02-13-2018, 06:39 PM
The old Helios is still being made and can be bought from Amazon for $489 dollars new.....for Nikon.
https://www.amazon.com/Russian-Soviet-He...B00B85WA2C
there are only two left!
6 elements in 4 groups....it has 10 bladed aperture...difficult to know if it has those strange scalloped blades of the original version...ironically they can be more expensive on ebay S/H....IMHO that is not expensive....if that's your cup of char?
How much the old Helios resembles the new Meyer optically, who knows?......a pound to a penny they are the same...your pound my penny.
I prefer the castle style construction of the old model than the "plain tube type" to me it has lost any character.
....they are both Mk II versions.
I'll stick to my modified Helios 58mm F2 Nikon mount that I bought for 4 euros, for that bubble bokeh that I tired of pretty quickly.
https://www.amazon.com/Russian-Soviet-He...B00B85WA2C
there are only two left!
6 elements in 4 groups....it has 10 bladed aperture...difficult to know if it has those strange scalloped blades of the original version...ironically they can be more expensive on ebay S/H....IMHO that is not expensive....if that's your cup of char?
How much the old Helios resembles the new Meyer optically, who knows?......a pound to a penny they are the same...your pound my penny.
I prefer the castle style construction of the old model than the "plain tube type" to me it has lost any character.
....they are both Mk II versions.
I'll stick to my modified Helios 58mm F2 Nikon mount that I bought for 4 euros, for that bubble bokeh that I tired of pretty quickly.