#Helios 44 2 swirly bokeh manual#

The Fujifilm X-T4 has a lot more focus assist features that I found useful on the day of our portrait photoshoot. Continue reading to see why you should consider using vintage lenses on your digital camera.Īll photos edited with my Palm Valley Lightroom Preset Pack!

#Helios 44 2 swirly bokeh manual#

This opens up a lot of extra vintage manual focus lenses that can be used with the Fuji X mount system without the additional focal length crop.Ī setup like this can be a fun, stylistic, creative way to practice your manual focusing skills on the Fujifilm X system with film like results using film simulations and recipes. This would reduce the crop to nearly complete full frame coverage, about a 1.1x crop instead of 1.5x. Side note: With Fuji it’s also possible to mount via a M42 to EF adapter + EF to FX Metabones speed booster.

Here’s a quick rundown of what mount + adaptors I use:įE mount // I use a M42 to EF adapter + EF to FE Metabones IV or Vįujifilm X mount // I use a M42 to EF adapter + EF to FX adapter which causes a 1.5x crop In this blog post I want to share with you why you should consider using vintage lenses on your digital camera. That’s why I’m using both Sony and Fujifilm for this photoshoot, and I can also adapt them to Canon EF or RF. All the vintage lenses I own I get in the M42 mount so I can adapt it to any system I use. The Helios is a lens made for film cameras, so it requires manual focus when used on a digital camera. I had a couple of questions during my last portrait photoshoot with a vintage lens. The Helios 44-2 is a 58mm f2 lens and during this photoshoot I am using it on the Sony A7III and Fujifilm X-T4.