Just won this Helios 135mm f2.8 on the bay. Any good?

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Just won This Helios 135mm f2.8 with M42 fitting so it can go on the front of my Canon 40d. Won for £16.01. What a bargain. I have done a little research and found a fair few images taken with this lens and they were nearly all pretty stunning! This will go with my Helios 44 2 which was another bargain at £8.

Will i ever use my Canon lenses ever again?:LOL:

Oh and if i go bankrupt i will blame you lot as this manual lens thing is damn addictive. I have lived on ebay for the past 2 weeks!!!!!! My eyes don't work anymore:LOL:

Bad photo from the bay:
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AndyWest said:
Oh and if i go bankrupt i will blame you lot as this manual lens thing is damn addictive. I have lived on ebay for the past 2 weeks!!!!!! My eyes don't work anymore:LOL:
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Its terrible these days, you won't go bankrupt unless you're looking for a bokeh monster.

I've watched several go for 40-50 quid, I was in for this one, thought I'd do maybe £70....

Just checked with 5 hours to go......:puke:

I dunno what's going on with M42, somebody should re-invent digital or something.
 
I know what you mean, I want a couple of wides to put on my prakticas but they are going for silly money. The 135 f2.8 is a classic design, most are pretty good and that's a nice price
 
raathistle said:
I know what you mean, I want a couple of wides to put on my prakticas but they are going for silly money. The 135 f2.8 is a classic design, most are pretty good and that's a nice price
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Yeah, the later 6 blader isn't too bad, its the orestor/pentacon 15 bladers that seem to cost a fortune.
I dunno, I haven't really seen a bad 135, I'm sure the Helios will be bonza.

I bought a Tair 11A instead....:cool:
 
You're not gonna go too far wrong with 135mm lenses. Enjoy.

Also, I have the 44 f/2, which is a strange little one - The bokeh can all go a bit mad, but I quite like it. It can makes everything look a bit 'cartoonish'. I really must get an M42 adapter for it :)
 
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