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About Me Member Self-proclaimed Genius Dave Studios18/Male/Poland Recent Activity Deviant for 11 Months
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  • Current Residence: Poland
  • Interests: design, photography
  • Favourite movie: Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, LOST, K-PAX
  • Favourite genre of music: electronical, rock, V8 engine sound
  • Favourite artist: Alan Lee, Leonardo da Vinci
  • Favourite poet or writer: Tolkien, Pilipiuk, Brown
  • Favourite style of art: photography, architectural, concept art, car designs
  • Operating System: Windows XP professional
  • Tools of the Trade: Canon 500d + 18-55IS + 55-250IS + Helios 44M-4 MC 58/2 + Helios 40-2 85/1.5 + Samyang 8mm MC Fisheye

Helios 40-2

Sun Sep 13, 2009, 7:49 AM
Ah, finally found time to say something here.
Few months ago I've found an old Russian lens in my dad's cabinet, the Helios 40-2. I didn't know anything about manual lenses and all that stuff until I started with typing the lens name in google. Some people consider it to be one of the best portrait lenses in the entire world! I liked that and kept on searching. In few weeks I learned almost everything about every f*ckin Russian lens despite the 40-2! It was hard to find any info in non-Japanese or non-Russian description, but finally I know what's sitting on my desk. It's an 85mm M42 mount portrait lens, f/1,5, really heavy (900-1100g) and really big. They came in three different versions, 40, 40-2 and 40-T (for TV cameras) each had it's better copy called 'export version' (which I'm happy to see on my desk). The effects of it's work will be seen in november probably because I'm getting my first dSLR. As seen on photos found on web, the lens gives 'swirly' bokeh effect, and has paper-thin depth of field. It's really rare, and, if found, it's really expensive. It looses contrast when shooting up in hard light, but it only gives more magic. And, OMG, it's perfect.
Second thing I've found is Helios MC 44M-4, perfect for macro, when used with extension rings (which my uncle gave me), so You can expect a few nice shots this year.

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  • Reading: The Atlas of Middle-Earth

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:iconcarart:
Thank you very much for the Fave
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:icondave-studios:
welcome, the gullwing makes me go crazy :D

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:icon2manychocolate:
proszę;p szkoda,że tak mało zdjęc z Grecji masz:( pozdrawiam:]
:icondave-studios:
a no tak wyszło :)

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:iconamdy:
thx 4 fav!
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:icondave-studios:
Amdy przeciez sie znamy xD computerworld.fora mówi ci to cos? :D

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:iconamdy:
ano cos tam mowi xD

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:iconazzurro360:
thanks for the fav!
:icondave-studios:
most welcome :D

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:icontimeodd:
:wave:
Many thanks for the :+fav: :thanks:

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