Hello all, I wanted to get some advice on a gear purchase. I recently bought a canon 6D, even though some on the forum here advised against it. I'll admit it, you were right. I really don't see much of a difference in image quality between my 550D and my 6D, which is really the main reason I upgraded in the first place (and frankly, the low-light performance isn't as spectacular as I'd expected, based on reviews of the 6D). I am now thinking I want to sell it and buy a GH4 with the metabones speedbooster (ef to mft). I understand that the major benefit of the GH4 is the higher quality image (4k out of the box), but are there any other major benefits to upgrading? Conversely, are there any negative aspects I should be aware of (difficult to use interface, weird video codec, etc)? Anyone with a GH4 w/ the EF - MFT speedbooster, your comments would be extremely helpful. Below are the specific products I'm looking at.
gh4
metabones ef to mft speedbooster
I came from the T2i/550D to the GH series (most recently the GH4) and the major benefits to upgrading are:
- the electronic viewfinder - it is hard to explain how much of a difference it makes to have a viewfinder that is not blocked by the mirror when you shoot video
- a standard 3.5mm headphone jack with manual audio level control and on-screen audio meters (no need to modify your camera with ML)
- hours of continuous video recording instead of minutes (very useful for plays, speeches, sermons, concerts, events, etc)
- the same Quicktime .MOV codec as your 6D
- 1080/96fps slow motion
- lenses are a lot more compact and lighter
- bodies are somewhat more compact and lighter
- almost no moire
- autofocus almost as fast as the Canon 70D
If you want to save some money, you can get the
GH4 for less than the price listed in your B&H link, but with a case, an SD card and a few accessories.
And the Metabones adapter you linked to is
not the EF to MFT Speedbooster, it is a
$399 Metabones Smart Adapter - which does power the aperture and image stabilization on Canon lenses, but does not give you the extra stop of light or the focal length reduction.
If you want the
EF to MFT Speed Booster, it's a couple of hundred dollars more.
Hope this is helpful and good luck!
Bill