I bought a Helios 44 (again)

[Hamish Gill]

Iv'e just bought another Helios 44, Ive had at least one before, but the last one was a later one.
This one looks to be a 67 version a plain old 44 ... I'm quite excited ...

Helios-44 Lens. | eBay

 

[Brian Moore]

I have the later one, Hamish. Is there a difference in the image quality between earlier and later?

 

[Hamish Gill]

I guess I'm soon to find out ...
from my reading I have discovered that there are many versions of this lens with various coatings and compatibilitys ... Some say the older ones are softer with nicer bokeh
this is good
Complete Helios Lens list anyone?
this is also good
Complete list of Helios lenses - getting closer

i recently bought a 1981 jupiter-9, it's disappointingly good ... So I thought I'd go as old as I could find with this one!

 

[Rense Haveman]

FSU lenses reign!

I love both the Helios-44 AND the Jup-9. Have had several versions of the H-44 (the original, the 2, the 4, and even a K-mount version for my Pentax), and I have a modern Jupiter-9 too. I think they are all very good!

 

[David Mitchell]

I will have to check what my Helios 44 is lol I didn't know they came in so many flavours!