

So if you are ever enough annoyed by tight focus there is a way to fix that issue The lenses are not particularly hard to work on and when re-greased the focus action can be silky smooth. Refresh the page, check Medium ’s site status, or find something interesting to read. Nevertheless your support and your example is much appreciated. Helios 44 58mm f2.0 m39 lens review by Tristan Zand The Raw Camera Von Cam 500 Apologies, but something went wrong on our end. Therefore the images I have shown need to be approached with that caveat as well as my own incomplete photographic skills. So my illustrations were made from wrecked Helios-44 lenses that I had been made more or less serviceable and not from pristine examples. Reviews by Manufacturer 7Artisans 7Artisans 15mm 4.0 Asph E 7Artisans 28mm 1.4 FE-Plus 7Artisans 28mm 5.6 M 7Artisans 35mm 1.4 E 7Artisans 35mm 1.4 M IF Wen 7Artisans 35mm 2.0 M Wen 7Artisans 50mm 1.05 E 7Artisans 50mm 1.1 M 7Artisans 75mm 1.25 M 7Artisans 35mm 50mm 85mm T2. But as they had been jumbled around in a box (thrown in?) and effectively “rejects” the lens condition was not something I could fix even if I could make them work more sweetly. Helios M39 Mount Camera Lenses All Auction Buy It Now 104 Results 2 filters applied Mount Brand Focal Length Maximum Aperture Compatible Brand Condition Price Buying Format All Filters Helios 44 2/58mm M39/M42 Lens mount 8 blades silver 178.97 20. Again being made in Russia since 2016, you can usually find it as an m42 mount.

It is a Carl Zeiss 58mm f2.0 lens copy made initially in the USSR as the default lens for many popular Soviet cameras. I managed to get enough spare parts (and patience) to more or less fix a few of them. The Helios 44 is one of the legends because of its swirly bokeh and affordability. I did buy a bunch of them to practice “repairing” them. Nice colours, great contrast, what's not to like. The attached shot is at f2.8, so not much is in focus, and the bokeh is verging on psychedelic. I don't like the long throw and stiffness of the focusing helicoid, but there's nothing wrong with it optically.

M39 HELIOS LENS UPGRADE
I bought my M39 Helios as a lens upgrade for my Zenit-3M with the Industar (that was a pig of a camera) and when I parted with the Zenit, I kept the Helios - maybe as a paperweight.Īnyway, it made a comeback in the M4/3 era and I must say it's not bad, if a little specialised. I'm pleased to encounter another user of the old Helios-44 in the 'other' mount.
