Lovin' on the Helios 44 (58mm f/2)

stillshot2 · 03-28-2020, 12:26 PM - **6 Likes**

Went for a drive, took some pics:

4 peaks:

edom31 · 04-11-2020, 05:12 PM - **2 Likes**

Helios 44-2

[url=https://flic.kr/p/2iPmNeN]

**Billy Joe** · 04-24-2020, 12:50 PM - **6 Likes**

Pulled the old 44M out of the drawer today. This is the one that started it for me. Still pretty sharp wide open

**pbancr** · 05-17-2020, 11:41 AM - **6 Likes**

X-posted from Daily in challenge

Helios does macro!

**pbancr** · 05-17-2020, 11:53 AM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by Billy Joe

Pulled the old 44M out of the drawer today. This is the one that started it for me. Still pretty sharp wide open

Ringo is a beauty!

**Billy Joe** · 05-22-2020, 11:38 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by pbancr

Ringo is a beauty!

Thank you - He is a good cat and with those blue eyes can be quite the model...

**mattb123** · 05-27-2020, 09:29 PM - **3 Likes**

K-1 & 44k-4

Last edited by mattb123; 06-14-2020 at 10:01 PM.

mikeSF · 06-14-2020, 02:53 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by Billy Joe

Thank you - He is a good cat and with those blue eyes can be quite the model...

Folks, you should know that Billy Joe is actually igilligan, the Helios man himself. Sorry I've outed you, but you deserve our gratitude for introducing numerous forumites to the "Russian Limiteds".

**mattb123** · 06-17-2020, 10:45 AM - **5 Likes**

Summer fun with the 44k-4 (and Luna)

stevebrot · 06-17-2020, 12:23 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by mikeSF

Folks, you should know that Billy Joe is actually igilligan, the Helios man himself. Sorry I've outed you, but you deserve our gratitude for introducing numerous forumites to the "Russian Limiteds".

Yay! He influenced my decision, that's for sure.

Steve

**goatsNdonkey** · 07-07-2020, 07:13 PM - **2 Likes**

Spanning the range of the Helios 44-2 f2 58mm --

-- f11, infinity focus. Barn and clouds.

-- f2, near closest focus. Some cropping. Deptford pinks.

K110D

**mattb123** · 08-28-2020, 09:04 PM - **5 Likes**

Helios 44k-4 on extension tubes for some pseudo macro

stevebrot · 08-28-2020, 10:07 PM - **3 Likes**

Originally posted by mattb123

Helios 44k-4 on extension tubes for some pseudo macro

I was able to wrangle a few inches of extra closeness from my Helios 44M by using a flanged adapter. Clever me.

Olympus Varimagni Finder

Pentax K-3, KMZ Helios 44M 58/2.0

Steve

Pen-A · 09-27-2020, 09:07 AM - **5 Likes**

mikeSF · 09-27-2020, 12:12 PM

Swirly swirls!

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goatsNdonkey Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Fulton County, Illinois Posts: 3,727	Spanning the range of the Helios 44-2 f2 58mm -- -- f11, infinity focus. Barn and clouds. -- f2, near closest focus. Some cropping. Deptford pinks. K110D Last edited by goatsNdonkey; 07-08-2020 at 05:26 AM.

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