Clothes pegs on a washing line - taken with a Helios 44 A daffodil in the garden - Helios 44 sample pictures A pink hydrangea - sample picture taken with a Helios 44 on a Sony Nex 6 A sewing machine - sample pictures with a helios 44 on a Sony Nex 6 Sample pictures from a Helios 44 - sewing machine at slow shutter speed Tea mugs showing defocus - Helios 44 sample pictures Mugs in close focus - Helios 44 sample pictures Tea mugs taken with a Sony Nex 6 and a Helios 44 Clouds taken with a Helios 44 and a Sony Nex 6 A garden in Portrait - Helios 44 sample pictures Garden in Landscape - Helios 44 sample pictures Helios 44M Sample VideoĪnother use of the lens is for videographers of course, which is something I have only limited experience with, but I have taken a sample video using my version of the lens which has no click stops in the aperture ring. There are also a few shots with the lens stopped down to show that it is also capable of some pretty good general purpose pictures. This is a technique most often used in portraits, which makes this a very useful lens to have in your collection. Most of these pictures were taken with the aperture opened up because this is the way the lens is typically used, and it displays the most characteristic feature of the Helios 44 - the swirly background. The gallery below shows some sample images using a Helios 44M fitted to my Sony NEX 6 mirrorless camera. The aperture has a range of f/2 to f/16 and uses 8 blades which are arranged to give an almost circular profile. The focal length is a quite long 58mm which, when the crop factor of the APS-C sensor is taken into account, makes it a useful portrait length of 87 mm on the NEX 6 mirrorless camera I used to take these sample images.
The quality control with these lenses can sometimes leave a lot to be desired, so it's a bit hit-and-miss as to the quality of lens you get. Of course, being a copy of a great lens doesn't mean it's going to also be great - as with many soviet lenses it all comes down to how close a copy you get. The Helios on the other hand can be found for only a few pounds, often attached to a Zenit SLR (which is the way I bought the two Helios 44's that I own). The basic design of the Helios 44 was a copy of the Carl Zeiss Biotar 58 mm ƒ/2, a fantastic lens but pretty expensive to acquire. Of course when used on a digital camera with an M42 adaptor the pin is pushed in and not used anyway. I have a couple of examples, both or which are the 44M version which has the aperture actuation pin in the lens mount to allow the lens to be stopped down at the moment the shutter is fired. Being M42 screw mount means it's possible to adapt it to many mirror-less and DSLR cameras. The Russian Helios 44M lens was supplied on most of the Zenit 35 mm SLR cameras produced and, since there were literally millions made, is readily available for a relatively low price. Camera Blog Blog posts written for the camera section of the site.Browse Cameras Browse and filter vintage camera articles.Camera Makers The most popular camera makes.
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