Helios 44-2 one of the classic lenses.

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GMT Neil

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This is look at the Helios 44-2, a 58mm f2 photo lens that can be great for video.
Shot on the Sony a7IV

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@nowyrozdzial 7 ай бұрын

Hi Neil, Because of you I bought a sirui anamorphic adapter. When I found out how with it is easy to focus I bought focus wheel and started testing it with many cheap and not so cheap vintage lenses and it is amazing. Old vintage lenses like Helios 44-2 were made mainly for photography and focus takes like 2-3 full turns on this vintage lenses to reach infinity focus. It is not so good for video and introduces shakes, focus is choppy. With sirui adapter it is smooth like in rehaused helios 44-2 for 3k USD. So thank you for introducing me to this adapter but my wife and my bank account are not so happy now - i bought dji rs3 pro and lidar autofocus just to be able to solo shoot anyhting on this vintage lenses + sirui adapter. Bought silver version of helios lens 44-2 which is the best for video , the diffrence is huge between versions of those but the silver ones were supposedly made from original carl zaiss glass with diffrent coatings and more blades inside. 77-m4 is also quite good for video with new coatings and still swirls but the contrast is kept under bad lighting coditions. You can look also into mir-1b 37m 2.8 lens - my copy is easly matched in post wih 44-2 for wider look. I also got 85mm 1.5 helios from new production line (you can buy it in like moldavia, they make it in russia and import is banned) . Same vintage glass as in 85mm but without bubbles inside and with better coatings. The look you can get with srui adapter on it is even more dreammy, swirly bokeh is much stronger than 44-2 but sharpnes around the corners is obliterated. Forgot to add that helios 85mm + sirui adapter weights more than 1kg so heavy beast and I basically need to rig the camera for it. It is not point and shoot :D

@nowyrozdzial 7 ай бұрын

This is test video I took first with sirui + 44-2 setup > kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i9Z5q7qTu9ase3U.html

@GMTNeil 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for posting and your comments, I am looking forward to checking out your video.

@nowyrozdzial 7 ай бұрын

@@GMTNeil Busy with other chanel not related to tech at all but someday I will upload more reviews as you :). Liked your prior videos - keep producing 😀

@nowyrozdzial 7 ай бұрын

But btw to any one reading the comments Helios 77m-4 is also dirt cheap and better quality then most 44-2. 77m-4 is a newer brother that may be worse for photo but for video build quality is usually better (44-2 and ther are 7 different versions made in diffrent plants with different quality issues that make some 44-2 look like a cinema glass and some like a cheap russian lens toy, can wobble on the mount when focusing, sharpness can be or not be there depending on the unit, coatings are crap or good, even if you get 2 lenses from the same plant and same year it can be better or worse). Good thing those are so simple to strip apart and clean up that some of this issues you are able to solve by yourself. But if it is wobbly at the lens mount it will be a crap for video no matter what you do. 77 m4 have better coatings, no grease on the blades and I never heard that someone got wobbly mount on those. Also important thing - they look the best on the full frame, like in the lens corners is all the helios look and character, in apsc swirls are not so noticeable. You will need a speedboster and it is not cheap. There is ttartisian 27 / 2.8 apsc lens for 200$ and it costs less then speedbooster, has autofocus and vintage character like helios, also swirls so basically modern helios with 39 equivalent in apsc.