

The layout of the Helios-44-2 is not much different from the Helios-44 for the M39 mount. Single layer chemical enlightenment of barely noticeable yellow color. Resolution according to TU (center / edge): 38/20 lines / mm Helios-44-2 M42 classic color, Jupiter, 1985.Īperture preset – yes The near focus limit is 0.5 m.Helios-44-2 for the M42 mount, Zebra, MMZ, 1972.Helios-44 for M39 mount, KMZ, year of manufacture unknown.The black paint on it is shiny like varnish, and on the focus ring there are sections of unpainted polished metal dotted in a circle.Ī little later, the color of the 44-2 versions became simpler - matte and solid. This sample has a relatively rare color “Zebra”. The review presents a modification of the Helios-44-2 for the M42 mount, produced by the Minsk Mechanical Plant (MMZ). Thus, Industriar-50-2, Tair-11-2, Helios-40-2, Jupiter-6-2 appeared simultaneously. So Helios-44, having switched to a new mount, became known as Helios-44-2. Optics transferred from the M39 mount to the M42 began to be marked by adding the ending “-2″after the main numeric index. The lenses were painted black so that the lens body did not reflect the light of the sky and did not blind the selenium exposure meter built into the camera. The lenses with the M42 mount have become black. The biggest visual difference was the color. The differences in the design were often minimal.

When modification to the M42 thread, first of all, with such a mount, those lenses that were already produced with the M39 thread began to be produced. Read about this feature in the article about macro rings. For rangefinders, the 44s were not produced, but there was an opportunity to shoot through such a lens on some kind of Sharp-sighted. The first versions of this lens were in light cases for the Start bayonet and for the M39 thread for SLR cameras. It was produced for about half a century in many varieties and variants at several factories in the USSR. The Helios-44 of various modifications is one of the most popular lenses in the world. Initially, the Helios-44 was created on the basis of the Biotar 2/58 lens (Carl Zeiss Jena), and even at first it was called “BTK - – “BioTar Krasnogorsky”. Standard lens with illuminated optics for SLR cameras with M42x1 mount.
