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jlw
02-23-2005, 20:07
In the course of comparing William's Kiev 5 experiences with mine, I've gotten curious about what normal lens I have on my camera!

It's a bit tricky to spell out, because it uses three non-Roman characters: one looks like an F without the middle bar; another looks like an A without the crossbar; and the third looks like a backwards N. If we substitute a regular F, A and N for these, the name would be:

FEANOC-94

Does that make any sense at all? Can anyone translate/Romanize this name for me, so I'll know what the heck this lens is? Incidentally, it's a 50/1.8... and while I'm not too impressed by its performance, I'm kinda stuck with it, since the Kiev 5's nonstandard mount won't accept older Kiev 50s!
jlw
02-23-2005, 20:23
Got it!

Natalia, our own Bayou Russian, kindly and promptly informed me that this lens is a Helios.
impact07
02-23-2005, 20:27
It a Helios.

The Cyrillic characters are G E L I O S.
wlewisiii
02-23-2005, 20:29
If I understand the pages I've found on the web correctly (always an if when Bablefish is involved) that's the Helios-94 50/1.8 lens. I think it's a earlier formulation of what would become the Helios-103 on the 4am/4m models.

William
Natalia
02-23-2005, 20:35
[QUOTE=jlw]
Natalia, our own Bayou RussianQUOTE]

LOL! I think my hubby's gonna love this one! :D
Roman
02-24-2005, 01:49
Got it!

Natalia, our own Bayou Russian, kindly and promptly informed me that this lens is a Helios.

Why do I hear 'Kalinka' played Zydeco-style suddenly inside my head...? ;)

Roman
dll927
02-25-2005, 10:13
So far, I haven't found my inability to read Russian any stumbling block to using my Kievs or Zorkis. Since all of my Russkis were ordered on-line, I saw ahead of time what they were.

Speaking of that Industar-103, Yuri at Fedka sent me one in addition to the J-8 that came with my Kiev-4a. His reasoning was that there were "slight cleaning marks" on the Jupiter. I call it going the extra mile - he's great to do business with.
Natalia
02-25-2005, 10:17
Why do I hear 'Kalinka' played Zydeco-style suddenly inside my head...? ;)

Roman

Roman, you just gave me an idea
Natalia
02-25-2005, 10:20
So far, I haven't found my inability to read Russian any stumbling block to using my Kievs or Zorkis.

some folks like a little extra --> lagniappe, as we say in New Orleans:)