Helios 44M-4 Nikon Infinity Focus mod parts
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About Two And A Half Years Ago I'Ve Purchased A Helios 44M-4 For My Nikon D3200 Body. It Was My First Prime, Cheap, But With Beautifuly Interesting Swirly Bokeh. Yet The Main Flaw Was That The Lens Cannot Focus To Infinity On A Nikon Body. I'Ve Started Modding The Lens Back Then, By Replacing The M42 Screw Mount With A Nikon F Adapter. I Could Get About 2 Meters Plus Focus Distance But It Wasn'T Infinity. I Also Had To Create A Plastic Part That Kept Pressed The Aperture Enable Lever Inside The Lens. It Was Cut Out From A Cd Case And It Did A Great Job. To Get Infinity Focus I Had To Unscrew The Backward Lens Part (Closest To The Sensor) By 0,9Mm, To Let The Focus Plane Aligned With The Sensor. Since I Got My 3D Printer (6 Days Ago) Creating Parts Is Much Easier Than Before. I'Ve Measured Everything, And Modelled The Parts That Needed, To Convert My Helios To A Infinity Focus Lens On A Nikon Body. On The Attached Pictures You Can See Where You Have To Place The Different Parts. The Last Image Is A Quick Test Snaphot With The Lens Focused To Infinity. I Didn'T Attached Disassemble Images / Video Because You Can Find Many On Youtube. I'Ve Ordered The Aluminium Nikon Adapter From Ebay For About $1. (M42 To Nikon F Adapter). Unfortunately I Don'T Know If It Works With Other Helios 44M Models. I Hope You Find This Design Useful. Sorry For My Bad English.
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