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17mm TS-e with Metabones Speed Booster on FF A7rII

I'm starting writing up this test without having tried it. At this stage, I have no idea what the results will be. But let me start with the idea behind the test. I've owned the Canon 17mm TS-e for a few years. I switched to Sony mirrorless a while back. My solution for Sony due to the lack of good native E mount lenses has been to mostly use Canon lenses with either the Sigma MC-11 or Metabones adapter. There have been some down sides to this solution but on the whole I've been pretty happy. So I was at the pawn shop a couple of months ago - and stumbled upon a few items. One of which was  a Metabones Speed Booster! Frankly I've got so many new toys I've had little time to test this out. But I had an epiphany- what would happen if I put the 17mm TS-e on a full frame camera? Honestly I don't know yet as I write. The image circle of the lens is huge! On full frame with no adapter, there's 12mm rise-fall. So my theory is that the lens-adapter combo w