HELIOS 44 - f2/58mm. (Russian Biotar)
Superb vintage lens...and you can pick them up for peanuts.
Great photos!
Same as, and about the same time frame as well!Love the photos. I had a Helios 58mm/f2 lens 50 odd years ago. It was attached to a Zenith E, my first SLR camera which I bought while I was in college.
Are you aware of ‘The light lens lab’ a Chinese venture recreating classic lenses:I'd like to see classic lens designs like the above reintroduced. I have more respect for older, simpler lenses (e.g. even standard early EF) than some modern ones I've used (e.g later EF & EF-S). I find modern zooms especially frustrating. Oh the sharpness & contrast & stuff is right there, yet they're compromised by a certain sterility, slow apertures, & often sample variation (decentering - which I detest - is common). The fastest are huge, heavy, & expensive. I find bokeh tending towards the weird. Whether all this is a result of complex aspherical designs &/or image stabilization, I don't know. To me it's like audio gear: the more euphonic & slightly blurred yet more musically coherent vs more precisely-spec'd gear that is ultimately tiring to listen to.
No, I wasn't aware of these. Nice!Are you aware of ‘The light lens lab’ a Chinese venture recreating classic lenses:
Light Lens Lab
Base in China, Light Lens Lab is an optical company founded by Mr. Zhou, with a group of enthusiast specializing in vintage lens.lightlenslab.myshopify.com
From what I’ve read in reviews they seem pretty damn good!
This thread is making me want to peruse the classifieds and see what might be out there. I have never played with vintage lenses, but think that there might be a world of relatively cheap fun waiting out there!