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p.5 #1USSR made lens image thread(Helios, Jupiter...)
The main concern for me about these lenses is that the optics are clean,
the aperture works, and focusing is smooth, IQ is a gamble due to to production tolerances, even if it turns out to not have great IQ, you can always use the body as a donor, if you happen to find a sharp one that has body issues.
I can't say for sure if the one you posted will be good or bad, this thread is my source of info where USSR glass is very popular:
http://forum.mflenses.com/complete-list-of-helios-lenses-getting-closer-t26100.html
They have far more experience with these lenses than I do.
the aperture works, and focusing is smooth, IQ is a gamble due to to production tolerances, even if it turns out to not have great IQ, you can always use the body as a donor, if you happen to find a sharp one that has body issues.
I can't say for sure if the one you posted will be good or bad, this thread is my source of info where USSR glass is very popular:
http://forum.mflenses.com/complete-list-of-helios-lenses-getting-closer-t26100.html
They have far more experience with these lenses than I do.
Mar 14, 2011 at 06:53 AM
p.5 #2USSR made lens image thread(Helios, Jupiter...)
Alf Beharie wrote:
http://www.kakomu.com/gallery/image.php?imageid=75
http://www.kakomu.com/gallery/images/0000075-m.jpgHow did you correct the fisheye distortion? Did the pano software do that for you?
I used Hugin, which is a GUI for Panorama Tools. The input for your pictures allows you to specify that the source images are from a fisheye lens of a specific focal length. From there, I had to set about 30-40 points to fully correct the fisheye distortion and merge the photos.
kakomu wrote
Here's a 2 shot Pano with my newish Zenitar Fisheye of an intersection in downtown Chicago (Adams and Franklin, to be exact). Click the link to see a much larger image:http://www.kakomu.com/gallery/image.php?imageid=75
http://www.kakomu.com/gallery/images/0000075-m.jpg
I used Hugin, which is a GUI for Panorama Tools. The input for your pictures allows you to specify that the source images are from a fisheye lens of a specific focal length. From there, I had to set about 30-40 points to fully correct the fisheye distortion and merge the photos.
Mar 14, 2011 at 10:18 AM
p.5 #4USSR made lens image thread(Helios, Jupiter...)
Keith Horlick wrote:
Are the following the correct items to buy?
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250649781181&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#shId
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/HELIOS-44-2-M42-F2-58mm-SLR-ZENIT-PENTAX-Praktica-/170613748960?pt=Camera_Lenses&hash=item27b95f34e0
If they are not can you put me onto the correct items? I am in Canada so the closer the better. I have never bought anything from Russia before. =]
I will never buy from Russia again...As far as I am concerned they are all a bunch of swindeling b/stards! I bought a Helios 40 85mm f1.5 from Russia that was adverstised as being in "perfect condition". The delivery was 3 weeks overdue from what I was promised by the seller (2 weeks) and when it finally arrived all the iris blades were completely and irreversably bent and chewed up inside!...I had no choice but to take the front off the lens so I could pull them out leaving the lens without an iris at all!! To make matters worse when I quite rightly and understandably gave the seller negative feedback he gave me negative feedback too calling for being an impatient buyer!!! I was totally livid as this knocked my perfect feedback score down to 96%...I had no choice but to agree to a mutual feedback withdrawl to get my 100% score back, leaving me with a lens that was stuck wide open and no way to get my money back!!!!...I recommend you avoid sellers in Russia or you may suffer the same fate.
Are the following the correct items to buy?
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250649781181&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#shId
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/HELIOS-44-2-M42-F2-58mm-SLR-ZENIT-PENTAX-Praktica-/170613748960?pt=Camera_Lenses&hash=item27b95f34e0
If they are not can you put me onto the correct items? I am in Canada so the closer the better. I have never bought anything from Russia before. =]
I will never buy from Russia again...As far as I am concerned they are all a bunch of swindeling b/stards! I bought a Helios 40 85mm f1.5 from Russia that was adverstised as being in "perfect condition". The delivery was 3 weeks overdue from what I was promised by the seller (2 weeks) and when it finally arrived all the iris blades were completely and irreversably bent and chewed up inside!...I had no choice but to take the front off the lens so I could pull them out leaving the lens without an iris at all!! To make matters worse when I quite rightly and understandably gave the seller negative feedback he gave me negative feedback too calling for being an impatient buyer!!! I was totally livid as this knocked my perfect feedback score down to 96%...I had no choice but to agree to a mutual feedback withdrawl to get my 100% score back, leaving me with a lens that was stuck wide open and no way to get my money back!!!!...I recommend you avoid sellers in Russia or you may suffer the same fate.
Mar 18, 2011 at 08:25 AM
p.5 #5USSR made lens image thread(Helios, Jupiter...)
kakomu wrote:
http://www.kakomu.com/gallery/image.php?imageid=75
http://www.kakomu.com/gallery/images/0000075-m.jpgHow did you correct the fisheye distortion? Did the pano software do that for you?I used Hugin, which is a GUI for Panorama Tools. The input for your pictures allows you to specify that the source images are from a fisheye lens of a specific focal length. From there, I had to set about 30-40 points to fully correct the fisheye distortion and merge the photos.
Blimey, its sounds a lot more complicated than I imagined.
Alf Beharie wrote
kakomu wrote
Here's a 2 shot Pano with my newish Zenitar Fisheye of an intersection in downtown Chicago (Adams and Franklin, to be exact). Click the link to see a much larger image:http://www.kakomu.com/gallery/image.php?imageid=75
http://www.kakomu.com/gallery/images/0000075-m.jpg
Blimey, its sounds a lot more complicated than I imagined.
Mar 18, 2011 at 08:27 AM
p.5 #6USSR made lens image thread(Helios, Jupiter...)
That does sound dirty, sorry to hear about that.
I'd look for a donor Helios 40 85mm f1.5 for it's iris, unless there are other problems with your lens.
I'd look for a donor Helios 40 85mm f1.5 for it's iris, unless there are other problems with your lens.
Mar 18, 2011 at 08:45 AM
p.5 #9USSR made lens image thread(Helios, Jupiter...)
Mir 38B with a P6-to-EOS adapter, and a 36mm extension tube, LiveView focusing, on a Canon 7D...
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5064/5625939401_591b4bc8e8_b.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5263/5626526530_df8348b1a8_b.jpg
W/O extension tube
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5104/5625939213_b9b7fe4a0a_b.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5064/5625939401_591b4bc8e8_b.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5263/5626526530_df8348b1a8_b.jpg
W/O extension tube
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5104/5625939213_b9b7fe4a0a_b.jpg
Apr 16, 2011 at 11:51 PM
p.5 #10USSR made lens image thread(Helios, Jupiter...)
Gallery from the Helios 44-2-if this truly is a copy of the 50mm F 2.0 CZJ Biotar, then the search for a Biotar in good shape can end right now. My Tessar derivatives do a better job at F 8.0 than this:
http://anscochrome.zenfolio.com/p145361925
http://anscochrome.zenfolio.com/p145361925
Apr 17, 2011 at 08:19 AM
p.5 #11USSR made lens image thread(Helios, Jupiter...)
Thanks to jcolwell for posting a link to this site. (HERE)
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1007235/
It led me to this page on Russian lenses.
http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/ruslens.html
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1007235/
It led me to this page on Russian lenses.
http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/ruslens.html
May 09, 2011 at 11:02 AM
p.5 #12USSR made lens image thread(Helios, Jupiter...)
Found some amazing shots here(a while back)with a 44-2,
http://www.flickr.com/groups/eos-manual-lenses/discuss/72157625815763967/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/eos-manual-lenses/discuss/72157625815763967/
May 09, 2011 at 11:25 AM
p.5 #13USSR made lens image thread(Helios, Jupiter...)
some Tair-3 (300mm) on Olympus E-P1
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5030/5676758070_ff6d07caf6_z.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5143/5676757880_63f1bd7477_z.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5308/5676758502_70829fc963_z.jpg
Not the best long lens, but coupled to the E-P1, the Tair-3 is pretty good for a $70 600mm (eq) lens.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5030/5676758070_ff6d07caf6_z.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5143/5676757880_63f1bd7477_z.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5308/5676758502_70829fc963_z.jpg
Not the best long lens, but coupled to the E-P1, the Tair-3 is pretty good for a $70 600mm (eq) lens.
May 10, 2011 at 01:20 AM
p.5 #14USSR made lens image thread(Helios, Jupiter...)
Sweet mining shots MH2000! Where is this at? I work at a copper mine, and bring my camera to work a lot......
May 10, 2011 at 09:01 PM
p.5 #15USSR made lens image thread(Helios, Jupiter...)
Thanks! This is the Ray mine in central AZ. I shot these from the one vantage point open to the public. First time I have ever shot anything with such a long (effective) lens... my Bogen ballhead was definitely not up to the task! Thankfully the little Oly's in body IS worked well enough to take out motion blur. They are going to be used in an article I'm publishing in a couple weeks.
CampX wrote:
Sweet mining shots MH2000! Where is this at? I work at a copper mine, and bring my camera to work a lot......
CampX wrote:
Sweet mining shots MH2000! Where is this at? I work at a copper mine, and bring my camera to work a lot......
May 11, 2011 at 12:15 AM
p.5 #16USSR made lens image thread(Helios, Jupiter...)
Helios-40-2 on 5DII
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2116/5743897023_966f5248e2_z.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2116/5743897023_966f5248e2_z.jpg
May 22, 2011 at 08:53 AM
p.5 #18USSR made lens image thread(Helios, Jupiter...)
LightShow wrote:
My new MIR20N 20mm f3.5
Not as sharp as I'd like and the CA can be a bit much.
Recently got this lens myself, only it's the M version (M42 mount). It's certainly not bad once you stop down a bit, but the extreme corners are pretty awful on full-frame as the sharpness drops off pretty quickly, it's pretty good in the center though.
http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp263/ThisIsHey/_MG_2407.jpg
The best thing about it, though, is the extremely short MFD of 0.18m, the tip of the branch in the next photo was almost up against the glass.
http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp263/ThisIsHey/_MG_2419.jpg
http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp263/ThisIsHey/_MG_2625.jpg
My new MIR20N 20mm f3.5
Not as sharp as I'd like and the CA can be a bit much.
Recently got this lens myself, only it's the M version (M42 mount). It's certainly not bad once you stop down a bit, but the extreme corners are pretty awful on full-frame as the sharpness drops off pretty quickly, it's pretty good in the center though.
http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp263/ThisIsHey/_MG_2407.jpg
The best thing about it, though, is the extremely short MFD of 0.18m, the tip of the branch in the next photo was almost up against the glass.
http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp263/ThisIsHey/_MG_2419.jpg
http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp263/ThisIsHey/_MG_2625.jpg
May 23, 2011 at 08:29 AM
p.5 #19USSR made lens image thread(Helios, Jupiter...)
On my copy the IRIS doesn't close uniformly, one of the blades lags behind the others.
The CA seems to show in high contrast conditions, I'm going to have to do some testing to confirm that, and that infinity is sharp.
It is a fun lens for sure, I'll post some of my other pics from this lens from Saturday.
The CA seems to show in high contrast conditions, I'm going to have to do some testing to confirm that, and that infinity is sharp.
It is a fun lens for sure, I'll post some of my other pics from this lens from Saturday.
May 23, 2011 at 02:19 PM
p.5 #20USSR made lens image thread(Helios, Jupiter...)
A thread full of Helios 44xxx pictures.
http://forum.mflenses.com/helios-44-xx-pics-add-yours-t29321.html
http://forum.mflenses.com/helios-44-xx-pics-add-yours-t29321.html
Jun 01, 2011 at 02:08 AM