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Highlights
Quality
I compare the helios to the biotar not only because of pertinent historical lineage but to compare manufacturing quality control
Price
The price is usually right and they are fun to work with
Shipping
The only thing ive disliked was the shipping because it took me 1 month to receive the lens besides that really worth to get on... Read More
Packaging/appearance
I have both this helios 442 58mm lens and the carl zeiss jena lens it was copied from the biotar 58mm
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- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 72.0% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 43 reviews as of our last analysis date on Aug 5 2021.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Although you might need to buy an adapter for your camera for the lens to fit
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Ive had a lot of fun with this lens and ive posted a few images that i i really like edited taken with sony a7iii
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
You will need to shoot in manual settings and its not that difficult to figure out
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Spinning the loose ring in this configuration opens the lens all the way up for focusing then spin the ring back which will stop at the desired aperture number now to take the photo
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
So when fully screwed into my camera infinity as marked on the lens is not truly infinity due to this factory error
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Some specimens will be otherwise flawless and others like mine will have a small flaw
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Overall my experience has been great though being that i am getting nearly flawless lenses direct copies of zeiss optical designs at bargain prices allowing certain looks and hence photos i would have never been able to get otherwise at this point in my photographic timeline
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