Fujica ST705 + MC Helios 44M-6 58mm F2

The Fujica ST705 is one of the more capable M42 screw-mount SLRs of the late 1970s — a 1977 body with a 1/1500s top shutter speed, unusually quick for the mount, and open-aperture metering when used with Fujinon glass. Fuji built these solidly and they are still overlooked next to their Pentax contemporaries. Paired here with the MC Helios 44M-6 58mm f/2, the multicoated late version of the Soviet Biotar copy famous for its swirling background rendering wide open.

Specifications

• Body: Fujica ST705 — M42 screw-mount 35mm SLR, introduced 1977
• Shutter: Mechanical, 1s to 1/1500s + Bulb
• Metering: Centre-weighted TTL, match-needle in the viewfinder (currently non-functional — see condition)
• Flash sync: 1/60s
• Mount: M42 42mm screw
• Lens: MC Helios 44M-6 58mm f/2, based on the Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar design
• Aperture blades: 6
• Filter thread: 52mm
• Minimum focus: 0.5m
• Format: 35mm film

Condition

• Cosmetic: Body is in good condition. The lens is good but has moisture stains and a few scratches.
• Functional: All shutter speeds work. The battery cap is missing, so the light meter is non-working.

Included

• Fujica ST705 body
• MC Helios 44M-6 58mm f/2 lens
• Strap

The battery cap is missing and the light meter does not work as a result, so this is shot with a handheld meter or a phone app. Every shutter speed fires correctly, and the Helios 58mm f/2 delivers the swirly rendering it is bought for — the moisture stains and light scratches on it are cosmetic and show as a touch of extra flare wide open.