The aperture blades of this lens have been removed and replaced with a fixed disk equivalent to f/3.5 that mimics the oval shaped bokeh characteristic of anamorphic lenses but without the huge cost, size and weight they normally come with. Additionally, wire has been added that creates horizontal light streaks when pointed towards strong light sources, though this does increase it's tendency for normal lens flares in other situations and may add lines to the bokeh. This is in addition to the "swirly" effect usually shown by the Helios series. The aperture ring is connected to the disk so instead of opening/closing the blades, it will rotate the disk through 180 degrees to allow you to keep it upright if the adapter to your camera has rotated the lens. See the first and second pictures where the lens body is in the same direction, but the disk has rotated. Placing the disk where the aperture stop is, instead of over the end of the lens prevents the vignetting and chromatic aberration associated with that method.

I find Live View most useful with manual focus lenses, zooming in on the focus point allows you to accurately adjust the focus.

If you intend to use this on a Nikon DSLR, please mention this in the message at checkout, or contact me as soon as possible after purchasing.
M42 lenses require an additional modification to properly focus to infinity on Nikon cameras.

The photos provided are the actual lens you will receive. See the last three pictures above for photos I've taken with a similarly modified lens.