Sony E Fit Helios 44-2 58mm F/2 Lens

This legendary Russian lens is a clone of the Carl Zeiss Biotar, and is renowned for it's distinctive and attractive Bokeh, which makes it ideal as a portrait lens and well suited to any kind of shallow focus work where visually pleasing backgrounds are desirable.

This version has the attractive black finish with white markings.

Featuring a very sturdy build quality, this lens really looks superb, and delivers unique results that really make images "pop" and have a 3d look to them. 

The lens comes supplied with an adapter to allow it to fit Canon EOS DSLR cameras. It's a manual lens so focusing and aperture need to be adjusted manually but the camera will provide exposure control. Instructions are included and with a few minutes of practice, you'll soon be getting great shots!

This lens comes with a removable Sony E mount adapter allowing it to be fitted to all any Sony camera that has an E / FE / NEX type mount.


The adapter is non destructive and when removed, the lens has a "M42" mount and it can be very easily and cheaply adapted to pretty much any camera available today. I have personally used this lens on my Canon 60d, a Sony NEX-5 and a Panasonic G1 and GH2! There are M42 adapters available inexpensively for the following systems and more:
 
 Canon EOS
 Canon M
 Canon R
 Canon FD
 Canon M
 Contax/Yashica
 Leica R
 Leica M39
 Minolta AF/Sony Alpha
 Minolta MD
 M42 screw
 Nikon
 Pentax K
 Olympus OM
 4/3
 Micro 4/3 system
 C-Mount
 Samsung NX
 Pentax Q
 Nikon 1
 Sony NEX
 Fuji X
 
Adapters are in plentiful supply on ebay, just ask if you require any advice!
 
The lens is a manual optic and hence focusing and aperture must be adjusted manually but the camera will still provide automatic exposure when using AV mode! I recommend using the camera in liveview mode for focusing as you can zoom in and get the focus just right! I even use this manual focusing technique with my autofocus lenses if I have time as it often results in sharper focus than the camera can manage by itself!
 
 

The lens is in very good working condition overall with only very minor signs of normal use. Some fine cleaning and a few bits of dust/specks as with any used lens, but nothing that affects the performance.

A little lubricant is present on the aperture blades, but this is quite normal with "preset" lenses where the aperture mechanism is manually actuated.

Fully tested on Canon and Sony cameras and delivering gorgeous looking images. 
Both the focus and aperture mechanisms function smoothly and positively.

The lens comes supplied with an M42 to Sony E adapter and front + rear caps.