Acts of the Apostles

I bought a Zenit-E to get the Helios-44 lens which was with it. This is the original lens that the Soviets copied from the Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 58mm f/2.
It's a pre-set lens and takes a bit of getting used to. Received wisdom is to shoot it wide open at f/2 for the distinctive bokeh, but the contrast suffers when you do this.
At f/5.6 it becomes a nicer lens to use.
The Prayer Book is Victorian, although the year of printing is not given by Cambridge University Press. Nor is the typeface. I should have liked to know both, but for £2 secondhand I can't really complain.

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Jean-luc Drouin

Le Zénith + Hélios, a été mon premier matériel photo quand j'avais 16 ans. Ce n'était pas vraiment un choix, mais à part le Zorki c'était le seul boitier photo que je pouvais me payer.
Il y a deux ans quand mon père nous quitté et que j'ai dû vider sa maison, j'ai retrouvé mon Zénith que ma mère n'avait pas voulu revendre quand je suis passé chez Nikon (F2). Elle l'avait gardé pour elle car c'est elle qui m'a donné le virus de la photographie. Elle avait une reinette Kodak.
La bague de mise au point de l'objectif Hélios est un peu dure à actionner. Il a dû tomber. Ce n'est pas grave car je ne pense pas l'utiliser pour refaire de l'argentique. Il est exposé sur l'une des étagères de ma bibliothèque.

2 weeks ago. Edited 2 weeks ago.

The Limbo Connection ^club has replied to Jean-luc Drouin

I have a similar tale to tell, as I am sure do many photographers. My first serious camera was a Zenith EM with a 58mm Helios f/2. They are fondly remembered. The manufacturers gave the EM an automatic diaphragm to relieve users of the necessity to stop-down and that was a big deal at the time. What I did rather object to was the effort needed to release the shutter that had been caused as a result.
I enjoyed reading your story. Thank you for pausing to add your experience.

2 weeks ago.

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