Russian Lens Production Starts Up Again

[RnR]

New Helios off the manufacturing line...

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Source: from the thread mentioned in the OP.

Edit: a report have come in that the red MC in the picture above is faked. There is no red MC on the new lenses. Original image -> http://imageshack.us/a/img855/8514/img6792vf.jpg

 

[KBeezie]

New Helios off the manufacturing line...

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Source: from the thread mentioned in the OP.

... sweet. wonder what it's gona go for.

 

[RnR]

One price that has appeared is $600 + shipping which was mentioned to be $60-$100. I'm sure other prices will appear eventually

 

[zapatista]

Pretty cheap in rubles.

 

[Brodie337]

What mount are these available in? I'm curious about that 20mm

 

[sLorenzi]

What mount are these available in? I'm curious about that 20mm

I believe they are all in m42 mount.




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[RnR]

A report have come in that the red MC in the picture above is faked. There is no red MC on the new lenses. I have updated the post.

 

[Brodie337]

I believe they are all in m42 mount.




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Awesome. It might be heresy to admit this around here, but I would love a 20mm so I can mount it to my Canon with and adapter that has focus confirmation.

 

[Farcanalman]

Helios 40-2 1.5/85 mm

Want one now!

 

[analog_addict]

Very interesting. Would be cool to actually see some copies of these in action!

 

[tdobson]

Definitely interesting. That 85 1.5 would be fun.

 

[RnR]

There are some holiday snaps using the new 40-2 on this page -> Production resumed Helios 40-2, Zenitar, TeleZenitar

Scroll down a bit.

 

[Southcross]

late-comer to this discussion... would be very interested in any "super-wides" they could produce. I've been digging around for a 24mm (in 35mm) equivalent lens for my m43, 12mm is quite hard to find outside of a very expensive lens.

 

[Lawrence A.]

Just got the Industar-61LD (55/2.8) set up on E-M5 and having a hard time getting a sharp image with it as you can see in the images posted. Is the lens known to be that soft or did I get a bad copy?

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The lens should be sharper than that. Here are a couple of shots with the Industar 61L/D that I have on the E-M5. They've been sharpened in post-processing, but I the OOC files were not as soft as yours are -- though I cannot find them right now!

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[RSilva]

I have contacted de KMZ factory in order to buy some lens. I did not receive an anwser. Nothing.
They have a very strong export sales department... They could at least say some kind words.

 

[RnR]

From what I understand, the lenses are only for domestic sales. They will only sell from their own shop.

 

[RnR]

$499 - shipping from Atlanta USA.

Brand new !!! Helios 40-2 1.5/85 M42 2012 made !!! - Russian Cameras