Product Identification and Markings

no. Marking Description

 

1

 

 

metabones

 

Metabones® is our brand name.

2

"mount"

Type of mount: Lens mount in prefix and Camera mount in suffix. 

E.g., "EF-X mount" means a Canon EF-mount lens to a Fujifilm X-mount camera adapter.

3

 

"T" Mark

 

The inner opening is lined with a flocking material coating. This will further reduce internal reflection, especially when a tilt-shift (TS) lens is used.

4

"CINE" CINE Series, Featuring Patented Positive-Lock Mechanism. The CINE version is equipped with an extremely robust cine-style positive-locking mechanism to ensure that no play occurs during manual focusing. This is especially important when using PL/ EF  lenses for cinema work.

5

 

"eND"

 

Built-in internal electronic ND (Neutral Density) filter system.

"Speed Booster" Speed Booster® - Focal reducer, a special lens adapter that reduces focal length and increases the effective aperture, allowing more light to reach the sensor and making full‑frame lenses behave more full-frame-like in FOV on smaller APS‑C cameras, or Super35-like in FOV on Micro Four Thirds cameras. Key feature: Make the lens wider, brighter, and sharper. 
Using high‑index lanthanum glass (Caldwell Photographic design).
"Expander" Focal expander, a special lens adapter that enlarges the image circle of the used lens to cover a larger-format sensor camera without cropping, such as Fujifilm GFX medium-format cameras.
Using high‑index lanthanum glass (Caldwell Photographic design).

 

"Smart Adapter"

 

Smart AdapterTM/ Smart ExpanderTM is the adapter that includes electronic connections for communication between the lens and the camera.

6

Mark "II"

(in red)

Mark II Technology (for a new generation of EF to X-mount and MFT mount adapter)
Mark II Technology works by having additional data tailored for your lens, resulting in the highest performance possible with a lens mount adapter. Lens profile data of supported lenses is preloaded into your Speed Booster or Smart Adapter. The LED turns pink to indicate that a matching lens profile is found and Mark II technology is operational. Click on any product below to see the list of lenses supported by Mark II Technology.

"S" Mark

(in red)

Adjustable flange focal distance with shims, a set of Lens Adapter Shims included for the PL-lens model.

 

7

 

Serial number

 

The adapter's serial number consists of 10-11 digits and characters.