While the 1 st one is not the sharpest, I really like the flares it producers and the other 2 are unique in the own way too. In the end I decided I to keep these 3 lenses for myself. For some people this will be the biggest flaw, but I see it more as a unique, artistic tool that certainly can be useful for a certain project. While other lenses attempt to keep the source of light defined, this lens just can’t maintain the light within its source and it spills out into a large area. It’s a real flare monster and I actually like that. Even rotated, it could offer a cool additional streak to the anamorphic lens setup.ĥ th because I really like the blue circle I produces, making flares more interesting, while keeping the overall image quite contrasty.ħ th because the flares on this lens are completely out of control, even when compared to other 6 lenses. My favorite flare machines in this test are:ġ st because it has nice, anamorphic style streak running across and I think if I would rotate the lens ever so slightly (using my TILT mount), I could achieve pretty cool results without using an anamorphic lenses or a anamorphic streak optical filter. I this point all lenses to look very similar, but I like look these lenses produce wide open and I think flares can be a very nice addition for the right project to I decided to choose the ones I liked the most. As you step down the aperture, flares change dramatically and become quite minimal by f/5.6. By the way 1 st and 8 th are both earlier 44-2 models, which suggest sharpness might have been improved in the later models.Ĭontrast: I think contrast is pretty consistent, although it’s affected by the flares these lenses produce.įlares: Now when it comes to flares, they are all so different, especially when lenses are wide open at f/2. ![]() Sharpness: While sharpness looks very similar in full size shots, 100% crops reveal that 1 st and 8 th lenses are a little bit softer than the others, but not by much and it’s worth noting that flaring can also affect the perceived sharpness. To my surprise there is plenty of difference in both aspects. I’m a big fan Helios flares, so I was very curios to see if there is any difference there too! All lenses were set to f/2 to see how sharp they are wide open. I was mostly looking at the differences in sharpness and flares. It’s a completely unscientific test, but good enough to see the difference between these lenses. 4 of them were the earlier 44-2 models with step-less aperture adjustment and 4 were 44m models, which are the newer models. I decided to see how much difference there really is between 8 Helios 58mm lenses. Since then I’ve learned a lot about these lenses and Helios 44-2 has become my favorite lens, so I decided to revise it with more up to date info and additional test (second part of the post)Ī lot of people claim that the Helios 58mm lens can either be an amazing value for money Zeiss Biotar 58mm equivalent or a worthless paper weight.
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