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Posted: 06 Oct 2020

Taken: 05 Oct 2020

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Locksbrook Cemetery •
Chinon 55mm f/1.4 •
Fujifilm X-E1 •
Tomioka •
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Chinon Lens on Fuji Camera

Chinon Lens on Fuji Camera
This was photographed using a Tomioka-made Chinon 55mm f/1.4 lens (circa 1976) on a Fujifilm X-E1 camera (circa 2013) via an M42-Fuji X adapter.
Focussing has not proved to be as easy as I had expected but that is more a problem of diminishing eyesight than a criticism of the Fuji engineers. This photograph had the odds set in my favour with the aperture closed down. The 55mm Chinon is my favourite old legacy lens but I shall try out a Helios-44 and a Carl Zeiss Tessar, as well as the bubble bokeh specialist Fujinon 55mm f/2.2 in due course.
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 Peter Castell
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A lovely composition with the pampas grass in the foreground , when you say try a Helios 44-2 do you mean buy one if so I would suggest you make sure it is one with the aperture preset it makes focusing much easier choose the aperture then open it to f2 while you focus. Some years ago I was given a non working Zenit E camera with the lens, I recently realised I could use it with micro 4\3 and really liked it. I then bought a Carl Zeiss Jena 135mm f3.5 it's a nice lens but I find it harder to focus without a preset.
Have you seen any of the you tube videos 'Zenography' they are all about vintage lenses and cameras.
On the Helios the first two numbers of the serial number are the year it was made mine is 1973 should you need to clean the optics they are easy to do Retro Photo House have a step by step video
3 years ago.
 The Limbo Connection
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I have a pre-series Helios-44 lens. It is a preset with unconventional positioning of the aperture ring at the front and a scalloped focussing ring close to the camera end. The filter ring is 49mm and there are 13 aperture blades. It bears the KMZ logo and its serial number begins with a swash capital 'N' followed by a zero. I think this indicates a 1970 production date. It came to me on a Zenit-E camera. I guess that users of the Helios-44 gravitate to shooting wide open, but your advice is certainly useful for closed-down work. Your comments were interesting and helpful. Thank you for offering good advice.
3 years ago.

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