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Excalibur
Joined: 19 Jul 2009
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Location: UK
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Excalibur wrote:
| Farside wrote: |
Phew! I've only got two ( would have had four if some rat seller hadn't kept my money and not sent the goods, but I might not have bought the two I have if he'd sent them, and I'm quite happy with them).
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| As a film user, find it amusing the fuss about the helios 44s (and I do have an excellent 44m).....I just pay a few ££s more and use better 50mm lenses from Canon, Konica, Minolta and Olympus or a better looking m42 50mm meyer oriston. |
Burn the heretic! 
But seriously, it's the bang for the buck, a couple of years ago anyway and even now. In M42 they provide a perfect no-risk way for many to sample MF without laying out much cash and then they can see for themselves. Luckily the H44 is so good, it leaves a good impression of Russian glass with most people - even if some of it isn't fantastic, most of it is worthwhile getting. Prices of the H44 have risen a bit, but with millions still out there I don't see them getting rare any time soon. |
Ah! Rumsfeld quote summed it all up then for newbies:-
........there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns -- the ones we don't know we don't know.
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Canon A1, AV1, T70 & T90, EOS 300 and EOS300v, Chinon CE and CP-7M. Contax 139, Fuji STX-2, Konica Autoreflex TC, FS-1, FT-1, Minolta X-700, X-300, XD-11, SRT101b, Nikon EM, FM, F4, F90X, Olympus OM2, Pentax S3, Spotmatic, Pentax ME super, Praktica TL 5B, & BC1, , Ricoh KR10super, Yashica T5D, Bronica Etrs, Mamiya RB67 pro AND drum roll:- a Sony Nex 3
.........past gear Tele Rolleiflex and Rollei SL66.
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DikkieDick
Joined: 18 Nov 2009
Posts: 63
Location: Groningen, Netherlands
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| Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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DikkieDick wrote:
When looking around, after reading cheering messages about this lens I stumbled on http://link.marktplaats.nl/299699888 .
Looks rather rugged, heavy used. According to the seller the lens is good, but when I look at the first picture the glass itself looks strangely positioned (not straight when you look at the white circle). Unfortunately seller lives over 200km away, but I could also give it a shot and let it send over to me (shipping cost is cheaper than the gas  ). But can anyone confirm that it doesn't look how it should? Would otherwise be a nice lens to add to my collection (well, I need something more as I'm pretty sure ( ) it won't fit on my Nikon without an adapter, think it will be M42, but that was something the seller couldn't tell, so I have to explain a bit to her, guess it's from an inheritence or so).
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Greetings, Dick
Nikon D300 & Nikon D70, bunch of AF-glass, SB-800-flash and a Jinbei D180 Delicacy Kit
MF-glass (all Nikon-mount):
Kiron 70-210:4 Zoomlock, 80-200:4.5
Peleng 8mm:3.5 fisheye
Sigma 24mm:2.8 Super Wide II
Vivitar 135mm:2.8 (Komine made)
Vivitar 200mm:3.5 (Komine made)
M42-mount:
Helios 44M 58/2 (with Zenit-TTL-camera attached)
Helios 135/2.8 (not Russian, with Chinon CE3 Memotron-camera)
Pentacon 50/1.8 (with Praktica LTL3-camera)
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beachboy2
Joined: 06 Sep 2009
Posts: 70
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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| Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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beachboy2 wrote:
"Looks rather rugged, heavy used. According to the seller the lens is good, but when I look at the first picture the glass itself looks strangely positioned (not straight when you look at the white circle)...."
Had a look at my Helios 44M. You do see something like that when seen at an angle. My copy came in mint condition very cheap and with an excellent additional lens! cheers
bb2
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Pentax 135 F3.5, Pentax 30mm F2.8 , Pentax 50mm F1.7, Pentax 55mm F1.8, S-M-C Tak 35mm F3.5, Super Tak 135mm F3.5, Super Tak 50mm F1.4, Super Tak 200mm F4
Vivitar 135mm F2.8, Vivitar TX 200mm F3.5, Vivitar 2X TC, Vivitar TX 300m F5.6 Vivitar T4 400mm F6.3
Tamron SP 35-80,80-210 F3.8, 300mm F2.8 360b,Helios 44M, Chinon 28mm F2.8, Chinon 35mm F2.8, 3M-5A 500mm F8, Mir 1B 37mm F2.8, Jupiter 9 85mm F2, CZJ Biometar 80mm F2.8 |
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Petzval 1840
Joined: 26 Aug 2009
Posts: 103
Location: N.E. of Spain (Europe)
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| Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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Petzval 1840 wrote:
Hello:
I show them a taken photo this month during the shooting of a series of TV in my village. Two men are principal actors of this program of TV.
The photo has been taken by me M 42, Helios 44-4 to f: 2 and my camera is a Pentax K 200 D.
Bests Regards: David.
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karabud
Joined: 11 Apr 2009
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Location: Lodz
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eeyore_nl
Joined: 09 Nov 2008
Posts: 837
Location: Netherlands
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eeyore_nl wrote:
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Personally, it's not about other lenses being 'better'. It's the character displayed by the Helios that's the attraction. I have a boatload of 5Xmm lenses - all of which cost more than even my most expensive Helios - but none of them provide results as surprisingly pleasant (or pleasantly surprising) as the little Russians |
There's truth in that ... the Helios has something special, also on a digital cam.
(Canon DPP / Standard picture style / custom WB / sharpness +2)
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