HELIOS LENS RENTAL SET INSTALL
HELIOS LENS RENTAL SET UPGRADE

Terms and Conditions: Your MKI lenses can have cosmetical or mechanical signs of use. The MKII price is $2400 per lens + the cost of the donor optics, but all existing customers who already own the ‘MKI” rehoused lenses now have the option to trade them in and only pay $1450 for the MKII version! MKII has many improvements and high-end usability features, such as:

HELIOS LENS RENTAL SET UPGRADE

The second 50% only needs to be paid before lenses are due to be shipped.Īs an existing MKI customer, you can trade them in and upgrade to our MKII Rehousing. You can secure your queue spot with a 50% deposit at the checkout. Important: The estimated delivery for MKII lenses is 7-8 months, but this constantly changes based on the order queue.

HELIOS LENS RENTAL SET INSTALL

We can provide these replacement rings free of charge or install them when assembling your order, so please let us know if you need them once your order has been made. Please note, if you plan to use these lenses with 35mm film cameras, such as Aanton 235/535, Arri 235/435/535, etc., you will need a replacement iris ring to get enough clearance above the mirror chamber.

Increased 300-degree focus ring rotation.

Shimmable Stainless Steel PL / EF mounts.

Our goal was to make these beautiful optics capable of handling even the most demanding filming environments, and with MKII, we finally achieved this goal! Combined with an internal focus design that no longer limits the clip-on Matt Box weight, these lenses are now an absolute joy to use, which is what MKII rehousing is all about. The result is a very reliable, rugged focus system that feels like a CAM-driven focus ring, even on lenses with weighty optical blocks such as Helios 40-2 and Tair-11A. With MKII, we started from scratch! Every element of mechanics and MKI body was changed to achieve the next level of performance, precision, and reliability! The new design now has the universal position of gears across the set, an easily shimmable PL / EF mount system (with more mount options to come), T-stop markings, Reverse Direction Focus Scale, a 15 aperture blade iris for every lens and much more!Īt the heart of it all, we now have what we call a “hybrid focus system”, which is a combination of a new & refined helicoid combined with technology generally found in CAM-driven focus systems.

Helios lens rental set