Helios-44m-6 is one of the best lenses of the Helios-44m-X series.
The main performance characteristics are the same as in the rest of the late 44th helios.
Number of lenses / groups: 6/4
Number of aperture blades: 6
Maximum aperture: F2.0
Focal distance: 58mm
Multi-layer enlightenment, bouncing diaphragm
Helios 44M-6. View on a modern camera
The lens, which is presented in this brief review, was manufactured at an optical-mechanical plant. Jupiter, Valdai. The very first predecessor Helios 44 was produced only at the Krasnogorsk Mechanical Plant. S.A. Zvereva, Krasnogorsk. That is, this once again confirms the assumption that more new Helios 44 models began to be mass-produced at other plants, which did not particularly affect their quality.
Sample photo on Helios-44m-6
Let me remind you that the modifications and names of Helios 44 came from the resolution of the lens. You can read about the resolution of each on the page of the Krasnogorsk Plant named after S.A. Zvereva, in this section.
Photo on Helios-44m-6
Lens as two drops of water similar to other Helios-44m-X models. The lens has an automatic aperture, a classic black design with green, yellow and red aperture and focus indicators. By this color scheme they remind me of old Nikon lenses with multi-colored numbers indicating the aperture and depth of field.
Sample photo on Helios 44m-6
Reviews for the Helios-44 2/58 lenses:
- Helios-44 2/58 [KMZ, 13 petals, M39, silver, No. 0220423]
- Helios-44 2/58 [KMZ, 8 petals, M39, silver]
- Helios-44 1: 2 F = 5,8 cm П [KMZ with replaced lenses, No. 0007220, review of the lens from the reader Radozhiva]
- HELIOS-44M 2/58 [KMZ, 8 petals, serial number 7843528]
- HELIOS-44M 2/58 [Jupiter plant, Valdai, 8 petals, serial number 8027170]
- HELIOS-44-2 2/58 [plant 'Jupiter', Valdai, 8 petals, serial number 83052779] + autofocus review
- MS Helios 44-3 2/58 [MMZ, 8 petals, 8619437, 9167912]
- MC Helios-44M-4 2/58
- Helios-44K-4 58mm 1:2 [KMZ, 6 petals, Pentax K]
- MC Helios-44M-4 58mm 1: 2 [plant 'Jupiter', Valdai, 6 petals] + autofocus review
- MC Helios-44M-5 58mm 1: 2 [Jupiter plant, Valdai, 6 petals]
- MC Helios-44M-6 58mm 1: 2 [plant 'Jupiter', Valdai, 6 petals]
- MC Helios-44M-7 58mm 1: 2 [plant 'Jupiter', Valdai, 6 petals]
- An article about most of the major modifications of the Helios-44 series
- Gallery of pictures on MC Helios-44M-4
- Look at modern the lenses 'Helios' can at this link
- A lot of Helios of all varieties can be found on ebay this link
Original 'Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 2/58 ':
- Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 1: 2 f = 5,8cm T [17 diaphragm blades, M42]
- Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 2 / 58 T [12 diaphragm blades, M42]
- A lot of Biotars of all varieties can be found on ebay this link
Look at modern the lenses 'Zenitar' и 'Helios' can at this link.
Typical drawing Helios-44m-6
During tests, my lens showed excellent sharpness, plasticity and torsion of the bokeh, excellent assembly of the case itself. Focusing is smooth. Well, do not forget that the lens is like a person. It so happens that a person is both decent and modest, but he does not know how to show this, just like with lenses, it so happens that the lens is sharp, fast, but it's scary to show a photo from it.
Attention: when choosing a Helios 44 lens (and its many modifications including Helios 44m-6), the important point in the quality of the picture is not its technical description, but the capabilities of the specimen you selected. Regarding the price, it fluctuates quite a lot. If a girl knows her worth, then she has called her more than once, just like that, the price is always called different. You can find a great option within 20-30 cu
Photo on Helios-44-m6
Personal impressions:
as it was already said in the Helios 44 review, later versions of modification twist the area of not sharply depicted space more strongly. Uncomfortable on the lens no manual iris control, as on the old Helios 44. In order to use the ability to control the diaphragm manually, you need to lock the diaphragm pusher in the pressed position. To do this, you need to somehow fix the pusher in the pressed position. One of the options, as I did, can be found in the review of the Granite-11 lens.
Photo on Helios 44-m6
How to use with modern cameras?
Lenses with mounting thread M42 (M42 X 1 / 45.5), such as the lens from this review, are very easy to use on almost any modern digital camera (both SLR and mirrorless), for this it is enough to choose the right adapter (adapter). You do not need to carry out any additional steps to modify the lens.
The cheapest adapters can be found at Aliexpress.com... There are adapters (adapters) with a chip that provide more convenience during shooting, usually chips are used to confirm focus and / or metering exposure, and form the correct EXIF. The chip does not affect the image quality in any way.
For some SLR cameras (for example, with the Nikon F-mount), you need to use adapters with a corrective lens, which allows you to focus correctly at all focusing distances. For any mirrorless cameras, such a lens is not needed, and the adapter is a simple decorated hollow metal tube with an appropriate mount.
For SLR cameras
- Canon: For cameras Canon EOS with bayonet mount EF / EF-S need an M42-Canon EOS adapter, such an adapter with a chip can be found herewithout chip here.
- NIKON: For cameras Nikon DX / FXas well as for cameras Fujifilm и Kodak with a Nikon F mount, you need an M42-Nikon F adapter, you can buy such an adapter without a lens and a chip here, with a lens without a chip herewith chip without lens here, with lens and chip here. Why a lens? Why chip?
- PENTAX: For Pentax cameras with K mount, you need an M42-Pentax K adapter, you can buy such an adapter here.
- SONY/MINOLTA: For cameras with a Sony / Minolta A mount, you need the M42-Sony A adapter, you can find such an adapter without a chip at this linkwith a chip at this link.
- OLYMPUS/PANASONIC/LEICA: For cameras with a 4/3 bayonet mount (not to be confused with Micro 4/3!) You need an M42-4 / 3 adapter, you can buy such an adapter here.
For mirrorless cameras
- SONY: For cameras with 'E'/'FE' mount series SonyNEX и Sony Alpha you need an adapter M42-Sony E (aka M42-Sony Nex), you can find it at this link. An autofocus adapter is also available for these cameras. Techart PRO Leica M - Sony E Autofocus Adapterwhich can be found at this link.
- OLYMPUS / PANASONIC / KODAK / XIAOMI: For cameras with a bayonet mount Micro 4/3 (Micro 4:3) you need an adapter M42-Micro 4/3, you can find it at this link.
- CANON M: For cameras with Canon EF-M mount need adapter M42-Canon M, it can be found at this link.
- CANON R and RF-S: For cameras with Canon RF mount need adapter M42-Canon R, it can be found at this link.
- Nikon 1: For cameras Nikon 1 Series need adapter M42-Nikon 1, you can find it at this link.
- Nikon Z: For cameras Nikon Z series (FX/DX) need an adapter M42-Nikon Z, it can be found at this link.
- FUJIFILM X: For cameras with mount X need an M42-Fuji X adapter, you can find it at this link.
- FUJIFILM GFX: For medium format cameras G-mount need M42-Fuji GFX adapter, you can find it at this link.
- SAMSUNG: For cameras with NX mount, you need an M42-Samsung NX adapter, you can find it at this link. There are no adapters for the NX mini camera yet.
- PENTAX: For Q-mount cameras, you need an M42-Pentax Q adapter, you can find it at this link.
- SIGMA / PANASONIC / LEICA: For cameras with L mount you need an M42-Leica L adapter, you can find it at this link.
- LEICA: For cameras with a bayonet mount Leica M need adapter M42-L / M, you can find it at this link.
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Sample photos on Helios 44M-6 (shot in RAW, auto levels when uploading to JPEG Q80% 1600 * 1200, watermark, to open a large image, copy and paste its address in a new browser window)
UPDATE 1
More sample photos on Canon EOS 650D (with processing) and this lens for Radozhiva was kindly provided by Alexander Frolov:
UPDATE 2
More examples of photos on the MC HELIOS-44M-6 58mm 1: 2 and the camera Canon EOS 50D shared a photographer Victoria Gurtovaya:
UPDATE 3
More examples of photos on the MC HELIOS-44M-6 58mm 1: 2 and the camera Canon EOS 6D Mark II shared photographer Angelina startseva:
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Helios 44m-6 excellent fast full-time lens. You should not look for the difference between its modifications, it is better to look directly at the available instances due to the dispersion in the quality of the lenses, and their age. Lens on modern cropped digital SLR cameras great as a portrait lens with an unusual (for a modern person) twisted bokeh.
Familiarity with the Soviet Helios brand lenses I recommend starting with an inexpensive and common lens Helios-44-2 2/58 (aka HELIOS-44-2 2/58). The following links can look at modern lenses Zenitar и HELIOS.
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Please tell me, I want to buy my first lens, on Canon 600, the choice fell on Canon 50 / 1.8 and Helius 44, what will be better? Or Jupiter9? Thanks in advance
Definitely - kenon 50 \ 1.8
You can’t answer unequivocally, it’s more a matter of taste, someone likes it, a frame thought out to the smallest detail and manual focus, someone likes autofocus, buy one thing, in any case you can always sell and try another!
Hello, Arkady, I’ve been reading your site for a couple of weeks with interest.
Tell me, please, can I make friends Canon 550D + Puff Canon 430 + Helios 44M-6?
There are situations that you need a flash.
The network did not find the answer to this question.
Did not meet Helios 44M-6 without mc? I saw it on sale but did not find information on the existence of this. Maybe marriage?
I have Helios 44 and Helios 44m-6, both redistributions, so that they give focus to infinity. Both are in good condition, both have advantages and disadvantages in terms of usability. Ask one to sell. Which one would you leave?
Hello, could you send me the pros and cons by email, how 44m-6 is sharp. That’s why you remade it for infinity. Thank you.
Email: i3-350@mail.ru
Good day! I also wanted to ask about the non-MS version
Found a typo in the text, please correct it in the word "red":
“The lens is like two drops of water similar to other Helios-44m-X models. The lens has an automatic aperture, a classic black design with green, yellow and red numbers for aperture and focusing. With this color scheme, they remind me of old Nikon lenses with multi-colored aperture and depth-of-field numbers. ”
Fixed
Hello!
Maybe someone can tell you how to assemble this "constructor")
The problem is this: it is not clear where to put the second ball (I didn’t see where it came from), and when rotating, the focus ring reaches 0,5 and continues to spin, then the front of the lens falls out. How to fix it?
I would be grateful for any help)
Hello. A small retreat ... I got to 44..6) I lay in front of my nose for half a year, all “hands didn’t reach”. The ball is there 1 !!! Where did the second come from? Think for yourself. The lens unit falls out when focusing ?! I see two options: unscrewed - the locking plate loosened - the corner, and the second option - the wrong position of the focusing ring (the one for which we twist), as an option, the screws were loosened, excessive force was applied and a displacement occurred. ... To get Nuna disassemble .. palyubomu) Good luck. Write - ask. Oh yes, put the marks, the lens unit can be inserted in 4 positions, only one correct one. Otherwise, you will not assemble the diaphragm mechanism.
skip lock video to manually control the iris on this lens:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L589IuRCDjM
Is it possible to transfer lenses from 44M-6 to 44 with 39 threads?
How can this be achieved? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBDtt8n0O5k on the 44M-6 lens (they are analogs)?
my diaphragm is manually controlled by a ring
Hello! I would like to clarify. Will such a lens go with the m42 adapter on the d3100? Will it be autofocus or only manual? Please tell me.
With the KP-42 / N adapter, this lens can be mounted on the D3100, focusing is only manual, with loss of infinity, shooting is in M mode only, the metering does not work, a little refinement is needed to control the aperture.
For Nikon it is better to take Helios 81n aka Arsat 81n
Helios 44 M-7 in resolution is better than all previous Helios with a thread of m 42.
Good day! Dear professionals and simply knowledgeable specialists, I ask you to answer a strange thing in the Helios-44-m-6 lens, I lock the spindle pusher spindle and nothing happens, manually close the 22 diaphragm through the curtain, it only opens with a ring, no one climbed the lens maybe factory marriage? Thanks in advance for the answer, this lens stood on Zenith literally three films were used, (according to the owner, half the frame was always illuminated) then just lay there.
Good afternoon! Please tell me how much the Helios-44-m-6 58mm1: 2 lens will cost, and the best even if you tell me how much the camera will cost in general (ZENIT 122). Thank you in advance.
What to choose for shooting portraits and sometimes with macro rings - Helios 44m-6 or Helios 77m-4?
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Cool glass. Took the day before for 17 euros in perfect almost perfect condition. Sharp in the open, the drawing is pleasantly soft. Noticeably better than 44-3.
Dear Arkady
I am a frequent visitor to your site. I learned a lot ... Thank you for your work.
To you a request: I bought this lens. Very satisfied. Sharp, the picture is lively. Only the focus ring is very tight. I ask you to tell what needs to be done?
Thank you so much.
By design, it is almost the same black Tessar. The focus ring is fixed on the helicoid pushing thread by another pressure ring. Perhaps it is a little out of place. But I advise you to disassemble with the help of a specialist. Most gemorno without experience ...;)
Lubricant changed? If not, I highly recommend doing this. The old one, which was put at the factory, most likely has already turned into something like soap, which is why it has a tight focus.
Good afternoon. I have a Nikon-3100. In the commission room I found 3 Helios lenses:
1. helios-44m-6 58 mm 1: 2
2. helios-44m 2/58 mm
3. helios-44-2 2/58 mm
I can’t choose which one will be better for my camera?
For Nikon, Helios (Arsat) 81H is ideal. (does not require an adapter)
If you already choose only from these three, then the best of them is Helios 44M-6 MS, but there will be no infinity on the lensless adapter, and infinity with the lined adapter, but the overall quality will suffer due to the additional lens.
Sometimes copies sold under Nikon are sold, but it’s already as lucky to find a quality one.
So, it’s better to find helios 81n (aka Arsat 81n)
Thank you very much for your advice
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IMHO, a divorce for suckers. A bunch of these heliks passed through me (50 pieces), m6 is no better and no worse than the other 44m *. A wide range of quality, my 44-m4 was better than the m6 and m7, and its price is lower. As a result, I picked up 44-2 Belomo, yet there were 8 petals, and in the 6 shops, the petals in the shops were blackened, and overall the quality decreased. M6-7 sold to suckers. Then I got 44 13 petals, I didn’t see much difference from 44-2, but left it. It’s lying somewhere, 81n on Nikon is more convenient (jumping rope), and I use it. In general, 44 are not bad, but a huge variation in quality. For lovers of lotteries. In general, 50 mm is not too much in demand on the crop. And 58 too.
Cheaper-more expensive, as someone else found it ... Someone gives Uranus-27 for a penny, although this is a terrible rarity.
Yes, I am also very surprised at the gullibility of the people "characteristics" and I can confirm that in practice Helios-44M5-6-7 have NO advantages over Helios-44-M4! Quality deteriorated greatly in the 90s. Think how they can be better than the earlier series? Passport characteristics on paper only. And the rare G-44m7 was almost a frank marriage in assembly and rear lenses. And they also chase after him ...
G-44M6 is very good, but the spread from copy to copy is great in quality! Search and find the good!