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Helios 44m 58mm f21/4/2024 ![]() ![]() The second 50% only needs to be paid before lenses are due to be shipped. You can secure your queue spot with a 50% deposit at the checkout. Important: The estimated delivery for MKII lenses is 12 months, but this constantly changes based on the order queue. Any lenses that do not meet our strict testing criteria also do not qualify for rehousing, so you can rest assured that we take the best care when choosing the optics for you. We test these lenses to ensure such imperfections do not affect the performance in any way. Increased 300-degree focus ring rotationĭonor Optics: We always aim to source the best donor optics possible, but these are 50+-year-old vintage lenses, so they will often have minor imperfections, such as light coating marks or scratches on the glass surface.Shimmable Stainless Steel PL / EF mounts.We can provide these replacement rings free of charge or install them when assembling your order, so please let us know if you need them once your order has been made. ![]() Please note, if you plan to use these lenses with 35mm film cameras, such as Aanton 235/535, Arri 235/435/535, etc., you will need a replacement iris ring to get enough clearance above the mirror chamber. Instead we now have a rugged, well designed and carefully assembled body that provides plenty of useful features, like integrated follow focus gears, permanent PL or EF mount, expanded focus distance markings, which can now be made imperial as well as metric, plus many more that you can learn about below. Gone is the confusing preset aperture control, unreliable M42 screw mount and its wobbly body. Our goal was to bring out the best in this lens but addressing the mechanical quirks and limitations of the original body that make it unsuitable for professional, high pressure work environments where everything must perform at 100%.īy creating a new housing for this much loved lens, with improved its usability for video production considerably. Helios 44-2 58mm T2.1 (F2) is a legendary lens, but it’s about to get even better! Our goal was to make these beautiful optics capable of handling even the most demanding filming environments, and with MKII, we finally achieved this goal! Combined with an internal focus design that no longer limits the clip-on Matt Box weight, these lenses are now an absolute joy to use, which is what MKII rehousing is all about. The result is a very reliable, rugged focus system that feels like a CAM-driven focus ring, even on lenses with weighty optical blocks such as Helios 40-2 and Tair-11A. With MKII, we started from scratch! Every element of mechanics and MKI body was changed to achieve the next level of performance, precision, and reliability! The new design now has the universal position of gears across the set, an easily shimmable PL / EF mount system (with more mount options to come), T-stop markings, Reverse Direction Focus Scale, a 15 aperture blade iris for every lens and much more!Īt the heart of it all, we now have what we call a “hybrid focus system”, which is a combination of a new & refined helicoid combined with technology generally found in CAM-driven focus systems. ![]()
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