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Tair-11 133mm f/2.8 with M42 mount
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 6:14 pm
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 6:14 pm
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I'm happy to be the first to introduce this great lens. I have yet to take my best pictures with it, so will add to these when I do. But for now, these pictures will demonstrate the wonderful character of the lens.













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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 6:29 pm
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 6:29 pm
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Fantastic Cardinal shot, lovely lens.


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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 6:30 pm
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 6:30 pm
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I do like this lens very much too, first one is clearly present what this lens can do. Creamy bokeh ...


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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 6:55 pm
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 6:55 pm
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gorgeous!

thanks for sharing these

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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 4:16 pm
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 4:16 pm
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Good shots, this is my best ~135mm (mine is M39)


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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:26 pm
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:26 pm
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No.2 is my favourite - great colour and composition.

Very nice set Woodrim Smile


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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 10:48 pm
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Thanks to all for the kind comments.


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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 9:43 pm
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 9:43 pm
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More from this past weekend and one of my favorite lenses. I was in Georgetown, SC; an interesting small, historic town with old time charm, fishing, boating, and industry right nearby in the form of a barely operational Georgetown Steel and International Paper Corp. The smoke stack in the background is IP. This lens definitely has a signature, and a lovely one at that.







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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 10:04 pm
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This lens was one of my first 'shocking lens' lovely samples, especially #1 one.


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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 10:41 pm
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 10:41 pm
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I always called this lens "the Soviet Leica lens"...


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Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 3:30 pm
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Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 3:30 pm
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Attila wrote:
This lens was one of my first 'shocking lens' lovely samples, especially #1 one.


Yes, Attila, every time I use it I get images that are distinctly different from what any other lens provides. Yesterday, on our Thanksgiving holiday, my daughter was kind enough to stroll the beach with me and cooperate for some portraits. Again, good sharpness against a unique creamy bokeh. Maybe sunglasses should have come off Cool





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Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 4:05 pm
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Just perfect , she is a beautiful young lady , lens did capture her very well. Sharpness, color optimal in my opinion. Sunglasses did help to make them more fashion magazine looking than family member portrait. I love them!


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Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 4:21 pm
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Attila wrote:
Just perfect , she is a beautiful young lady , lens did capture her very well. Sharpness, color optimal in my opinion. Sunglasses did help to make them more fashion magazine looking than family member portrait. I love them!


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Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 4:35 pm
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Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 4:35 pm
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Thank you Attila and Orio. Obviously I have fallen in love with this lens (love daughter too) and will continue to build on this best-of-lens thread when I get worthy images. My daughter very fortunately has gotten her looks from her mother, not me.


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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 5:17 pm
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Had an opportunity to use this lens in a beautiful setting on an old Charleston plantation. Thought these shots might be worthy representative images from the lens.











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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 5:34 pm
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Ok, I missed this thread before: I read a lot of good reviews/comment about this lens, but I didn't see many pics from it.
Amazing character from the lens, and beautiful photos.

Oh, and thanks for making me add yet another 135 to my wish list.


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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:10 pm
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:10 pm
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Ah jeez Sad another lens added to my wish-list Rolling Eyes

Superb examples Mike. Very Happy


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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 1:34 pm
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 1:34 pm
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Certainly not a bad lens to have. Aanything: If it helps, this one is 133mm; you probably don't have that yet.


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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 3:06 pm
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 3:06 pm
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Is there a great difference in character between this 133mm and the 135mm variety?


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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 7:41 pm
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Don't know because I don't have the 11A. I do know that I love this lens and rate its bokeh abouve the Meyer "Bokeh Monster", which I do have.


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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 8:19 pm
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woodrim wrote:
Don't know because I don't have the 11A. I do know that I love this lens and rate its bokeh abouve the Meyer "Bokeh Monster", which I do have.

Thanks Smile
Maybe someone else here has both Question


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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 7:52 am
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I´m not a frequent poster on this forum, but as I see this is a recent thread.. I have the tair 11a and this or next week I will be picking up the tair 11 13,3/2.8 Very Happy I love the appeal of the silver finish old version but I still have to find out what the difference is exactly, I hope it is less bulky...
As far as I know both have 20 aperture blades, when it arrives I´ll put them next to each other for a photo shoot Cool

regards, Margriet

edit: here are some sample pics of the tair 11-a on my flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/21978338@N06/sets/72157630317931374/


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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 8:27 am
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takumargriet wrote:
I´m not a frequent poster on this forum, but as I see this is a recent thread.. I have the tair 11a and this or next week I will be picking up the tair 11 13,3/2.8 Very Happy I love the appeal of the silver finish old version but I still have to find out what the difference is exactly, I hope it is less bulky...
As far as I know both have 20 aperture blades, when it arrives I´ll put them next to each other for a photo shoot Cool

regards, Margriet

edit: here are some sample pics of the tair 11-a on my flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/21978338@N06/sets/72157630317931374/

Anti-spam measure, links/images don't show in a first time post. Wink

Look forward to your comparison shots. Smile


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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 1:55 pm
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I think the comparison shots should go some where else? Taking in account this gallery is supposed to have topics with just pictures from one lens, or not?

Anyway, the seller of the lens decided to save me the 2 x 1 hour trip by train and came by today (what a nice service!) so, I now have the lens here already. It´s the tair 11-2 in m42 mount version. So I now wonder what is the difference between tair 11 and tair 11-2?


Cool maybe someone has all three of them ?


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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 4:00 pm
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to show them I put some pics in a different thread: http://forum.mflenses.com/viewtopic,p,1267794.html#1267794
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