Helios 44m 4 58mm

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Helios 44m 4 58mm

The lens was produced in the old Soviet Union by Jupiter among others from till and is one of most mass produced lenses in the world! I bought the M42 screwmount version hence the 44m name , since I have that adapter, but they made it available in many other mounts. The reason for buying this lens was one thing, and one thing only: The swirley bokeh effect! What really surprised me though, was all the other scenarios this lens was good for! And it does amazing with black and white photography. The lens is built like a tank! My copy is very smooth in the focus ring, and the aperture ring has nice clicks. A good condition lens. For black and white street photography the lens is really great. It does have a little glow at the highlights in bright sunshine, but that only adds to the charm. The contrast needs to be upped in post-processing, since I find the OOC files to be a little lacking in that area.

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Welcome to my blog. I document my adventures in travel, style, and food. Hope you have a nice stay! The Helios 44 on the X-Pro 1. If you have reservations about a manual focus portrait lens, you're not alone. I've fallen in love with my manual focus Rokinon 12mm wide angle , but a fast telephoto lens is a whole different ballgame.

The Soviet Union manufactured millions of this lens in different variants and it shipped as standard lens on many Soviet Zenit cameras. KMZ the same factory that made the Zenit cameras started manufacturing this lens from The Helios 44 lenses have built a cult around themselves in modern days and have been very popular for portrait photography and videography, it is the number one vintage lens used for making videos on modern cameras. It is very popular for its image character, its clickless aperture, balanced center sharpness and not least its swirly bokeh. As far as I know there are two versions of the early silver metal body; an original very early version with a bayonet mount and Later versions are all black and have the namings the most spread version , , 44M, 44M-4, 44M-5, 44M-6 and the final 44M Only the two early Helios 44s have 13 aperture blades, the later ones have either 8 or 6 blades. Silver all metal body, a completely manual lens with no electrical contact to the camera. The lower aperture ring is clickless that turns extremely smooth and can set the aperture from wide open to the value you have set on the top ring. Infinity sharpness is really bad wide open everywhere in the frame.

Helios 44m 4 58mm

Welcome to my blog. I document my adventures in travel, style, and food. Hope you have a nice stay! The Helios 44 on the X-Pro 1. If you have reservations about a manual focus portrait lens, you're not alone. I've fallen in love with my manual focus Rokinon 12mm wide angle , but a fast telephoto lens is a whole different ballgame. The build construction is substantial: solid metal and steel. Note that the adapter you use will likely feel cheap and plastic-y in comparison to the Helios ! The aperture ring holds firmly in place, and the focus ring is nice and smooth. Manual focus is

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The lens is a little bit on the cool side, as sometimes I needed to add a little bit of warmth in pp. I miss that lens. They mention that it's a wonderful lens for any photographer and cinematographer, and that the bokeh is gorgeous and distinct. Buying Guides. If you have reservations about a manual focus portrait lens, you're not alone. I may have cropped this one because closest focussing distance is about a foot and a half. Im using one for my Helios 44 on my Nikon D Business Advice. Firmware Updates. The build construction is substantial: solid metal and steel. Quality of material. Or just manual mode. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness. Thank you for this and other articles, they are great, and no wonder everybody likes them, cheers man.

Before I knew very much about lens mounts, I had at least discovered that before bayonet mounts became the norm, the most widely used way to attach a lens to a camera was to screw it in. And the most common mount was M42, developed in the late s, and used extensively in the 60s and 70s especially by manufacturers like Asahi Pentax, Praktica, Fujica, Yashica, and Zenit. These days a whole new range of M42 adapters exist to use these screw mount lenses on DSLRs and mirrorless bodies too.

I have a Helios 58 f2 with an M39 screw mount rather than the later M42 version s. Although, nevertheless, modifications with major numbers are slightly better. Customers like the value, quality, appearance, performance, and delivery of the camera lenses. It's glorious. My favourite lens for video. And at wide-open depth of field is very thin and very distance-sensitive. I bought this lens in mint condition from an old lady. It can be attached to modern cameras using a mount adapter. Hi there very informative site, love the pics of Helios!! I had to modify the aperture pin to allow it to work in fully manual mode, its simple to do here's a video detailing how to do it. Thanks for sharing your info. Mirrorless Discussion Forums.