HELIOS 44-2 - My Best Lens For 47 years of photography with it. (Pt.1)

*All Shooting Details & Gear used at foot of this description box below* Whether it’s on a Canon M50, Panasonic GH3, GH4, GH5, EOS R, BMPCC, Sony A7S III, the Helios 44-2 is a vintage lens that has poetry and stories in it... Helios 44-2 is my best lens for video because of the unique way it draws, its imperfections make it utterly perfect to me, the stepless aperture ring is made for video, and the focus throw is long. And they’re a CHEAP lens for video even now. I’ve owned this Helios 44-2 since 1974. I’ve used it for photography ever since for hobby & work. Now I’m hooked on making I know almost nothing about it - yet. (This video was shot entirely using the Helios 44-2 apart from the shots of the actual lens which were shot with a Canon EF 50mm 1.8 STM). __________________________________________ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 0:51 Helios Footage 1:25 Fun Fact (lol) 1:50 Why I Dig It 2:45 Lens Overview 3:33 Adios Amigos __________________________________________ MUSIC: ’Chromatic Rag’ - Mini Vandals ’Pure Potentiality’ Benjamin Martins (all Royalty Free from You Tube library) _________________________________________ GEAR I used: Canon M50 Viltrox EF-M2 af speedbooster Helios 44-2 58mm f/2 K F Concept variable ND filter. Shot in 1080p 25fps, slow motion shots were 100fps @ 720p. (Rendered in 4K simply because the You Tube compression is savage on 1080 uploads). *This lens on say, my ’dream camera’ - Panasonic GH5 - being a 10-bit camera - is just perfection. All gradients suffer from banding on 8-bit, and I HATE the banding that shows up even worse under YT compression lol! - but the Canon M50 is the perfect YT creator camera to me. That auto focus with speedbooster and STM lenses is golden. But if I get serious with video/film making and actually learn how to do it - then a GH5 is my dream camera. All footage straight out of camera - no grading - using custom Picture Profile. *PP I used is EOSHD Cinelook - available here: I usually use a Tiffen Black Pro Mist 1/4 filter on everything I shoot because it helps a lot with highlight roll-off with 8-bit cameras. I didn’t use it for this video because I wanted an honest look through the Helios. Edited on Davinci Resolve 15 (free version) - on a fairly weak computer... Thank you for your time! _____________________________________ CONTACT email: dobrodrew@