Nikon M42 adapter (/w lens) for infinite focus on Helios 44-2

[SQZY98]

Well, i bought a Helios 44-2 lens off of ebay for 30€. I freaking love this thing. It has superb build quality and feels extremely good. But there is one problem that´s bothering me. I bought a cheap (but still decent quality) adapter to fit on my Nikon D3300. That makes it impossible to focus on objects which are more than ~3-4m away. I have read that thats due to the narrow build of Nikon cameras. The M42 screwmount can´t go deep enough into the cameras body which alternates the focus point (or something along those lines). I have also read that this can be corrected by buying an adapter housing a additional lens.

I searched around on ebay and wasn´t successful finding a trustworthy/quality product. Can anyone reccomend a decent Nikon M42 adapter with lens?

P.S. I know that you could modify the housing of the Helios. I don´t want to do that, as i don´t have the right tools to do that anyways.

 

Thanks

much love

[ALwin]

Let me guess, you saw the video by that what's his name working at LMG and decided to buy this lens?

 

In their video, they were using the lens on a Sony body that has a very short flange distance.  Nikon has one of the longest flange distances for a DSLR, it's almost never advisable to use a third party lens with Nikon bodies because of this one specific reason.

 

The only adapter I could find that seems to have a corrective optical element.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/995104-REG/fotodiox_m42_nk_pg_pro_nikon_f_mount_lens.html

[SQZY98]

1 minute ago, ALwin said:

Let me guess, you saw the video by that what's his name working at LMG and decided to buy this lens?

Yes but no. Saw it on several channels/sites, already knowing the problem. I´m just wondering whether that can be solved while not sacrificing too much quality (yes im a beginner, yes i shouldnt speak of quality when using a D3300)

 

[SQZY98]

11 minutes ago, ALwin said:

The only adapter I could find that seems to have a corrective optical element.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/995104-REG/fotodiox_m42_nk_pg_pro_nikon_f_mount_lens.html

Nonetheless, thank you for your advice!