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peterbald
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Very nice indeed....stunning colours and a lovely model.
The swirly bokeh of the lens work well together with the subject here 
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Laurence wrote:
+1 with Klypen. The model's swirly hair seems to be really in "tune"
with the bokeh.
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dude163 wrote:
very pretty on all accounts
model , bokeh and colours
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very pretty on all accounts
model , bokeh and colours |
+1
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nixland wrote:
Aahh ... the stunning Helios 40 
Beautiful ....
I'll post my first photos with this lens soon.
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peterbald wrote:
Thank you!
It' really amazing lens and I hope I will use all possibilities of this Lens.
Here is another shot of beautiful girl with Helios 40 wide opened on 1.5
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pich900 wrote:
Stunning results, the colour rendering is realy amazing  ...but may be some (a lot?) post-processing  ???
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| Stunning results, the colour rendering is realy amazing ...but may be some (a lot?) post-processing ??? |
Thanks,
First of all the girl is 18 years old.
Strob: SB 800 + soft box + big gold reflector from the right side.
I make some minor post-processing on her face.
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vladm646 wrote:
dear Peterbald,
I am new to this forum and to manual lenses.I own nikon d700 and recently got helios 40-2.I know this is a legendary lens but i find that i got very few keepers at 1.4-2.8 apertures.Could you please give me some tips on focusing eg: do you use live view or viewfinder to focus at 1.4;tripod?what nikon to m 42 adapter?Do you use hood?Any advise would be highly appreciated.Thanks |
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peterbald
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| Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:49 am Post subject: Re: help with focusing |
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dear Peterbald,
I am new to this forum and to manual lenses.I own nikon d700 and recently got helios 40-2.I know this is a legendary lens but i find that i got very few keepers at 1.4-2.8 apertures.Could you please give me some tips on focusing eg: do you use live view or viewfinder to focus at 1.4;tripod?what nikon to m 42 adapter?Do you use hood?Any advise would be highly appreciated.Thanks |
Hi Vlad,
Aperture 1.5, not 1.4.
I don't use LiveView , I'm focusing on green dot.
My model is old Helios 40 with m39 so I use M39-> Nikon adapter.
I don't use any hood but sometimes I use tripod when it necessary.
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peterbald wrote:
I have some more shots and I'd like to share it here.
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patrickh wrote:
You really are conquering this most difficult lens. When she does it right, she blows the competition away
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Very nice portraits, but my favourite is the snapshot of the young girl playing chess. It captures all her concentration and dedication!
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Beautiful H-40 paintings !
I especially like the first one, when you were in your green period.
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Beautiful H-40 paintings !
I especially like the first one, when you were in your green period. |
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My wife.
I make these photos just a few days ago.
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Very well done Steve!
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pich900 wrote:
Lovely portraits ..
Did you modified your Helios in order to focus to infinity or at least more than 2 or 3 meters with the D700 
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Thank you, Klaus 
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peterbald
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| Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 8:48 am Post subject: |
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Lovely portraits ..
Did you modified your Helios in order to focus to infinity or at least more than 2 or 3 meters with the D700 |
Pascal, thanks for your comment.
No, unfortunately just from 2 meters up to 7 meter.
I tried to use adaptor with small glass inside, I could focus to infinity but I didn't like the quality of photos.
Besides, I use Helios mainly for portraits, so inflinity function is not usefull for me.
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Nice portraits!
I use an adapter with no glass too, i thinned it down a bit, 0.5 mm, it doesn t sound a lot but in terms of max focus distance it s more than a meter, or more. You don t need to thin it down all, just the inner radius part.
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@peter: thanks for your answer, with mine I can only focus up to 3 meters max, it's ok but can be sometimes a little bit too short...
@thomas: interesting, could you may be share a picture of the modified adapter?
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tomasg wrote:
Yes, a picture is going to be better than my english , i used a Dremel tool, but with a lathe it can be done much better. If you look at the adapter from side, when it s mounted on the lens, you ll see a gap between it and the lens, to reduce it thin the adapter, if you examine it better, you ll see that only a part of the adapter makes contact with the lens. It s enought to thin, shave, that part only.
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hexi wrote:
Stunning results on that last set ! the lens renders perfect
i'm hesitating of giving m42's a go on the D700, but i might try seeing what it can achieve : )
any good adapters recommandations ?
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