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Sirrith
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 Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 5:28 pm Post subject: helios 44-2 late version (44-3 barrel) |
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Sirrith wrote:
1205091 by noobographer, on Flickr
Not your typical swirly bokeh shot, in fact, no bokeh!
Only one shot at the moment, but I will try take more and update this thread when I do. |
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martinsmith99
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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martinsmith99 wrote:
Great sharpness. There's much more to the Helios than swirlies.
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Lloydy wrote:
the 44-2 has become my walkabout lens on the NEX, it really is a joy to use on this camera. 
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Sirrith
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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Sirrith wrote:
Yes, the helios is a very nice lens 
In fact I plan to start a collection of the pre-set helios 44's! I find it very interesting simply because there are so many variations. |
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Hexaddict
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Hexaddict wrote:
Green market in edinburgh right ? i recognise the white hart inn
Nice colours and sharpness.
What an incredible beautiful city, i loved it..
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Webwalker
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Webwalker wrote:
Nice shot.
It's fantastic that corners are sharp as the center!
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iangreenhalgh1
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
| Lloydy wrote: |
| the 44-2 has become my walkabout lens on the NEX, it really is a joy to use on this camera. |
Indeed it is, I just got a new one with 00 serial from Attila, can't wait to try it out, I'm going to compare it to my 44M-4 (best of the 5 or 6 I've had) and my Biotar with red T. I figured every collection needs a Helios-44 so shy not make it a rare 00 serial one that was reserved for party leaders etc.
BTW, My walkaround lens on the NEX is still the Jupiter-8, I'm in love with Sonnars.
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fotomachi
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fotomachi wrote:
The Helios 44s are about the best bang for the buck that is available on ebay
In my subjective opinion, I see little change in center sharpness between early and late versions. Corners tend to be better in the late versions though.
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noddywithoutbigears
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noddywithoutbigears wrote:
| fotomachi wrote: |
The Helios 44s are about the best bang for the buck that is available on ebay
In my subjective opinion, I see little change in center sharpness between early and late versions. Corners tend to be better in the late versions though. |
I had this very same lens but unfortunately compared to my 44-M the corner sharpness was not very good, which proved very disappointing, certainly not at the same level as these pictures show, which are very nice by the way 
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Sirrith
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Sirrith wrote:
For some reason I personally find the later helios's a bit "boring" maybe its just because I don't like the auto aperture lenses.
And yes, Grassmarket in Edinburgh, I agree, this city is lovely, though at the moment its weather isn't so nice... The lens is sharp, but to be fair it has been stopped down for this shot, I think this was at 5.6 or so. |
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martinsmith99
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martinsmith99 wrote:
| iangreenhalgh1 wrote: |
| Indeed it is, I just got a new one with 00 serial from Attila, can't wait to try it out, I'm going to compare it to my 44M-4 (best of the 5 or 6 I've had) and my Biotar with red T. I figured every collection needs a Helios-44 so shy not make it a rare 00 serial one that was reserved for party leaders etc. |
The serial numbers with "0" at the start are said to be early versions from a guy on the FSU photo forum and nothing to do with being reserved. I'm inclined to believe this as he used to work for KMZ; otherwise, there's a lot of reserved lenses about as every man & his dog seems to have one (I have 2).
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