#SWIRLY BOKEH LENS NIKON FULL#

The price? $950 – pretty reasonable when considering the cost of usual lens rehousing. It weighs just over half a kilo (550g/1.2 lbs.) and sports a 95mm clap on front with internal 86mm filter thread.

#SWIRLY BOKEH LENS NIKON FULL#

Aperture remains on the front in f/stop (no T-stopping) but is de-clicked.ĭespite the slightly confusing name, the Cine Helios 44-2 is a 58mm full frame lens.įocus rotation of the original Helios 44-2 is relatively long, the Cine Helios 44-2 is no exceptional at 270 degrees. The Cine Helios 44-2 is available in permanent PL or EF mount, focus scale can be etched in feet or meters. Iron Glass has taken it a step further a produced a completely rehoused version, for a very affordable price. None of this is ideal for video, and a few companies have looked to tackle this by adding gears, spaced front hoods and improved threaded mounts. Focus wheel is tight to the mount and, being old, models generally have some play here and there. It is M42 mount, meaning any adaption to the likes of Canon EF involves a screw adaptor (easy to unscrew). The problem many filmmakers have found with this lens is adapting it successfully for video. The 44-2 has become a very popular lens in the vintage market, known for it’s swirly-bokeh backgrounds. Helios is a lens brand from the Soviet Union era, affectionately naming all their lenses with a simple model number. The Cine Helios 44-2 VLFV is a new lens from Iron Glass that rehouses the cult classic 58mm Helios swirly-bokeh vintage lens.

Swirly bokeh lens nikon