon EF to Micro Four Thirds Smart Adapter^TM/Speed Booster^TM 
• Release date: 19 Feb 2016
• Benefits and improvements:
  • Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera autofocus support.
  • Added support for Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4k.
  • Fixed bug with EF400mm f/5.6L and EF Extender 1.4x where even after Extender is removed max aperture remains at f/8.
  • Improved contrast-detect autofocus accuracy on Olympus.

Note: version 1.9 and 2.0 should NOT be updated to version 2.1 unless Blackmagic/Olympus autofocus or EF Extender support is required.

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