Might need to check out vintage adapters eventually, but the mounting solution just seems overly complicated. I guess a 15mm LWS system would be the way to go
@@kaichuuuuuu Great comment. Mine was way too generic. The behind the scenes of that comment was that I have the Helios 2/55 and my camera made much better colors using it rather than the kit lens.
I found one helios 44M4 on an old camera my father owned, a zenith 12XP, i'm indeed surprise by how sharp that thing can get for an old soviet lense :)
The focus ring getting stuck is because the pin at the back of the lens hits a surface on the adapter, I've had the same issue on my copy, Helios 44-2 however does not have this pin and is much easier to adapt.
very very high production value! do you have a link for the lens hood or whatever it is in order to make the lens a little bit more versatile concerning 82mm filter thread size? :)
@visualfocusphotographymedi100 I finally received it a few days ago. It took the seller 3 weeks just to print the shipping label 🤦♂️. It's a great lens though. I did have to take it apart because the modded part of the lens was crooked and made the light flares shine diagonally instead of horizontal but it was an easy fix. I will be filming some video with it soon
Sub 1000 subscribers? Wow! I expected you to have wayy over a million after watching the video, great work! Also, mind telling me where to get the "anamorfake" add-on?
Thank you!! ❤️ I actually purchased the lens with the mods applied. However I did mod one of my lenses for goofs and gags by cutting a circle cutout from a plastic container for an SSD I bought and snapped it behind the iris. For manual lenses, I think it should be relatively easy to mod, but not sure for autofocus lenses or any lens with electronics. I’m sure there are sellers on somewhere like Etsy who makes cutouts for popular lenses though!
I bought the Helios 44-2 about 2 months ago and really love the lens. But she's not the sharpest (at least mine). But I 100% agree on all the rest in your video and love shouting with her.
that is interesting. i picked up a 44-2 and have found it the sharpest of my vintage lenses, and it goes toe to toe with my modern lenses. i didnt realize how sharp it was until i started pixel peeping and was pleasantly surprised.
The Russians just made great glass. It was an offshoot of their space program but in the day their lenses were thought to be heavy and clunky while the Japanese lenses were very light. The Russian glass still holds up and is still heavy... ha, ha, ha...
@@superbmediacontentcreator I always shout at my lenses so they perform better 😉😂 Thank you very much for the history lesson, I didn't know that. It's really interesting I may have to inform myself about mine. I know there were 3 manufacturers of the lens.
Hello, I bought a helios 44m4 and I wanted the cine mod, but when the aperture ring turns, my cine mod also turns, because the interior rotates, how can I fix this?
Nice footage, if i watch this video and put my phone horizontly the whole screen is filled. Other yt anamorphic videos is this not. What is the solution please? Is it a special aspect ratii for yor project? Have you final cut pro x?
I actually did not for this video! I made a couple color grades that I applied a different shots based on what I felt looked right. The lens shots were from a scrapped video. I have developed a LUT and and working on a couple more that I am thinking of sharing soon as well though!
Zenit made a cinema line which includes the Helios a while ago, several Russian movies were shot on these and the GH4 with a speedbooster, could instantly tell that the swirly bokeh was present in many of their shots, but the movies are quite bad and forgettable as is sadly too common with Russian movies.
I didn’t do it, someone did it and I bought it like that. I briefly went over what it is in my video but the channel “Anamorphic on a Budget” has a few videos about the anamorfake mod going over how it’s physically done!
Fx3 body was good ....try on A7ii -iii you won't get this quality and looks 😶 depends on your camera body and lens how much you try to grade like pro you won't get this quality.
I’ll be honest, quickly fell into the hands of “runningoutoffootage syndrome” and tried to make the best of whatever non-storytelling b-roll I had. Thank you for boosting the video nonetheless! :))
