![]() On the plus side, the front e lement is recessed, providing an ad-hoc lens hood. The background looks as if it was painted with brush strokes.įlare for this lens is greater than most other lenses of similar focal length. It can produce swirling out of focus highlights in some situations. Like many former USSR lenses, it is excellent. The quality of the out of focus areas is one of the main reasons to get this lens. At f/5.6 and higher, the entire image will be extremely sharp, on par with the best 35mm lenses. This is not necessarily a bad thing, depending on your subject and how you want to portray it. At f/2, assuming you are using it full-frame, expect blurry corners, and a sharp center. This lens is excellent for portraits or other low depth of field work wide open. After a few minutes you will get used to it though and the lens will be pure fun! Read full reviewĮxcellent lens for the artistic photographer One thing that I don’t like about the Helios is it’s ergonomics: the aperture and focus rings seem to be in the wrong places: aperture near the front of the lens and focus on the rear, opposite of most lenses you can encounter today. If you shoot mirrorless or canon or A-mount, you have no excus e. ![]() ![]() Now the Helios can somehow do the same trick, but at f/2 instead of f/1.2, and at 10% of the price. I love the Tomioka not just for being a 1.2 but for its magic bokeh producing an impression, or rather a suggestion of gentle concentric rings capturing the viewer’s focus onto the eyes of the subject. My all-time favorite is the 50mm f/1.2 Tomioka, the fastest 50 for m42 mount ever. I have a drawer full of 50mm lenses, from modern Sony’s and Canons through Sigmas and all manual SLRMagic f/1.1 to older Maxxums and Rokkors all the way to classic Yashicas and Takumars. Helios 44 was standard on the Zenit and - if I remember correctly - optional on a Zorki. See the lens compatibility chart to see if the lens is suitable for your camera.ĭo you use any Lensbaby lenses? What do you think about the new Burnside 35, let us know in the comments section below.This lens reminds me of the 1980’s - the years of Lomo and Zenit cameras. The Burnside 35 retails for $499.95 and is available in a range of mounts from Canon EF, Sony E, Fuji X, Micro 4/3 & more. In addition to the positions of the camera, subject & background, adjusting the effect slider will change the amount of swirl in the bokeh.Īt a focal length of 35mm, the Burnside 35 is also suitable as a general walk around or landscape lens, letting you focus the viewer’s eye with just the right amount of vignetting on the edges. To get the swirly bokeh effect, Lensbaby recommends shooting at f/2.8 with the subject 3 feet or less from the camera and around 12 feet of separation to the background.Ĭhanging the position of these three elements will change the amount of swirly bokeh in the final image. Let us know in the comments if you have one in your kit bag, we’d love to see some of your swirly bokeh images. If you have ever used the vintage Helios m44-2 58mm lenses, you will be familiar with this look, producing a spinning bokeh effect. The other main characteristic of the lens is its swirly bokeh. ![]() A gold effect slider on the lens allows for direct control over the amount of vignetting in the image. This fall-off happens no matter what aperture the lens is set at. The Burnside 35 has a sharp sweet spot in the center of the frame, gradually softening as it gets to the edges. Just like the other lenses from Lensbaby, the Burnside 35 is a manual focus only lens and has some very special characteristics. The lens features a 35mm focal length and a maximum f/2.8 aperture which can be used to create images with a shallow depth of field. Lensbaby has released the Burnside 35 lens for DSLR & mirrorless cameras.
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