#Helios lens rental set serial numbers#
#Helios lens rental set serial number#

serial numbers often corresponds to year of manufacture (with the exception of 0xxx / 00xxx numbers and 'N' marked MMZ lenses) manufactured from 1971 in KMZ and MMZ, in 1974 production moved to JOV, in 1982/83 production moved to MMZ black + white lettering, M42, '2/58', sn 'N0xxx', 8 blades.black + white lettering, '2/58', sn 'N0xxx', 8 blades.

#Helios lens rental set serial number#

MMZ lenses with serial number beginning by 'N40xxx', 'N50xxx' or 'N60xxx' are likely made in 1964, 19 (first number of sn very likely means year of 196x decade)

serial number almost never corresponds to year of manufacture, nearly always begins by 'N' or 'N°' there is a KMZ prototype marked 'Helios 44-1', but production models are always marked only as '44' M39 SLR, sometimes appears as M42 model (possibly early version of 44-2 with old model ring) Last edited by no-X on Tue 3:32 pm edited 5 times in total 24 x 36 (rangefinder FED, Leica M mount) 18 x 24 (half-frame rangefinder FED mikron) double-gauss, lanthanum glass, 12-21 (?) models: 44, 44M, 44K and many others, see next post enhanced double-gauss (negative doublet as front element), 212-21 0 Most of them were designed for motion-picture cameras and offered very high speed.

Helios-77 50/1.8 - super Russian 50mm lens, review + IMGĮarliest Helios lenses lacked the numbering scheme.

Helios 44-2 58mm f/2 factory-make variations?.

First BOKEH shots with a Helios 44-2 58mm f/2.

'The Harvest' - Delta 100, Helios 44 (silver).

Pitch for the Helios 40 lens? 66mm x 0.75?.

Helios 40-2 Fujica st701 Ilford XP2 Anastasia C&C.

optinal: two or three pictures of the lens showing manufacturers ring and look of the lens body.

number of aperture blades - typically 6, 8 or 13.

serial number in exact form (last characters can be replaced by xxx): N☀00xxx, N00xxx, N70xxx, 7812xxx etc.

If you have some SLR Helios lenses, which are not pictured or mentioned, you can help by sharing this info: Purpose of this thread is to map entire product range of Soviet Helios lenses with direction on Helios-44 series. No-X wrote: As promised, here is my actual list of Soviet Helios lenses. Posted: Wed 9:18 pm Post subject: Complete list of Helios lenses - getting closer