Just look for their lens builder logo on the front of the Helios 44-2. The Valdai Helios lenses are easy to spot. That model was mass produced with much less care for the build quality and more about saving cost. When I use other “modern” lenses, I often have hard time editing and balancing the greens and yellows in post-process. To make things quick, the 1978 Valdai version of the Helios 44-2 is considered by most to be the worst version. In my opinion this vintage Russian lens is very special. I was really amazed how the green environment (consider nature only) turned out. Above you can see some test footage which I shot with a Helios 44-2 58mm f/2 lens. These lightweight, high quality lenses are perfect for protecting your eyes from harmful UV Rays, dust and pollution. This photo-shoot was done outdoors on a very sunny day, to be precise - 9th June 2018, around 1–3PM (the time of the day most photographers avoid, especially for shooting people). Best helios lenses are the best of the best- 3x stronger than regular lenses and 100 scratch resistant. Note that all the following photos in this review are not edited, the conversion color profiles are Adobe Color and Adobe Monochrome. Im primarily buying this lens for portraits due to the interesting swirly bokeh effect it produces.
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Two years later, I can show you some results as I was testing the lens in different situations and light: Im looking to buy a Helios 44 series 58mm f/2 M42 lens for my Nikon D600 and will be mounting it using an M42 to F-mount adapter. I was lucky to find a 44–4 version with Nikon mounted bayonet. Double Gauss lenses have been used since the 1930s for fast semi-wide to short-telephoto lenses. My camera body is Nikon D800.Ī few years back I was searching for a new lens, which can give me an artistic feeling and a softer look. The Helios model 40 lens is an 85mm f1.5 which is reported to be based on the Carl Zeiss Biotar design, which is basically a double Gauss lens. Just to give you a bit of background on how I am approaching this review, allow me to mention, that, I am a hobbyist photographer, specializing in portraits, fine art, fashion and nudes mostly.
Helios-44 lens series comes with a beautiful swirly bokeh and organic natural colors. As we all know technical information is important, but for art photography it is more important what we can achieve with such an amazing tool. They were/are made in the Krasnogorsk Mechanical Works (abbreviated as KMZ) near Moscow. You can find this information also on Wikipedia or any other site for technical specifications. Well, to start with 'Helios' is the brand name of a line of lenses, often sold with Russian 'Zenit' cameras. Mount thread for Attachments: M52 x 0.75.
Starting with some technical specifications: In this review, I will introduce Helios 44M-4 with M42 mount (where the “M” actually comes from). I bought a Carl Zeiss lens and I love it because it brings a certain spirit to my photographs, But the Helios has a pulse and heartbeat.For the money it is so worth it. It is considered to be one of most mass produced lenses in the world. The Helios lenses are everything that people say and then some. Helios-44 (Russian: Ге́лиос) is a series of standard lenses for SLR cameras, produced in Soviet Union by KMZ, MMZ, Jupiter from 1958 until 1999.
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