Canon EF Lens to Sony E Mount T Smart Adapter (Mark V)


Key Features

Features and benefits   Limitations

Metabones Exclusive

  • If both your lens supports optical image stabilization (OIS) and your camera supports sensor-shift, in-body image stabilization (IBIS), the choice is yours on which one to use.
  • Smooth iris support with the latest Canon (2009+), Tamron (SP series 2013+) and Sigma (2016+) lenses.
  • Custom function button (called Focus Hold button) assignable to more than 50 functions, such as Aperture Preview and Eye-AF on supported cameras.
  • Dedicated switch controls in-body image stabilization (IBIS) on Sony cameras equipped with SteadyShot INSIDE.
  • Sony E-mount teleconverter support.
  • Cinema EOS lens (CN series) support, including power zoom, AF and auto iris.
  • Rubber gasket protects E-mount connection from dust and moisture.
  • Detachable tripod foot, compatible with Arca Swiss, Markins and Photo Clam ball heads.

Electronic

  • AF-C tracking at up to 10fps.
  • Continuous video AF.
  • Phase-detection autofocus (PDAF).
  • Supports 5-axis in-body image stabilization. (Distance information from lens required; 3-axis IBIS if the lens does not transmit distance information.)
  • Powered by camera body. No external power source required.
  • LED indicator shows operation mode, OIS (optical image stabilization) activity and communication status.
  • Efficient switched-mode power supply.
  • Supports image stabilization (IS) lenses.
  • Supports electronic manual focusing (e.g. EF 85/1.2L II and discontinued EF 50/1.0L)
  • EXIF support (focal length, aperture, lens name)
  • Distance and zoom display on VG and FS series camcorders, A1 series, A9 series, A7 series and A6x00 series (lens with distance information support required).
  • Auto magnify (lens with distance information support required)
  • Auto APS-C Size Capture on full-frame cameras with Canon EF-S lenses and many third-party DX lenses.

Optical/mechanical

  • Felt material flocked inside the opening to reduce internal reflection.
  • Fits both EF and EF-S lenses. (Vignetting at corners may occur with certain EF-S lenses because they are designed to cover a 1.6x crop image circle but Sony APS-C has a 1.5x crop factor.)
 

Autofocus

  • AF may not work if the maximum aperture of the lens plus any EF Extender or other teleconverter attached is smaller than f/8.
  • Autofocus may have difficulty locking onto subjects which are very close to the nearest focusing distance of the lens.
  • Sony E-mount 1.4x TC (model SEL14TC) will fit and work but AF performance may be unsatisfactory and there may be significant vignetting with some telephoto lenses.
  • Autofocus accuracy depends heavily on the design and working condition of the lens. Lenses with hidden problems which may not be apparent on Canon DSLRs will lead to inaccurate and unreliable autofocus on Sony. Typical problems of this kind that we have seen include an unsmooth/erratic autofocus mechanism (e.g. getting stuck intermittently at a certain focusing distance), a faulty/worn-out distance encoder or other faulty/worn-out internal sensors.

Other

  • No support for lens corrections such as peripheral shading, CA and distortion.
  • Use of Canon Compact-Servo Cinema lenses such as CN-E 18-80mm T4.4 for still photography is not supported. (Functional, but slower than lenses designed for still photography.)
  • Some EF-mount lenses may make audible noises during iris changes and autofocus, which may be picked up by the built-in microphone of the camera during video recording. Use of an external microphone is advised. Some of the recently-introduced lenses are very quiet, however.
  • Early Tamron VC lenses such as the AF 28-300/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Aspherical [IF] Macro (model A20), AF 18-270/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical [IF] MACRO (model B003), SP AF 17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di II VC LD Aspherical [IF] (model B005) may not be able to freely switch between OIS and IBIS because they may not report IS activity status. Later Tamron VC lenses equipped with USD or PZD focus motors are fine.
  • Some aftermarket battery grips may cause the aperture to change erroneously. This is a bug in the aftermarket battery grip but NOT arising from the Metabones Smart Adapter. Turn off the aftermarket battery grip or use a genuine Sony battery grip.

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Description

Tested Camera Bodies:

  • Sony alpha A1 II , A1, A9 III, A9 II, A9, A7R V, A7R IV, A7R III, A7R II, A7R, A7CR, A7C II, A7C, A7S III, A7S II, A7S, A7IV, A7III, A7II, A7
  • A6700, A6600, A6500, A6400, A6300, A6000, A5000
  • ZV-E1, ZV-E10 II, ZV-E10 *
  • ILME-FX2, FX3, FX30 *
  • PXW-FX9, FX6 *
  • PXW-FS5M2, PXW-FS7M2, PXW-FS5, PXW-FS7, NEX-FS700, NEX-FS100
  • VENICE *
  • NEX-EA50, NEX-VG900, NEX-VG30, NEX-VG20, NEX-VG10
  • NEX-7, NEX-6, NEX-5R, NEX-5N, NEX-5, NEX-C3, NEX-3

* for using the VENICE, FX and FS series cameras, please switch the adapter to Advance Mode (LED in red colour). 

Not recommended:

  • ZV-E10 II (we received a report of poor video AF performance)

EF-E Product Matrix

 


 

Lens Compatibility List

 Compatible Lenses

 Incompatible Lenses

  • Canon CN Cinema Lens

  • Canon EF Lens

  • Canon EF-S Lens

  • Canon EF Extender 

  • Carl Zeiss ZE Lens

  • Sigma EF Lens

  • Tamron EF Lens

  • Tokina EF Lens

  • Contax N lenses modified by Conurus

  • Canon EF Extender 1.4x (all versions)

  • Canon EF Extender 2x (all versions)

  • Laowa 200mm F/2
  • Samyang 85mm F/1.4
  • Tamron 70-300mm F/4-5.6 VC USD A005
  • Tokina Opera 50mm F/1.4
  • Yongnuo 50mm F/1.8

 Limitations 

 No AF Support

  • Tamron SP 17-50mm F/2.8VC B005
  • Tamron 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 VC A20
  • Sigma 18-125mm F/3.5-5.6DC OS HSM

 AF may not be accurate, but may be usable on a camera with PDAF (GH7, OM-1. etc.)

  • Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II 
  • Canon EF 28-70mm f/3.5-4.5 II
  • Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX HSM
  • Sigma 90mm F/2.8 macro (1988)
  • Tamron 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II Macro A18
  • Tamron 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 VC PZD B008
  • Tamron 24-70mm f/2.8 VC USD A007
  • Tamron 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di Macro A06
  • Tokina AT-X PRO 11-16mm f/2.8 DX (I)

 

Unsupported List 

  • Lens correction such as peripheral shading, CA and distortion 
  • Focus confirmation "chip" (e.g. Dandelion)
  • M42 screw mount adapters (see note below)
  • Stacking non-Metabones/non-Conurus mount adapters on top (see note below)

Note:

Some improperly-made M42 screw mount adapters may short the electronic contacts of Metabones Smart Adapter and cause damage to the adapter and/or camera body.

 


Why Metabones®?

Since its inception, Metabones has been designing and manufacturing lens adapters recognized among professionals and enthusiasts as leaders in design and workmanship.

Contrary to the popular trend of other factories using an aluminum ring painted black on the camera-body-side, we instead take no short-cut but use precision-machined brass with chromium plating on both the camera-body and the lens sides of our adapters, in order to ensure smooth mounting, great appearance, and durability. The lens side of the adapter features a strong leaf-spring structure, strengthening the adapter-lens connection and ensuring tightness of the lens in order to reduce wear and prevent focus errors and optical alignment issues from appearing.

Metabones uses matte-black treatment to keep internal reflection to a minimum in order to maintain the maximum optical quality possible with the lens.

All Metabones Adapters follow this tradition of uncompromising precision, robust build quality and outstanding finish. Our new Smart AdapterTM series of products add industry-leading electronic interfacing technology from Canada, with true electronic control of the lens' aperture directly from the camera body.

Features

Our Smart AdapterTM  series adapters have the following additional features