I recently picked up a 1976
Helios 44-2 58mm anamorfake lens with a fixed oval aperture of F/3.5 and a string for flaring. Overall, it is softer than the
44M-
7 with a simpler coating. In Premiere, I changed the pixel size from 1 (square) to 1.33 and chose 1.21x desqueeze. I suspect that since I am only using the center of the lens, I am missing out on the squeeze of the oval aperture by going through a .75x DEC Lensregain focal reducer to MFT on a BMPCC 4K. I've yet to find the swirly bokeh this lens is known for as well. Drag the image to reveal the one to compare it with underneath.
- Helios 44-2 anamorfake F/3.5 lens ISO 3200 no desqueeze top & 1.21x desqueeze bottom
- Hel442AnLn_588PtLobosTop_121Bottom.jpg (466.76 KiB) Viewed 10579 times
Here it is compared to the 1993
Helios 44M-
7 with it's MC coating. Again, using a DEC Lensregain EF to MFT focal reducer to mount it to a BMPCC 4K. I used a lot of dehaze in Lightroom to bring out the colors. Drag the image to reveal the one to compare it with underneath.
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