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Helios 44-xx pics - add yours
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 6:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Räbenfluch wrote:


Picture of me, taken by a friend, but with my Pentax kx hehe

Regards

Timo
fantastic portrait.


PostPosted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 3:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here are two shots from my Helios 44M. Both shot wide open on the Canon 6D. The Helios really shines on full frame, I'm impressed! Full of character






PostPosted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 4:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

izzat001 wrote:
Here are two shots from my Helios 44M. Both shot wide open on the Canon 6D. The Helios really shines on full frame, I'm impressed! Full of character






PostPosted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 4:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice swirling bokeh action going on in the 2nd one. Nicely done.


PostPosted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 4:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

drjs wrote:
Nice swirling bokeh action going on in the 2nd one. Nicely done.


Thank You drjs, you have some amazing flower pics!


PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 4:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Helios 44-2 wide open





PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 5:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very nice pics here!
The Helios 44 is a real instrument for art.
Am I the only one loving the flares of these lenses?

This is the 44-2 wide open:



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 10:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

drjs wrote:
Here are mine. On Canon 550D. Helios 44-2, S/N 0050799. All shot about 2 hours ago. Apertures between F/4 to F/8. Processed in lightroom.


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Magical images, excellent lights! Well done!


PostPosted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 8:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Helios 44-2
Two quick shots out the kitchen window
Pentax K-10D @ f5.6



PostPosted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 7:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow, how could I have missed this thread? I might as well add to it. I own a Helios 44M, a 58mm f/2. Really, I've only taken a few self-portraits with it mounted to my EOS DSLR. I don't use 50s much on that camera.

My Helios is contrasty and sharp. I like it.



PostPosted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 4:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hello!
Today i tested my favorite lens when i was a Pentax user (K7,K20) on my current DSLR, Canon 600d.
It do not swirl like it did on the FF Sony a850 but i like it anyway.....

Helios 44M-7 all att f2.












PostPosted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 3:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Everybody should have at least one Helios 44M.




The second is with M42 macro ring.


PostPosted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 3:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Recently acquired, simply version 44M with no other mark. Optical quality seem good, but th aperture faulty not to be stopped down beyond f/11.









PostPosted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 4:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote


HELIOS 44-M7


PostPosted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 7:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A few snapshots from today's walk with Helios 44M-4. No swirl for today, but lens is capable of swirly bokeh on my EOS 600d.

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 1:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Twisted Evil I took this with a Helios 44-2 this morning:



PostPosted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 2:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

significantimagery wrote:
Twisted Evil I took this with a Helios 44-2 this morning:



Now that is interesting.
Wide open I assume.
Did you rotate the focus ring a little during the image? I am intrigued by the effect that you have produced here.
OH


PostPosted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 3:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oldhand wrote:

Wide open I assume.
Did you rotate the focus ring a little during the image? I am intrigued by the effect that you have produced here.
OH


No, I didn't rotate the focus ring during the exposure, good guess though.

Here's another one at f/4 with a shutter speed of 1/200, direct from my camera, no post processing:



PostPosted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 3:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If this is at f/4 than you probably used some extension rings or bellows or tampered with the glass Wink as the DOF is quite narrow.
What's more my Helios is sharp wide open and at f/4 is razor sharp while yours looks really soft, so you must've done something Wink.


PostPosted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 6:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

PhantomLord wrote:
If this is at f/4 than you probably used some extension rings or bellows or tampered with the glass Wink as the DOF is quite narrow.
What's more my Helios is sharp wide open and at f/4 is razor sharp while yours looks really soft, so you must've done something Wink.


No extension rings or bellows...

but...you guessed it. I tampered with the glass to produce this effect.


PostPosted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 7:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeay! What I have won then? Very Happy

I must admit this is really interesting result of DIY, however I will not sacrifice my copies of Helios for that Smile.

Mateusz


PostPosted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 8:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks like the results from Jason Bognacki's "Petzval mod" to the Helios. I imagine you did something like that?


PostPosted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 9:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

themoleman342 wrote:
Looks like the results from Jason Bognacki's "Petzval mod" to the Helios. I imagine you did something like that?


That was actually what inspired me to start tinkering around because I wanted to find out if I could reproduce that.
link to Bognacki's "Petzval mod" video

As far as I know he never revealed anywhere how he did it.
But now I know the secret too. Twisted Evil


PostPosted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 10:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is the lens hand held/supported in front of the camera and not mounted on the body as such?
OH


PostPosted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 12:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I got a similar effect to that when I fell arse over head down an embankment Smile