Surprise surprise, closing the aperture improves sharpness but reduces swirl. And boy does it do that! Painting with light. So I reversed the front element of a Helios 44 lens (2/58 lens, built by the millions) as it is rumored that this will produce images with swirly bokeh. It more than delivered.After fitting a 10 stop grey filter to a Zenitar Fisheye to produce long fisheye exposures (to smear white clouds in blue sky) it was time for another project to create a different looking image. Use them in commercial designs under lifetime, perpetual & worldwide rights.
There is a group shot I will post below that was taken withe a Fuji crop camera and a speed booster that has a background that looks amazing to me. And it delivers perfectly fine bokeh all other times. The best results for me have been with some manner of backlit foliage in the background. Simply amazing swirly bokeh under the right conditions. This is the main reason for purchasing this lens. I really like the colors that this lens produces.
Caused me to re-review my film results and it was more of the same. not me evidently) this lens produces consistently sharp results. The sharpness became abundantly clear once I used it with the TECHART adapter and I realized with a rock solid focusing system (i.e. Any missed focus was a product of an intermittent initial lazy mirror with the Zenit and possibly user error. That is not what I shot it for so I never really looked at it in film. This is perhaps the biggest single surprise of this lens.Here is the most I could muster shooting directly into the sun below. Helios Lenses Has anyone filmed with Helios glass Iv stumbled upon some stills and the bokeh looks amazing however the majority of the reference videos i have seen on youtube are kinda bogus. Perhaps people are just presenting their best but even after a quick Flickr group perusal I only found one shot that had flare and it was not that dissimilar from what you would expect from many film lens. Based on other Russian lenses I expected this thing to be a flare fest.
#Helios lens flowers mod
While we are at it props to the Jupiter 12 which withstood a tongue in cheek comparison between it and and Leica Summilux 35mm f/2 ( borrowed from a very kind and talented Manu Jarvis) I wrote for KEH Spotlight with its dignity intact. Yes Many of the helios lens, sold by the shops on Etsy, qualify for included shipping, such as: Helios 44-2 58mm f/2.0 Cine mod adapter Sony E NEX, beautiful bokeh, Helios 44 Silver Soviet lens Helios 44 58mm f. Of the few Russian lenses I have tried this lens and the Jupiter 9 stand at the top with the Industar 10 just behind largely owing to its collapsible build. What this lens lacks in Zeiss like perfection it makes up for in character by way of swirly bokeh under the right conditions and better than it has any being general performance. If you stay within a reasonable realm of expectations considering this lens’ vintage there are good image results to be had. I scored the Zenit E for some cheap film vintage fun and I recommend doing the same. Photography and good sense are often not on the same Venn diagram or even sheet of paper in my universe. Both of these newer ones are awful and I have shot only 1 test roll through each. The “newer” variant of each was new/old stock never used in original packaging and cost peanuts. Sunny Sylvanus by Nick Cowling 64 50 Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus Hesperiidae. They are so much fun to shoot because they have so many interesting details for us macro shooters, lovely colours and even patterns. I ran through quite a few Russian cameras including a Zorki 4 and have since settled on two Zenits ( Zenit E and Zenit KM) and two FEDs ( FED 2 and FED 5c). But I know its no surprise I have a special affinity towards flowers. I did not bat an eye then went back and ordered another with a different lens and kept it moving. I once mangled a Kiev 4 day 1 of receiving it while fiddling with it. They are capable, inexpensive “can mangle their innards by looking at them too hard (or more specifically adjusting the shutter speed before winding on)” devices. I say may and perhaps because I went native on this one.įor some reason I have a soft spot for Russian cameras. Since it is a common M42 mount I believe this can be used with any M42 mount and perhaps Pentax K mount with an M42 to K ring adapter. If you get your hands on a good copy this lens is a fantastic value. Have heard some have received bum copies so I would recommend purchasing from a reputable source and testing thoroughly when you first receive it. I have heard that quality control may be an issue so all lenses may not be equal.
I have an older copy and have not had any issues. There is a wide range of years available. It would appear that roughly a bazillion of these have been made because there are plentiful supplies from $50-$90.
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