![]() ![]() ![]() As I was more interested in photographing flowers and portraits this didn’t worry me. When attached to a Nikon with a basic converter ring it will only focus to a couple of metres due to the distance between the lens and the sensor. Rather than using a regular nifty-fifty Nikkor, I attached an old Soviet Helios 44-2 58mm lens that I’d rescued from a dilapidated Zenit E. As a quick mini lockdown project, I thought it would be fun to take out my Nikon D750 on one of our daily exercise walks around Wormwood Scrubs. London is experiencing a particularly colourful Spring this year, with lots of beautiful bloom everywhere you care to look. Two Films for Two Ye… on Autumn in Ancoatsĭana R on Flashback Friday Classic Camer… EXPOSED! A check of the light meter on my Pentax ME-F.Oops I underdeveloped my holiday photos.44-3M MC - "M" after number "3" means Macro, lens can be mounted on macro bellows - rare (e.g.44-3 MC - old model - protruding focusing ring (e.g.manufactured only by MMZ (replacement of 44-2) Other examples of 44-2 (courtesy of J.Vacek / jvtdesign - thanks)Ĥ4-2 model "2.a": MMZ "zebra" - same barrel as MMZ version of 44(-1)Ĥ4-2 model "2.b": MMZ - white lettering, black glossy paintĤ4-2 model "1.b": KMZ - colored letteringĤ4-2 model "3.a": JOV - colored letteringĤ4-2 model "2.c": MMZ - colored letteringĤ4-2 model "2.d": MMZ last design - new barrel 1983)Ĥ4-2 model 1.a.v1: KMZ black glossy paint + white lettering, sn "N00xxxxx":Ĥ4-2 model 1.a.v1: KMZ black glossy paint + white lettering, sn "N0xxx":Ĥ4-2 model 1.a.v2: MZ black glossy paint + white lettering, sn "00xxxxx":Ĥ4-2 model 2.b: MMZ black glossy paint + white lettering, sn "73xxx":Ĥ4-2 model 3.a: JOV, black + colored lettering, sn "77xxx": classic version + SN located on lens barrel (e.g.classic version: black + colored lettering (e.g.redesigned version - similar look to 44-3 (e.g.black + white lettering, sn "xxx" (e.g.1974, rebadged/export models may have sn "0xxx") MMZ zebra lenses with serial number beginning by "N90xxx" or "N00xxx" are likely made in 19 (first number of sn very likely means year of 196x decade) serial numbers often corresponds to year of manufacture (with the exception of 0xxx / 00xxx numbers and "N" marked MMZ lenses) manufactured from 1971 in KMZ and MMZ, in 1974 production moved to JOV, in 1982/83 production moved to MMZ black + white lettering, M42, "2/58", sn "N0xxx", 8 blades.black + white lettering, "2/58", sn "N0xxx", 8 blades.MMZ lenses with serial number beginning by "N40xxx", "N50xxx" or "N60xxx" are likely made in 1964, 19 (first number of sn very likely means year of 196x decade) serial number almost never corresponds to year of manufacture, nearly always begins by "N" or "N°" there is a KMZ prototype marked "Helios 44-1", but production models are always marked only as "44" M39 SLR, sometimes appears as M42 model (possibly early version of 44-2 with old model ring) Last edited by no-X on Tue 3:32 pm edited 5 times in total 24 x 36 (rangefinder FED, Leica M mount) 18 x 24 (half-frame rangefinder FED mikron) double-gauss, lanthanum glass, 12-21 (?) models: 44, 44M, 44K and many others, see next post enhanced double-gauss (negative doublet as front element), 212-21 0 Most of them were designed for motion-picture cameras and offered very high speed. ![]() Helios-77 50/1.8 - super Russian 50mm lens, review + IMGĮarliest Helios lenses lacked the numbering scheme.Helios 44-2 58mm f/2 factory-make variations?.First BOKEH shots with a Helios 44-2 58mm f/2."The Harvest" - Delta 100, Helios 44 (silver).Pitch for the Helios 40 lens? 66mm x 0.75?.Helios 40-2 Fujica st701 Ilford XP2 Anastasia C&C.optinal: two or three pictures of the lens showing manufacturers ring and look of the lens body.number of aperture blades - typically 6, 8 or 13.serial number in exact form (last characters can be replaced by xxx): N☀00xxx, N00xxx, N70xxx, 7812xxx etc.If you have some SLR Helios lenses, which are not pictured or mentioned, you can help by sharing this info: Purpose of this thread is to map entire product range of Soviet Helios lenses with direction on Helios-44 series. No-X wrote: As promised, here is my actual list of Soviet Helios lenses. Posted: Wed 9:18 pm Post subject: Complete list of Helios lenses - getting closer ![]()
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