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 First couple of results from the Helios M44-4 58mm F2 (auto with aperture ring lens) having reversed the front element.

 

 I quickly found a plastic sheet to make a spacer washer a tad too thick but just to see the outcome.

 

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 F2.8

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F2

 

 

  There's some cropping and bags af PP. it has strange behavour, but frankly I'm amazed that a reversed element lens even can focus at all.

  Not so many flowers near me here, I guessing that beds of colourful  flowers will produce the the nicest looking images, can't see it being my go to lens though.

If you are talking about that kind of results, well that's exactly what I got when using it on my 300D.

BTW not only the 58 but also the 300mm couldn't focus to infinity using the adapter, maybe it was a bad adapter ?