Helios lens india7/2/2023 ![]() ![]() When German and Russian Biotar type 58mm lenses are used on a Sony a6100 camera with an APS-C sensor, a crop-factor of 1.5 applies. In my opinion, the following photos quite nicely answer the following question: Are the German Carl Zeiss Biotar and Russian Helios-44 58mm f2 lenses of any use when adapted to full-frame and APS-C digital camera bodies? How does the Carl Zeiss Biotar 58mm f2 lens made in 1953 and its Russian copy Helios 44M-4 made in 1990 perform when adapted to a Sony a7ii camera with full-frame sensor and especially a Sony a6100 camera with a smaller APS-C sensor? (click on photo to enlarge) ![]() Renato & Meliha Edelstein – Hochzeitsfotos (German language).Gemischtwarenladen “beim Schneider” in Tegernau (German language). ![]() Fast PRIME vintage lenses – 24mm to 50mm.Fast PRIME vintage lenses – 85mm to 200mm.Classic Lens Buying Guide and 10-Point Checklist.Wet on Wet Bokeh! and the Raynox 135mm f2.8 lens.Bavarian Weather Station and 135mm lens sharpness.van Gogh Bokeh and the Canon FD 200mm f2.8 lens.FACT or FAKE: cheap classic lens sharper than Canon EF 50mm f1.8?.I dare! Keeping my lens CO2 footprint - Greta would love Classic Lenses.How good is a EUR 50 classic superzoom lens?.Brutalist Architecture and Viltrox 85mm f1.8 lens on Sony a7ii camera.Sunflowers and Bokeh of classic lenses from Carl Zeiss, Nikon etc.Bokeh hunting with “The Lord of the Red Rings” Canon 135mm f2 lens.Nikon, Zeiss and Canon classic lenses for Macro photos.Afghan Girl with Green Eyes and the legendary Nikkor 105mm f2.5 lens.Zeiss Olympia Sonnar 180mm f2.8 lens on Sony a7ii camera.Krav Maga in Action with the Zeiss Batis 85mm f1.8 lens.TOP 10 Tips: Macro Photos with Extension Tube & Reverse Lens.Lens Evolution: Double Gauss, Planar, Biotar & Biometar.Swirly Bokeh? The legendary Zeiss Biotar vs.Classic cars shot with Zeiss Biotar and Helios-44 58mm f2 lenses.Incredible India and the legendary Nikkor 105mm f2.5 lens.More than Swirly Bokeh: Zeiss Biotar 58mm f2 lens adapted to an APS-C camera.Giant Sunflower, Olympia Sonnar 180mm f2.8 and Zeiss Mutar 2.Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the beautiful Bokeh with Classic Zeiss lenses).Octoberfest night images with Viltrox 85mm f1.8 lens on Sony a6000 APS-C camera.100+ Years of Zeiss lens and German General store history.Zeiss Biotar 58mm f2 lens on travel in Portugal.heidi-foto and their reliable classic camera and lens rating system.Fun facts about the Internet traffic on this website.How is the bokeh of the Tamron 17-70mm F2.8 APS-C lens for Sony & Fuji mounts?.The blue window image uses a high grade polarizer. I often use it at big aperture because I really like it’s bokeh. I’ve tried to make a set which show different motifs for the lens. The images are shot over time since march this year. I think it’s a good idea to use a lenshood. Colours are most often good, only encountered some very bright light when colours feelt a little washed out (but in that circumstance, it could have been the case with any lens). I have tried it in many different situations, I find it sharp with very good bokeh. I have used this for quite a while now, actually. This lens is sharp, durable and does what it should. Somehow this lens makes me to think of Soviet tanks from the Second World War (like the T-34), built to hold through the Russian winter and puts function before the feature (as opposed to the German tanks which froze in the snow). On the EOS the focal length equivalent is (58mm * 1.6) 92.8 mm. Robust, good minimal focus distance, flexible rings. You set the aperture before taking the picture, but when you focus you would like to have more light – so you can open up completely with the other aperture ring. It can be confusing before you know how it works. It is a preset lenses, which means that it has two rings to deal with the aperture. Other Helios models was manufactured in (KMZ) Krasnogorsk / Moscow or elsewhere. It has M42-thread, and thus fits my adapter to EOS. MC Helios (ГЕЛИОС) 44-3 58mm / 2 was produced as mentioned at BeLOMO in Minsk (Belarus). Since earlier I knew that Helios-lenses is appreciated internationally. After Google on camera model Zenit ET revealed that the camera had standard MC Helios 44-3 58mm / 2 (it could also have been equipped with Industar-lens). The advertisement said nothing about the lens and the markings on the lensfront was shielded by lenscap. The winning bid was for SEK 100 (about £8.30). I won the bid for a Zenit ET camera, a flash and Helios lens on Tradera (Swedish ebay). The states of the former Soviet union actually made a lot of good camera equipment, and what I’m going to write about now is a copy from a Carl Zeiss-factory that ended up in the Eastern block after the war and “moved” to Russia. It is manufactured in BeLOMO, Minsk in the early 80’s 90’s. I suspect that many photographer frowns when I put on of my old MC Helios-lens. ![]()
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