Helios 44-2
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Great shots, I have been wanting to get one of these for a while. Did you shoot these with the 5d mark 3? I am wanting to get one but I have heard about issues with the mirror hitting the lens.
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Please check on the link below for compatibility. Some copies of 44-2 will hit the mirror of 5D3. Mine is an example.
My Helios 44-2 has clearance problem initially but after a small surgery, it's fine now. See attached image.
http://www.panoramaplanet.de/comp/
see the other link for caution.
http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/10-pentax-slr-lens-discussion/77158-caution-helios-44-fans-potential-buyers.html
My Helios 44-2 has clearance problem initially but after a small surgery, it's fine now. See attached image.
http://www.panoramaplanet.de/comp/
see the other link for caution.
http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/10-pentax-slr-lens-discussion/77158-caution-helios-44-fans-potential-buyers.html
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adhocphotographer said:
Nice photos! Since you like that sort of thing, if you haven't already you might also want to try some other similar lenses, such as the Jupiter 9 - 85mm f2 and rather soft and dreamy wide open (at least mine is), creating wonderful blurred images and, thanks to its 15 blade aperture, out-of-focus highlights remain more-or-less perfectly round as you stop it down. (There's another Russian lens, Tair 11-A, that has 20!)
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sama said:
I actually think that this might have something to do with the adapters too.... Mine has no issue and I tried all focal lengths (whilst preying silently to the gods of light). Well done on the fix-it job.
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Hmmm. Checking out ebay and having a hard time telling the difference in the models that will and will not have the mirror hitting? Also is there a preferred EF adaptor that nullifies the mirror slap issue. Would love to order one of these guys, but the idea of putting a $30 lens on a $3000 body without knowing if it will damage the camera is a little unsettling.
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Below a few examples with my Helios 44M-6 (58/2) on a 6D. Close-ups taken with a Canon 58mm 500D CU lens attached, all shot at f/2. The people pix was stopped down to about f/11 or so. No mirror interference at all with this combo.
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I got several Helios lenses, one of them converted to a kind of tilt/shift lens.
Its like a lensbaby and delivers super unique pictures, really love to shoot it when i want my pictures to stand out of the mass of "normal" pictures.
JUst follow these instructions, really as and quickly made. Materials cost me like 5 Euros. Also, it can always be reverted
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ8fLnlYrKo
Its like a lensbaby and delivers super unique pictures, really love to shoot it when i want my pictures to stand out of the mass of "normal" pictures.
JUst follow these instructions, really as and quickly made. Materials cost me like 5 Euros. Also, it can always be reverted
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ8fLnlYrKo
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