Review on 📷 Zenit MC-Helios #40-2 85mm f/1.5 Lens in Nikon Mount: High-Quality Optics for Nikon Cameras by Mateusz Jamroz ᠌

Name: 📷 Zenit MC-Helios #40-2 85mm f/1.5 Lens in Nikon Mount: High-Quality Optics for Nikon Cameras
Item: 📷 Zenit MC-Helios #40-2 85mm f/1.5 Lens in Nikon Mount: High-Quality Optics for Nikon Cameras
Rating: 5

April 21, 2023

Beyond praise! The product definitely deserves your attention.

I think it makes no sense to dwell on the shortcomings of Helios 40, with the result that he is able to give out in the hands of a professional. They write, I saw it, it’s nonsense that like the new version twists the bokeh weakly or badly - learn to select the background and background, the distance from the object to the background is very important! Bokeh is just gorgeous if done right. There is no difference with the Soviet editions. And the contrast is even better due to more modern enlightenment. In short, I will always love Helios 40

Pros

1) Classics, with soul! 2) The famous swirling bokeh, different pattern and bokeh on all apertures, incredible artistry. potential. Incredible plasticity and softness, airiness 3) A very low level of chromatic aberration in its purest form for such aperture. The drawing of Helios is a combination of a strong "spheric" and spherochromatism 4) In terms of sharpness at f8-f16 apertures, it digs in many dark plastic popular telezooms. Uniformly uniform pattern over the entire field of the FF camera. In this mode, it works great for landscape, subject and even macro 5) Small MDF - focuses close enough, especially on crop

Cons

1) Sovietness, weight, morally and mechanically ancient and inconvenient design 2) Long-stroke helicoid in combination with weight, infuriates, up to muscle spasms in the hands 3) Bad contrast 4) Does not hold backlight on open holes, catches side light in the form of hares and whitish spots 5) The price in the store - until 2022, when I bought it, the price was too high, but tolerable, now even on the secondary is insane, I generally keep quiet about the new version 6) Traditionally weakly unstable quality (I got 14 years old especially successful, impeccable)