The focusring on my Helios 44-3 was loose, but is now repaired. Richard told me how to fix the problem, there are screws in the side of the ring but they are so small that I had missed them! Tightened and I took the lens to town with me… to the city park which is full with roses. Here are the result. I feel a bit new to the lens now since I haven’t used it in a while.

This little thing Industar 50-2 can do margic. I’m sure. Miracles. Or maybe it just makes me relax when I photograph. Makes me more playful…

Mosquito resurrection

It has been dark for so long

And it’s so small, this little russian Tessar-formula M42-lens. Here it is on the small film SLR Canon EOS 300V:

When I first tried the russian lens Mir-1V I got the feeling I wanted to use it for portraits. This christmas I took this nice image of my family in the hallway. Like the light. Of course it’s not planned, no poses just snapshot. But I love the warm feeling. Nice m42 wideangle from russia.

My wife and daughter with Mir-1V

More image, not portraits with russian lens Mir-1V from earlier this year.

Went for a walk and took russian M42-lenses with me, including the Mir-1v. This is the result, photographs in the dark swedish november, in the sundown. Lens mounted on camera Canon EOS 350D.

Mir 1V into sundown

Field portraied by this old russian lens

My daughter carried on my wifes back. She likes to look over the shoulder and look at the cars :) Made som photographs with Mir-1V on Canon EOS 350D. There was very much overcast light (swedish november), and hard to focus with that camera but I like this images as the show the spirit of the moment ;)

Nice bokeh with Mir-1v

Pekaboo with Mir-1v, more nice bokeh

I’ve been taking pictures of another lens Richard sent me, the Mir-1V 37mm/2.8. It is an M42 so I put it on the Zenit ET and then the Canon EOS 300V (SLR) with an adapter.

Mir-1V on Zenit ET

Mir-1V on Canon EOS 300V

Mir-1V M42-lens Canon EOS 300V

Got a couple of russian lenses from Richard and now I have spent some time taking photographic portraits of them. More to come ;)

Industar 50-2

I suspect that many photographer wrinkles on the nose when I tell of my Helios-lens, manufactured in BeLOMO, Minsk in the early 80′s 90′s. Surely it can’t be any good?

Helios 44-3 front

The states of former Soviet union actually made a lot of good camera equipment, and what I’m going to write about now is a copy from a Carl Zeiss-factory that ended up in the Eastern block after the war and “moved” to russia. Helios is a Carl Zeiss Biotar-copy. Lets see how it handles…
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