MC HELIOS-44M-5 lens F2 58mm for M42 ZENIT PENTAX CANON NIKON

MC HELIOS-44M-5 is a standard multi coated (MC) lens with springblend aperture designed for Soviet SLR 35 mm Zenit cameras. The lens can be fitted on the M42 Pentax cameras. First HELIOS-44 lenses were borrowed from Carl Zeiss BIOTAR lenses and issued since end of 1950th years in M39, then in M42 screw mount, and had not very good glory because were with low contrast in common... But latest versions of HELIOS-44 lens became very sharp. This famous lens was manufactured in the USSR, and features outstanding sharpness, contrast and color rendition. I saw photos taken with similar lenses several times before and I appreciated excellent pictures quality. In the main, most all Soviet and Russian lenses are exceptionally good and this one is no exception! ITEM'S CONDITION: EXCELLENT++++ The lens looks fine, like enough accurately used before, optics are clean, without separations, fungus or scratches. Some cleaning marks and pieces of dust inside can be found. Aperture "jumps" correctly, focusing is smooth. Cosmetically the lens looks accurately used before, just examine item's photos, please. All functions are available. * Focus 58 mm. * Angle of view about 42 degrees. * Relative aperture 1:2.0 (up to 1:16 with clicks). * Springblend aperture with push-up pin which closes the aperture when shutter release button is depressed or the shutter fires. * Aperture has no Auto-Manual switch, it shows installed meaning when aperture pin is depressed. * Mounting M42 x 1mm groove, known as Pentax Thread Mount, same with a lot of old SLR cameras (Practica, Chinon, Yashika, Bessaflex etc). * Mounting for some modern SLR & dSLR cameras will not bring any trouble with well-spread M42 adapters. Adapter should have the hook which should hold aperture pin depressed, in other case you'll can not adjust the aperture because it will fully opened all the time... Or you can fix it with screw driver and some skills. * Focusing from 0.5m. * Scale of distances in meters. * Filter mount M 52x0.75mm. * The lens was made in 1991 at Jupiter plant at Valday town at Russia. We are more than happy to welcome any international bidders!!! We ship the item FREE WORLDWIDE! Item will be shipped via Russian Mail service immediately upon receipt of your payment. Shipping time is mostly about 2-3 weeks to receive the item as Registered Air Mail package with the tracking number (or by registered and insured Air Mail parcel for heavy items), but sometimes (but not very often) it can be up to two month. If you need really fast shipping, DHL and UPS are available here, but shipping a metal 35mm camera can cost over $100, thus this kind of shipping is rarely used.