04-17-2016, 06:11 PM
Hi guys,
At the French flea-market today I found two S/H lenses that I have been looking out for for a little while....
...Yes the famous and widely available Russian M42 Helios 58mm F2 from Zenith/Jupiter......
......
........one model is the all manual Helios-44-2 (black with white numbering) 8 round blades....; and the other the Helios-44-4 (black with green/yellow/white/red/) with auto diaphragm that was mounted on a Practica......six blades.
.......the deal was they were €4 each! .......both were a bit grubby but optically unmarked and free of fungus.....the 44-4 needs re-greasing.....both need general cleaning.
The model I will be using is the M44-2.....we have the normal registration distance incompatibility for infinity focus on Nikon.... so ........ off we jolly well go on another merry-go-round of lathe turning.
The plan is made and I hope to get the job done this week...a quick check suggests that the M44-2 is even decently sharp in the center wide open.....
..and I've even been getting hints of bokehswirlishousness
To be continued........
At the French flea-market today I found two S/H lenses that I have been looking out for for a little while....
...Yes the famous and widely available Russian M42 Helios 58mm F2 from Zenith/Jupiter......
......
........one model is the all manual Helios-44-2 (black with white numbering) 8 round blades....; and the other the Helios-44-4 (black with green/yellow/white/red/) with auto diaphragm that was mounted on a Practica......six blades.
.......the deal was they were €4 each! .......both were a bit grubby but optically unmarked and free of fungus.....the 44-4 needs re-greasing.....both need general cleaning.
The model I will be using is the M44-2.....we have the normal registration distance incompatibility for infinity focus on Nikon.... so ........ off we jolly well go on another merry-go-round of lathe turning.
The plan is made and I hope to get the job done this week...a quick check suggests that the M44-2 is even decently sharp in the center wide open.....
..and I've even been getting hints of bokehswirlishousness
To be continued........