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  • CRFilmsCRFilms

    @B3Guy, agreed, especially wide angles. The look of these lenses is good, but 50mm is a little too long for me.

    Is there anything around 11mm-28mm that has similar characteristics to these?

  • nomadnomad

    There's the Jupiter 9 (85mm) with lots of blades. Or the Tair 11 (135mm) with even more. Many of these lenses come in pretty poor condition in the bay. Flare is abundant in most cases, since they had very soft coatings which are gone with the years from cleaning too much. Cleaning marks and such give you a lot of "lo-fi".

    Don't get me wrong: if you find one in good condition, these are not dog shit. These are very fine lenses with excellent sharpness and step less aperture, BTW.

  • B3GuyB3Guy

    I would be on board in a heartbeat if they had multiple focal lengths.

  • BurnetRhoadesBurnetRhoades

    I bookmarked a forum posting that I saw elsewhere that has a pretty comprehensive looking list with years, blades, etc. Scroll down to the post from the user "no-X":

    http://forum.mflenses.com/complete-helios-lens-list-anyone-t11435.html

  • punditpundit

    @HillTop1 Circular bokeh! See attached photos. Just specify "13 blade" in your searches.

    I found about half a dozen on eBay. Many are in poor condition so you'll need to sort through the duds. They generally sell at higher prices than the 8 blade versions.

    Mine was $87.00 for a fairly good one. (Pictures of actual lens below) The outside could do with a clean and it has a few dust specs but the glass itself is supposed to be in fairly good condition. I really dig the silver versions!

    There were two or three that were listed as being 'mint' but they were over $250!

    I didn't realise that the Dog Schidt 58's were recycled Helios 44-2's.

    I wonder how an older non multi-coated Helios would compare to a Dog Schidt if you added some appropriate coloured filtration? Seems like polishing the inner front bezel helps to lower the contrast and create additional flaring scenarios.

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  • HillTop1HillTop1

    @pundit, 13 blade? I thought that Helios 44-2 M39 was only 8 blades? I was looking to also by one for my Kowa Bell & Howell 2x. I am also considering the Konica Hexanon AR 40mm f1.8

  • punditpundit

    I'm just entering the world of 'lo-fi' glass. These Dog Schidt lenses look great.

    @RatLabProductions I pulled the trigger on an early 13 blade Helios 44-2 yesterday. It's the silver M39 version.

    Mainly bought it to go with a Kowa Bell & Howell 2x anamorphic. I figure it should flare more than the SMC Takumar 50mm f1.4 I've been using.

  • inqb8trinqb8tr

    Sick lenses. Schidt, I want one for a while. They look like submarine parts.

  • gamebgameb

    @jpbturbo very nice vid

  • shianshian

    awesome, thank you

  • AlexAlex

    @Shian this is my type: Lens 1 – 58mm Variable Aperture Circular f2-f16 Flare tint – orange Contrast level – stupid Glow – low Element cleaning marks – low

  • RatLabProductionsRatLabProductions

    I love the Helios 44-2 even before the rebuild and coatings treatment.

  • jpbturbojpbturbo

    Hugo Goudswaard/Beeldlab has their Trump lens,

    http://www.beeldlab.nl/dogschidt-optiks/

  • shianshian

    @Alex nice! Is that the Orange tint on the Flare Factory? Which contrast factor did you get?

  • AlexAlex

    Dog Schidt is always in my bag!

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  • RamboRambo

    @Shian, Haha, I know, remembered reading the topic, had same issue as you, but then searched "Dog" and it came up top. There were some interesting Vimeo videos using those lenses, I don't have a link for them but I think there was a usergroup on Vimeo.

  • shianshian

    ^^^^ topic is spelled wrong so it didn't come up in my search

  • RamboRambo

    http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/6424/dog-shits-optics-by-flare-factory-58s/p1

  • daisukedaisuke

    Never heard of these guys. Really digging it. Thanks for the tip.

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