xayraa33
rangefinder user and fancier
analoged
Well-known
I have a super early f22 Helios! While I don't clam to be an expert I'm 95% sure by the coatings its Zeiss glass...
He should try a Summarit, King of the Swirlies.
I have a chrome 5.8cm F2 Biotar- in Exakta mount.
And remember- Sonnars Don't Swirl. Field Curvature cancels Astigmatism...
I have a chrome 5.8cm F2 Biotar- in Exakta mount.
And remember- Sonnars Don't Swirl. Field Curvature cancels Astigmatism...
dexdog
Veteran
I have a chrome 5.8cm f2 in M42 mount, dates to Oct 1949. I really need to take this lens apart and clean it, just a bit of haze on the rear lens group. I have a M42 to E-mount adapter somewhere.
johnf04
Well-known
Here's a Helios 44 image, taken in 1971 with a Zenit 3m, on Kodachrome.
Austintatious
Well-known
I am a fan of Simon's work on Youtube and Flickr. Last year I picked up a Helios 44-3 that has been cleaned and lubed to use on mirrorless . I like it
Spring swirls by Carlos Yashinon, on Flickr
Spring swirls by Carlos Yashinon, on Flickr
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dexdog
Veteran
xayraa33, thanks for the link to Simon's youtube channel, looks interesting! I agree with Brian that nothing beats a Summarit or Summitar for swirlies. I used to have one of each, the only lenses I ever sold because I hated they way that they rendered images. The Biotar is kinda swirly wide open, but has nothing on the Helios in this regard
I do have one Sonnar formula lens that Swirls. A Nikkor 10.5cm F2.5 that was bought without a rear element. I guessed the focal length of the missing element against my complete one, measured the diameter and ordered an optic from Surplus Shack. Did a two point calibration for close-up and distance.
Checked against my "Regular" Nikkor 10.5cm F2.5, this one is unique. It seems to cast shadows on the Bokeh Balls.
Just wait until someone wants to do a dreamy movie sequence... Who needs optical corrections.
Checked against my "Regular" Nikkor 10.5cm F2.5, this one is unique. It seems to cast shadows on the Bokeh Balls.
Just wait until someone wants to do a dreamy movie sequence... Who needs optical corrections.
Retro-Grouch
Veteran
Huh? Isn't the Nikkor S.C 5cm f/1.4 (rangefinder) lens a Sonnar? That's my favorite swirly bokeh lens! See the attached:
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
I have been using the more recent Helios (The one that came with the zenit 12xp) for years. It is a very interesting lens.
Some Swirl on the Nikkor 5cm F1.4, but much less than a Double-Gauss. Sonnars have more Coma.
Sully Plantation by fiftyonepointsix, on FlickrThis is with the Canon 5cm F2 in Leica mount, this is an uncommon lens.
raid
Dad Photographer
I need to take out my Helios that I have used only with one roll of film so far. I wonder which model it is.