Junior Member Registered: June, 2018 Location: Lyon / Rennes Posts: 39 1 user found this helpful | Review Date: December 7, 2018 | Recommended | Price: $70.00
| Rating: 9 |
Pros: | Quite sharp, relatively compact, replaceable shank. | Cons: | Incredibly prone to flare, play in different pieces, focus ring position is not very convenient, "only" f/3.5 | Sharpness: 9
Aberrations: 7
Bokeh: 7
Handling: 7
Value: 9
Camera Used: K30
| | This lens is quite of a special one :
It's quite small but...
Prone to flare (bloody hell it is !)
It's solid and full metal but...
Has play in lots of pieces (though it may be my copy, I think it has been disassembled and poorly reassembled.)
It's sharp (40/30) but...
Opens at f/3.5 and has quite a poor chromatical aberration control.
And it's quite expensive.
It has a replaceable shank ("A" mount, that's why it's called Mir 10"A") but as far as I know, the only adapter which fits it is the one from kood. There's adapters from the factory "Arsenal" in Kiev, Ukraine, but they're very very rare for pentax K And quite expensive (only seen one in my life)
Note : because of where the focus ring is placed, if it is even a little bit stiff, this lens will be a pain in the ass to focus.
I hope this'll help, and I apologize for my poor English as it is not my native language.
(The lens is the one at the left, as you can see it's quite scratched) | |
New Member Registered: March, 2012 Location: Berlin Posts: 9 1 user found this helpful | Review Date: September 8, 2019 | Recommended | Price: $100.00
| Rating: 7 |
Pros: | pretty sharp, very russian character | Cons: | the diaphragm? | Sharpness: 7
Aberrations: 7
Bokeh: 8
Handling: 7
Value: 9
| | This is a pretty decent 28mm lens in the world of M42 glass.
If you familiar with Russian M42 glass then this will be in line with expectations. Heavy, solid, preset aperture, streaky & swirly bokeh, pretty soft in the edges, and prone to misbehave in backlight (in a way that is usually pretty nice if you like the creative effect of it). The most unusual feature is the shape of the diaphragm, when stopped down it creates quite crazy ninja star specular highlights - which I don't particularly like actually.
My copy render colours quite coolly, is decently sharp right from ƒ3.5 in the centre, and is generally a pretty solid performer.
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