Yes, you heard right. The newly announced Fotodiox Excell +1 speedbooster (reminiciant of the Metabones Speedbooster) will allow you to mount your Nikon F and Canon FD glass to your MFT body while optically adjusting for crop-factor and giving you a whole extra stop of light. At an introductory price of $160 the Fotodiox blows the Metabones, which sells for between $400 to $600, out of the water and you can get that extra stop of light on a budget.

While I have no expereince shooting with a converter like this, I know many photo and video guys who swear by the Meatbones products, it'll be interesting to see how this will stack up against the current king-of-the-hill system. At well under half the price of an equivalant Metabones setup, this is a pretty intriguing converter. This cute little peice of kit will definitly end up finidng its wan into many diferent photographers' and videographers' bags, perhaps mine included.

Below is a chart detailing the focal length conversions of a reference 50mm f/1.4 lens on various bodies.

[Via Anthony Thurston @ SLR Lounge]

What are your thoughts on this newcomer system? Do the price and specs intice you enough to give it a shot?