Serviced and converted to your camera helios 44m-4 lens available here www.ebay.com/itm/222720668766

I will never thank you enough good man! One sold me an optic that was messed up by someone who tried to disassemble it, thanks to you now it works well enough!

Thank you so much, Very easy to follow. All the best.

Good one. Please make more DIY videos like this for common Russian lenses so they can have a new life.

Thank you! Excellent, informative video!

Thank you!!

Hi! can u do a disassembly video for this lens and a how to lubricate the focus ring? THX!

i liked your tools.

Great! Thank you

Thank you for tutorial

I loved it ...

thank you for posting !!!

@Rromik79

5 жыл бұрын

you're welcome!

Excellent

tank you so much ,. great tutorial

@RetroFotoHouse

9 жыл бұрын

Elblacky se queda you're welcome!

Nice use of the caliper :D

@RetroFotoHouse

5 жыл бұрын

:D

Thanks.

You're a genius ;)

@RetroFotoHouse

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :D

I Don’t have ammonium chloride- is white vinegar okay? By the way- why not just dip all the glass thing in liquid?

love the chanel I dont own the lens but its still interesting

Hello Retro Foto House, can i ask something please. I have a Helios 44-2. Would it be the same to clean the lenses as your video? all the best ... subbed

I have an Helios 44M 6 but I can not open the front cover because there are not 2 holes as in all the ones I see on You Tube videos. How do I remove the front lens to clean it?

Hallo, could You help me how I have to put anamorphic lens inserts in this lens, thank You very much

I mixed up some 3% ammonium chloride solution. It is AMAZING at cleaning up old screw on filters that have collected some sort of crystallized growth on them. I have used it on several filters that were stored away many years ago. It dissolved the growth immediately and the glass was like new. The 3% solution is readily absorbed by Q-tips, but not by the cotton cleaning clothes I use (Pec Pad)

@ivar185

4 жыл бұрын

Hi, it's a bit late but I hope you can still reply to this- where did you get the 3% ammonium chloride solution? Did you make it yourself? Thanks!

great video. please, make a tutorial lens helios 44M-7

@johnapperson7495

5 жыл бұрын

no it doesnt

Isn't dismantling lenses and putting them back together again in even better condition a really theraputic thing to do? I bought an old Voigtlander Vito C a few years ago, which had fingus inside the lens, as well as dust and dirt inside, but after taking it apart and cleaning her up, and putting her together again it worked really well, and the fungus is still gone =) I have this lens coming from the Ukraine from ebay, apparently it has fungus inside, and i only paid a few pounds for it, so i am really looking forward to taking it apart and refurbishing it as new! Great video, very helpful, specially about fungul removal!

@RetroFotoHouse

9 жыл бұрын

+Alexandra Starr (the girl within) Hello Alexandra! Yes, it is recommended thing to do, because fungus inside harms image rendition (mostly loss of contrast). Another thing-you should be qualified enought and know how to proceed with conrete type of lens. Regards, Retro Foto House

It’s so good , thank you . Can you tell me which instruments you use ? Thank you

@RetroFotoHouse

Жыл бұрын

calipers mostly

@hebin217

Жыл бұрын

@@RetroFotoHouse thank you

Hi Roman, Love your Videos !! I have this lens but it is 44-7 ? I don't know what this means-does it come apart in a different way ? many thanks. Kind Regards.

@jancovanderwesthuizen8070

4 жыл бұрын

Should be built the exact same way as the 44M-4, I think

@RetroFotoHouse

4 жыл бұрын

yes, it is the same as 44m-4

@stefpix

3 жыл бұрын

@@RetroFotoHouse Is the 44M the same design to take apart?

@jamesadams8572

2 жыл бұрын

I have zenith 44m-4. And it isn't assembled the same way w regard to optical lenses and the holder pieces. Mine seems to have the lense in partial holder that fits into lense frame flowed by small circular rings. Looking for diagram as I messed up re assembly of rear lense

How does fungus transfer from one lens to another? Is it airborne or upon proximity/contact?

@Albanez39

4 жыл бұрын

Spores are airborne, but they don't have a long life unless they find an isolated environment with some moisture they can use to grow and feed from. Keep your lenses in a dry place and you won't have issues. Use Silica gel packets in your camera bag and your lens cabinet (it will absorb the moisture in the air).

Mention the full mixture of 3 % ammonia Chloride .

Hello and thank you for this video, I am going to try to do the same thing! Is it possible to disassemble the front block lenses , as that of the back, to clean internal dusts? I too shall be interested in other video, because my focus ring has a hard point... what is the used liquid product? Thank you and congratulation for this video.

@RetroFotoHouse

8 жыл бұрын

+Tofolo 33 Hello! Yes you can do that with front block also, but first you need to remove a front ring with writings on it. There is 2 holes, use compasses with needles to remove it. Than you will find rings with 2 pair of grooves. Use external grooves to unscrew complete lens block, internal one-ti remove only front glass. Unscrew it with a calipers.

@christophevarone3215

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you, it is necessary to make marks not to lose the values of focus, and what liquid do you use to clean the lens?

@RetroFotoHouse

8 жыл бұрын

+Tofolo 33 yes, it is better to make marks, i'm always doing this. Best liquid to remove fungus-ammonium chloride, but you can use pure alcohol also

a che serve?

So, you also wipe out multi coating?

@RetroFotoHouse

6 жыл бұрын

Multi-coating can't be wiped in this way

what is the liquid you use to clean ? i cant hear it clearly in the video.. is it isopropyl alcohol?

@RetroFotoHouse

8 жыл бұрын

+Liangshi Xu no it is pure alcohol

@joergmatthiasstiefel

8 жыл бұрын

+Liangshi Xu He explains the use of two different liquids, the first, which is not so good, ist pure alcohol. The second, which he recommend for the fungus is "Ammoniumchlorid" (NH4Cl).

I always use hydrogen peroxide (1.5%). Works just as well and much more widely available.

How can I open the helicoid part and lubricate it? My Helios 44-6 is hard to turn because of the old grease. Witch way should I start first?

@RetroFotoHouse

8 жыл бұрын

+Clement yu Hello! It is quite difficult to perform if you're not familiar with it. One day i will make tutorial explaining how to do that.

@clementyu6435

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Waiting for your great video!

@ozgundemirr

8 жыл бұрын

+Retro Foto House I too, have a 44m-7 with stiff focus ring, I want to disassemble and regrease, waiting for your instruction video for that.

@RetroFotoHouse

8 жыл бұрын

hello! as soon as i get some free time i will definitely make a tutorial on that work

Hi, i was diassembled such lense, but i lost the focuse values. Now my lense only have narrow focuses, even the focus ring on infinity, but i could not see the exact focus. how to calibrate? And how about spring of aperture ring?, i also broke the ring structure, so now the aperture ring is not have steps.

@RetroFotoHouse

8 жыл бұрын

+Didin Wahyudin it will be really difficult now to reassemble it in proper way...

@thenikhilray99

8 жыл бұрын

what did you do man :(

@johnapperson7495

5 жыл бұрын

wtf did u do that for??

Scusate è possibile che ci sia uma piccola sfera interna?

@RetroFotoHouse

3 жыл бұрын

I do not speak Italian, i'm sorry

Доброго времени, подскажите как на отечественном обзывается та жидкость которая предназначена для чистки оптики?

@RetroFotoHouse

8 жыл бұрын

+Alexander Jozh Здравствуйте, очень хорошо чистит грибок простой нашатырный спирт

@Stihl_OK

8 жыл бұрын

Retro Foto House спасибо!

@thenikhilray99

8 жыл бұрын

will it change focal length or anything if I just remove rear element ?? I am scared to remove it :( only rear part

@RetroFotoHouse

8 жыл бұрын

+Nikhil Kumar (NikGamesandVFX) if you remove it and then put back-nothing will happen. If you will try to shoot without rear element-it will be blur.

@thenikhilray99

8 жыл бұрын

ok thanks : )/I read comments below of a guy who said he lost focus control so I got scared xD can I use Nail polish remover to remove Fungus ?? It's an alcohol too..right ??

Does this lens have multi-coating on it? If so, will the alcohol or ammonium chloride effect the multi-coating?

@kubectlgetpo

7 жыл бұрын

Yes

@johnapperson7495

5 жыл бұрын

no no no

Are you using 3% ammonium chlorate, chlorite or chloride ?

@RetroFotoHouse

4 жыл бұрын

Ammonium chloride

@rectape

4 жыл бұрын

@@RetroFotoHouse Can you please share a link or reference for the amonium chloride? I can't find it. Thanks

@KevinPinkerton

4 жыл бұрын

@@rectape www.amazon.com/dp/B00IB47S34/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_uByGDb8WK8XZ9 and here is the page I used to mix to a 3% solution www.physiologyweb.com/calculators/percent_solutions_calculator.html and I used the w/v calculations.

Is this lense radioactive???

@RetroFotoHouse

6 жыл бұрын

No, it isn't

Hi! I have a question. Does the ammonium clorite affect in any way the MC coating ?

@RetroFotoHouse

8 жыл бұрын

+GalloAutoritario No, it reacts only with organic substances

@bormata

6 жыл бұрын

Разве просветка неорганическая... :)

Sorry, this is not 'ammonium cloride" - this is ammonia 3% solution from apotecary? - does is smell of ammonia strongly? For stronger action pros use 3% ammonia+3% hydrogen peroxide (also from apotecary) as 1:1, placing lens into this for several min. Some persistent fungus need up to 20 min being soaked in this.

Hi there, Thanks for all your great tutorial, I would like to know what does difference between Helios 44-2 and 44m-4 please? and would you mind sending me your Ebay addresses please? Thanks

@RetroFotoHouse

8 жыл бұрын

+Rastamonkey Plays Hello! 44m-4 is newer version of helios 44-2 with automatic aperture control feature. Also some helios 44m-4 has multicoated optics. It is in bref. My ebay shop-stores.ebay.com/Vintage-photo-equipment-and-other

@pazgaminghd3826

8 жыл бұрын

+Retro Foto House Thanks that you getting back to me quickly , the question is witch one is better than other?I mean optically,sharpness and contrast? Would you guid me again please? Best Regards

Chase that dust!

You've used Alcohol to eliminate fungus in other videos. Another KZreadr uses Hydrogen Peroxide and another one washed the lens element with hot water and dish liquid soap. Which solution is better? Which one guarantees that fungus will not grow again inside the lens? Which chemical is less damaging to the lens element and coating?

@RetroFotoHouse

4 жыл бұрын

Ammonium chloride is the best solution for organic substances (including fungus)

@danc2014

4 жыл бұрын

Note how no one cleans the metal parts they have fungus too.

Please precise your prononciation of the word "Aperture"