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Sjak
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 Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 4:07 pm Post subject: Modded Helios 44-2 with square bokeh |
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Sjak wrote:
Out of curiosity, I bought this from Moldova 
It came in the mail today, just a few quick boring test-shots, except for a resize, camera-JPGs.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 12:23 am Post subject: |
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jamaeolus wrote:
very interesting.... for certain types of subjects I can see this getting some use.
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martinsmith99 wrote:
Well, it's different. 
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Sjak
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 7:25 am Post subject: |
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Sjak wrote:
| jamaeolus wrote: |
| very interesting.... for certain types of subjects I can see this getting some use. |
To be honest, I bought it purely out of curiosity and because it was just $30 or so 
But now I see some potential, e.g. for a flower field during spring.
The lens itself was in very good condition, and the iris conversion seems very well done too. I'll post pics later of the iris. |
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Anatol_M
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 7:42 am Post subject: |
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Anatol_M wrote:
Is it really a Helios mod, or someone accidently sold you the rare Zenitar ME-1 ? |
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Sjak
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 7:45 am Post subject: |
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Sjak wrote:
It's really a Helios I'll post some images of the lens itself later. |
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Sjak
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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Sjak wrote:
The lens:
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jamaeolus
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jamaeolus wrote:
Very well done mod. I was expecting a cardboard cutout style thing. For 30 that is a bargain. I would probably use it to accentuate the shapes of certain subjects. Digitized images or things where pixelization comes into play or photos of tech gadgets that kind of thing.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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SkedAddled wrote:
| jamaeolus wrote: |
| Very well done mod. I was expecting a cardboard cutout style thing. For 30 that is a bargain. I would probably use it to accentuate the shapes of certain subjects. Digitized images or things where pixelization comes into play or photos of tech gadgets that kind of thing. |
I was thinking similar from the sample images; it makes the OOF background appear pixellated.
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Sjak
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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Sjak wrote:
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| Very well done mod. I was expecting a cardboard cutout style thing. For 30 that is a bargain. |
Yes I'm extemely pleased with the qualit/price ratio of this lens I wouldnt have been offended if it would have been more of a hack-job, but it's really well done, mechanically smooth, and super-clean optics.
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| I would probably use it to accentuate the shapes of certain subjects. Digitized images or things where pixelization comes into play or photos of tech gadgets that kind of thing. |
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| I was thinking similar from the sample images; it makes the OOF background appear pixellated. |
Some nice ideas for using this oddity.... I'm thinking now of some night time street/mall-shots too. |
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cooltouch wrote:
I like that the photos show a diamond orientation. More visually interesting than a square.
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fuzzywuzzy wrote:
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| I would probably use it to accentuate the shapes of certain subjects. |
Someone needs to take this to a video game convention and take pictures of Mario/Pokemon cosplayers!
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| Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2018 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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Sjak wrote:
I went out on the street with this lens in the bag, playing a bit.
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