![]() I still have the 44M, the 44M-2, and the 44m-4. Actually, in my case, I think it evaporated into my sensor and left little oily spots everywhere, took forever to clean.īTW, another great lens to checkout is the Industar 58mm 50-2. I’ve had that happen and it’s not fun to clean up. So you’ll need to be a little careful, you don’t want oil or grease dripping from your lens onto your sensor. One of my lenses sprouted mold inside, on another one the oil that lubricates all the parts has become very juicy, and then my 40M has developed a lot of haze. Most of the Helios lenses out there have seen repairs or have been refurbished or repacked.Īfter owning several of the Helios lenses for several years now, I find they can develop issues depending on how well they were refurbished. For the price these are listed at on eBay or sometimes Amazon, they can be a lot of fun and are totally worth it if you manage your expectations correctly. They have a really smooth, and calm rendering that is really unlike any of my other 50mm lenses. In general, I do like the Helios lenses though. I use a Mitakon speed booster, but you have to be a little careful with that one since it can scratch the sensor box on some of the Fujifilm cameras, specifically my X-Pro2. To get around this you actually can use an adapter with a speed booster built-in, these are handy to have if you like to adapt vintage m42 lenses, but since they are expensive, this only makes sense if you own several lenses. ![]() If you’re shooting on APS-C, you won’t really get all the same lens characteristics as you do with a full-frame camera since you’ll be cropping out most of the swirling effects that are in the outer edges of the frame, which is what these lenses, especially the 44-2 are really known for. Over the years I’ve shot a bunch with the various Helios lenses on various camera bodies to get a sense of what it’s like with full-frame or APS-C and have learned a few things. Helios 50mm f2 44M-2 Samples On The Sony A7rII While the 44M-2 does have the most swirl of the Helios lenses, you won’t always see it in general day-to-day shooting. In this post, we are looking at old samples of mine from the infamous Helios 44m-2 on the Sony A7rII. You can still find a few different models of the helios lenses, some rarer than others and they all do slightly different things. Today, there are so many awesome new third-party lenses out of China or Japan, the Helios lenses no longer get as much attention as they used to, but they’re still fun lenses to shoot with if you can get a good copy, of course, depending on what you plan on doing with them. The Helios lenses have really grown in popularity over the last few years for their classic rendering and crazy swirling bokeh.
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