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Jared Abrams Offers Warning to Metabones SpeedBooster Users Via Twitter

Chris Gampat
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04/13/2013
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Last Updated on 04/13/2013 by Chris Gampat

Jared Abrams on Twitter

Last night on Twitter, Cinematographer Jared Abrams offered a warning to Metabones SpeedBooster adapter uses. Features Editor Abram Goglanian reached out to him asking what happened and apparently the adapter shredded the electronic contacts on a lens. The victim this time was a Carl Zeiss 35mm f1.4 lens–which goes for just under $2,000. From a producer’s point of view, that’s just another expense that you hope you budgeted for.

The adapter is extremely popular due to its widening abilities and the extra stop of aperture. It may make some people think twice about purchasing the unit if this doesn’t blow over well. But we also then wonder how many people are considering their new competitor Mitakon.

Metabones has already stated that their SpeedBooster for Micro Four Thirds has been delayed; let’s just hope that no more problems arise.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.