I prefer the silver option had it in my X-E1 and X-E2 and for a while I was looking at the Graphite version on the refurb shop but it went out of stock before I stopped dithering ended up with a black one from WEX and I have no complaints. What I did notice with the X-E1 and X-E2 is that the silver wore pretty quickly at the corners, dont know if the graphite version would be any different, would hope so for the extra it costs
I have an old helios 44 here but its a 39mm mount rather than a 42mm. I have both adapters 39 and 42 but it simply wont focus with the 39, but if I hold it on the 42 then it will
Obviously I cant go around holding the lens in place but apparantly you can get an adapter 39-42 for a couple of quid keep meaning to get one but just keep forgetting.
I use the bits of leather that come with the strap,that stop the D rings from rubbing the corners
Apparently the 39mm adapter I have work with the leica's the Helios ones are the same distance from the sensor as the 42m's the 42 adapter is much bigger than the 39mm. So basically I need a 42mm adapter with a 39mm thread, typical Russian engineering
Won them as a job lot (new old stock) from a dealer which had closed its doors. The lens was pretty good but not a proper Russian lens. Dixons rebranded these Japanese lenses to sell with the Zenit cameras. What you actually want is a Jupiter 11 / Jupiter 11A (135/4) or Jupiter 37A 135/3.5). The Jupiters are all based on the Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 135mm lenses and perform almost the same I suppose that'll help
Still had silver wear on the bottom though
So your step down 42 to 39 is permanant then Hope you've still got the 39m Helios
Strange about the leather bits, I never used them on either x-e1 or x-e2 but i've fitted them to my X-T1 and thats blackI keep an grip on the bottom,but i no what you mean about the silver ones
Ah i see when you said you could only remove it by breaking it you meant it literallyIt was until I broke it! The lens is fine, the adapter's in pieces tho
I'm picking one up this morning. Barely adds anything to the overall size but feels much better in the hand.
Your 'exile' didn't last long then...
X-E2 not for you?
What is the fit like ?Here
I've the large fuji grip. It doesn't live on the camera, but when I'm out and about with the tripod I'll leave it on. Helps the handling and isn't too big. I just prefer the look of the camera without it - I'm shallow like that!
The pano feature is pretty decent for a quick fix, I found it useful in the lake district when I only had the 50mm with me and the tripod was 1500ft below in the car park
