Medium Format focal reducer has landed

[The Chris]

Kipon has done it, for now only in Leica and Sony mounts:

http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/kipon-announces-worlds-first-medium-format-hasselblad-v-sony-e-mount-focal-length-reducer-adapter/

Looking forward to seeing samples.

[IronFilm]

Sadly my Pentax 645 lenses won't work on it :-(

[Cinegain]

If I'm going Hasselblad, I'm going all in! X1D. Leica S video looked pretty sweet too.

They should throw those in if I rent a bunch of lenses for a fashion studio shoot with the A7RII.

[Nikkor]

I want to see the quality first.

[Cinegain]

Yeah, from what I remember, the Kipon BAVEyes were no match against the Metabones Speedbooster and even R.J. Lens Turbo, ZY Optics/Zhongyi/Mitakon Lens Turbo II, with the worst soft corners and purple fringing. A little fresh up, BAV -> Bavaria, the folks at I/BE Optics in Bayern, Germany, who also brought us the Handevision brand with underperforming overpriced lenses... But you know, without competition, if you're the first, you're the best.

- lol, just saw that B&H significantly dropped prices (as in saving 1000+ bucks) on the Ibelux: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=ibelux

[IronFilm]

Good. It was stupidly priced beforehand.

[Geoff CB]

6 hours ago, Cinegain said:

Yeah, from what I remember, the Kipon BAVEyes were no match against the Metabones Speedbooster and even R.J. Lens Turbo, ZY Optics/Zhongyi/Mitakon Lens Turbo II, with the worst soft corners and purple fringing. A little fresh up, BAV -> Bavaria, the folks at I/BE Optics in Bayern, Germany, who also brought us the Handevision brand with underperforming overpriced lenses... But you know, without competition, if you're the first, you're the best.

- lol, just saw that B&H significantly dropped prices (as in saving 1000+ bucks) on the Ibelux: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=ibelux

Now they are reasonably priced for what they are.

[BrorSvensson]

will x0.7 give the proper medium format focal length? Feels like its not enough magnification.

[IronFilm]

Nah will be more like the APS-C of the digital medium format world 

[BrorSvensson]

7 minutes ago, IronFilm said:

Nah will be more like the APS-C of the digital medium format world 

oh ok, kinda like pentax 645z?

[Liam]

A little bigger crop factor than the 645z, i think. If I'm calculating right

[IronFilm]

42 minutes ago, BrorSvensson said:

oh ok, kinda like pentax 645z?

Nearly all digital medium format systems have a crop factor vs film 645 (let alone 6x7). With only a very few that don't. 

[Nikkor]

51,42x34mm You would be surpirsed how good even a tiny ancient 36x36mm back looks on portraits. My favourite format is 6x7, but 51x34 is good enough to unveil some of the beauty (specially on faces). I don't know the numbers right now but cinema 65mm is smaller than photographic 645, so if you liked the look on the master or 2001 this speedbooster should give the same look.

The only problem I see is quality and vignetting (that first element looks too small).