Shipping/handling charge is FREE WORLDWIDE

via REGISTERED AIRMAIL

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13 APERTURE BLADES KMZ PLANT VERSION!

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STANDARD FOCUS

HELIOS-44 58mm F2

LENS

for

M39 ZENIT KRISTALL START

and for

M42 ZENIT PRACTIKA PENTAX cameras with extra adapter

... or for a lot of other SLR with 42mm lens mount... and more SLR's DSLR's & MTF's via well-spread lens adapters!

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ABOUT ITEM'S ORIGIN (You can SKIP it!)

HELIOS-44 is a standard coated lens for Soviet SLR 35 mm Zenit cameras.

The lens can be fitted on the M42 Pentax cameras.

First HELIOS-44 lenses were borrowed from Carl Zeiss BIOTAR lenses and issued since end of 1950th years in M39, then in M42 screw mount, and had not very good glory at Black-&-White photography times because were with low contrast in common... But latest versions of HELIOS-44 lens became very sharp, but lost very special soft lines at images.

This famous lens was manufactured in the USSR, and features outstanding sharpness, contrast and color rendition, and very special bokeh and plastics, and it is the reason why modern photographers looks for HELIOS-44 lenses and installs it to modern dSLR cameras.

I saw photos taken with similar lenses several times before and I appreciated very special pictures quality.

In the main, most all Soviet and Russian lenses are exceptionally good and this one is no exception!

ITEM'S CONDITION: EXCELLENT

The lens looks like very accurately used before, optics are clean. Some minor cleaning marks can be found, but will not really impact on image quality (see the note below, please).

Cosmetically the lens looks fine, just examine item's photos, please.

Aperture is smooth, focusing is a bit tight even acceptable in common.

All functions are available.

NOTE: Soviet lens manufacturers wrote even about NEW lenses:

"The components of modern high quality lenses are produced from special grades of glass. The smelting process involved causes inevitable formation of gasses which get trapped in the glass to form bubbles. They are always noticed with complex photographic lenses. The bubbles do not affect the lens performance or the quality of the image. Soviet state standards also allows the presence of next minor defects: scratches with the width less than 0.02mm at each surface of each optical element with total length no more than double element's diameter; dots with diameter less than 0.3mm no more than 5 dots; several minor pieces of dust and no more 2 napkin fibers with the length no more 3mm. Therefore, the factory does not accept claims about bubbles and minor defects of clearance found in lenses or exchange such lenses."

TECHNICAL FEATURES

* Focus 58 mm.

* Angle of view about 42 degrees.

* Optical registration 45.2mm.

* Relative aperture 1:2.0 (up to 1:16 with clicks).

* Additional ring for fast closing aperture from full opened to preinstalled meaning.

* Mounting: M39x1mm groove, usual for old Soviet SLR cameras like Kristall, Zenit, Zenit-S, Zenit-3M, Start (with adapter).

* Optical registration: 45.2 mm. It still 39 mm mount, but the optical registration is different from the Leica type (LTM) lenses for RF cameras. You will not receive good sharpness at infinity with genuine LTM adapters.

* You'll can mount this lens to latest SLR cameras with M42 lens mount (known also as Pentax Screw Mount), same with huge quantity of lenses for old Practica, Pentax, Yashica, Cosina etc. Just apply simple M39/M42 adapter.

* The lens is well-applicable for digital cameras with Micro 4/3 system and other with working distance 45.5mm and less, with the use of adapters:

All Sony NEX, Olympus, Panasonic: Lumix DMC-G1, DMC-GH1, DMC-GF1, DMC-G2, DMC-G10, Epson, Samsung and other. Finally you'll have to use 2 adapters together: M39/M42 and special adapter between M42 and your camera.

* Focusing from 0.5m.

* Scale of distances in meters.

* Filter mount M 49.5x0.75mm.

* 13 aperture blades version, provides best bokeh between Helios-44 lenses.

* Made at KMZ plant near the Moscow city (it has the special symbol).

* Pretty in using.

* Silver painting.

* The lens was made in end of 1960th in the USSR.

THE ITEM COMES WITH

Lens #0040598

Front Lens Cap (with KMZ plant logo)

Rear Lens Cap (with KMZ plant logo)

ABOUT PHOTOS

The item pictured is the actual item for sale. You can see exactly what you are buying. 

SHIPPING TERMS

We are more than happy to welcome any international bidders!!!

We ship the item FREE WORLDWIDE!

Item will be shipped via Russian Mail service immediately upon receipt of your payment.

Shipping time is mostly about 2-3 weeks to receive the item as Registered Air Mail package with the tracking number (or by registered and insured Air Mail parcel for heavy items), but sometimes (but not very often) it can be up to two month.

If you need really fast shipping, DHL and UPS are available here, but shipping a metal 35mm camera can cost over $100, thus this kind of shipping is rarely used.

All items are packed in solid carton boxes with soft material inside to protect your item on its long way to your home.

We mark all the packages and parcels as a "Gift", with low custom's value, thus You'll have the chance avoid extra taxes at Your country. However Custom's officers can have own opinion regarding it and can require taxes, it will not our problem, sorry please.

Tracking numbers are available now, but mostly we can track our packages inside Russia only, then you can look for it at national postal service of your country... just ask me please if you need the tracking number.

Sorry please, but this item is NOT eligible for combined shipping/handling cost.

OUR ITEMS HAD BEEN SHIPPED BEFORE TO:

AMERICAS: Argentina, Brazil, Guadeloupe, Canada, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, USA.

EUROPE: Austria, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom.

ASIA: Bahrain, Georgia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Korea South, Kuwait, Qatar, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam.

AFRICA:  Egypt, Lebanon, South Africa.

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SPECIAL NOTICE TO BUYERS IN ASIA and NORTH AFRICA Although we ship worldwide, we would like to have a graphic image (*.BMP, *.JPG or other) of your address if your local postal system does not ordinarily use the Latin or Cyrillic alphabet...

Since we have had several problems shipping to the People's Republic of China, WE SHALL NOT SHIP PACKAGES TO CHINA until the buyer provides a label with his address in Chinese!

SPECIAL NOTICE TO BUYERS IN ITALY Recently we have had problems with parcels sent to 200xx postal codes (Milano province) that were returned by Poste Italiane for unknown reasons. We have not had problems with parcels to other postal codes in Italy, but until this can be resolved we can't be absolutely sure your item(s) will arrive promptly. If your parcel is returned to us, we are prepared to re-ship at extra shipping cost, or we can refund your cost minus the original shipping/handling charges.

PAYMENT TERMS

We accept PayPal online payments!

YOU CAN SEND PAYPAL immediately if the s/h cost is fixed or FREE!

Just click PAY NOW at the item's page, and your PayPal will go to the correct direction.

If You prefer other kinds of electronic payments, contact with Me and confirm it please before placing the bid!

RETURNS

Customer Satisfaction is our top priority. We TRY to check everything as best we can, and describe it as accurately as possible. Since we sell mostly used items, don't expect "mint" condition in most cases! We are not in love with the words "perfect" and "mint", as so many here seem to be, when dealing with older, used equipment.

The item can be exchanged or the payment for the item can be refunded in case of receiving the wrong item. The item should be returned to the seller in the origin package and the complete set. We prefer and arrange maintenance or exchanging the item to make You 100% satisfied. We prefer this way, but the choice is still yours. Payment will be refunded in amount of item cost, except you pay shipping cost.

No any returns or refunds for items in AS-IS condition, please read descriptions and examine photos carefully!

Shipping time below two months is NOT sufficient reason to claim a refund, because Russian Mail can be a bit slow even with airmail, but mostly we see 2-3 weeks shipping time worldwide.

If you have any complaints regarding the quality of the product, please contact us!

We want to know it so that corrective action can be taken.

CONTACTS POLICY

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The item pictured is the actual item for sale. You can see exactly what you are buying.

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