Helios lens rental set8/30/2023 ![]() ![]() To see more unusual lenses from Stern's collection, head over to his Weird Lenses Museum. The Isco MC 65mm F2 lens, which can be found for around 100 on eBay, is an old projector lens that was used for 35m cinema projectors. (Yes, I know how the pre-set works in theory but I never bother with the multiple clicks and turns required to pick a specific f-stop. Photographer and YouTuber Mathieu Stern is no stranger to finding and adapting unusual lenses, but his latest find might just be the best projector lens hes ever come across. Sure, it might not have the best resolution, but it certainly has a distinct look and considering it only costs $100, a few spare parts and a little elbow grease, it's relatively cheap. As well as the need for multiple adapters, size and sheer ugliness, the Helios-44 also presents the challenge of being a pre-set aperture lens, which means in normal use, youre just guessing at the f-stop. ![]() Colors render beautifully and the bokeh looks both distinct and pleasing. In the center, it appears to be sharp, but it does get soft quickly towards the edges. Surprisingly, the lens produces impressive results in both photos and video, despite its limitation of being permanently stuck at F2 due to the lack of an aperture diaphragm. I started to search on the web, and found some crazy adaptations of Helios, but they were going in the opposite direction, adding apodizing filters close to the aperture, to smooth highlights and tonal. From there, Stern used a proper adapter to give the lens infinity focus and it was ready to roll. Helios 44 (Just like Biotar 58/2) are one of those lenses known for so called Swirly bokeh, but I never saw image with a bokeh that wild. So, Stern got creative and used a little bit of rubber from a bike inner tube along with the barrel of an Helios 44 lens to create a worthwhile body for the adapted lens. As with most previous projector lenses Stern has adapted, there was no official way to adapt it to a modern lens mount. It is fun to use and if conditions are right, allows you to get a wonderful swirly bokeh effect. This R ussian lens is surprisingly well constructed and not worse than the recent plastic models. The Isco MC 65mm F2 lens, which can be found for around $100 on eBay, is an old projector lens that was used for 35m cinema projectors. The Helios 44-2 58mm F2 Russian Lens for FujiFilm FX Mount is a classic 58mm lens that was produced as the kit prime on the Zenit. ![]() Photographer and YouTuber Mathieu Stern is no stranger to finding and adapting unusual lenses, but his latest find might just be the best projector lens he's ever come across. ![]()
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