IronGlass Brings Legendary Soviet Cinema Lenses to Mirrorless Cameras
by PaulHoule on 3/26/2026, 1:49:47 PM
Comments
by: sosodev
These prices are insane. You can buy all (most?) of the lenses they’re recreating for a fraction of the price and adapt them to a mirrorless camera no problem. I bought a Helios 44-2 recently for $100 and adapted it to my camera for like $15.
3/30/2026, 11:22:51 PM
by: storus
"The Helios 44-2 is a very popular Soviet-era lens among cinematographers" - yeah, not like there were any other Soviet lens available there. Legendary in this context means the only ones anyone there could get their hands on. I bought Zenit ET with those and can't say they were amazing compared to my Nikon or Sigma lens. Exotic factor is likely in the play here.
3/31/2026, 12:03:24 AM
by: Morromist
What was so amazing about this company's soviet era camera lenses?<p>I googled it and all the pages were just this company saying "Yeah! We rehouse amazing soviet era lenses in modern lens bodies!" | Which is cool, but where's the "legendary" part of the story? Like, why would you want one as opposed to another lens?
3/30/2026, 11:27:53 PM
by: sega_sai
Some bizarre obsession with 'Soviet'. Did they invent optics, that was since forgotten ?
3/30/2026, 11:40:47 PM