GOI Helios-40 1.5/8.5cm prototype
1950, “State Optical Institute” (GOI) Leningrad, USSR
The second known example of the Helios-40 rangefinder lens prototype in chromed brass body (Kiev/Contax mount) made to very high standards by the elite GOI (“State Institute for Optics”) Leningrad, USSR – present day Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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