best FSU lens 28-50 mm in LTM?

[januaryman]

I like the faster lens of the J8, but the I 61/LD has a quality I like best. For LTM, that is. The Helios 103 is, hands down, the best lens out there for the buck, but Kiev mount.

 

[raid]

Jim,
Brian made me once a I 61 LD in Contax mount, and isn't the Helios 103 the same lens as a Menopta?

 

[Dave Wilkinson]

Amazing! - all the correspondence on this topic - almost weekly.....and a four year old thread is resurrected! 🙄

 

[januaryman]

Afraid I have no idea, Raid. I'm pretty much just a lens user, not a guy who knows either the history or how the bloody things do what they do - But I discovered the Helios because I bought a sharp looking black painted Kiev 4AM. The camera itself was no good and went back, lens and all for a refund, but I went right back out to the bay and bought another copy that would ship with the Helios.

I need to use that camera more. But I hate the required backwinding to keep the frame spacing consistent.

 

[januaryman]

Amazing! - all the correspondence on this topic - almost weekly.....and a four year old thread is resurrected! 🙄

Sometimes we need to be reminded how good an old, forgotten lens is, eh? 😉