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SonicScot
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 Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 11:12 am Post subject: Tair 3 |
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While I've been building my collection of mf lenses I've always known that 300mm would be my longest lens. I didn't know which 300mm to get until I did a lot of reading online last week.
This is the shiny rocket launcher I ended up with. 
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It's in beautiful condition, inside and out, and everything works as it should.
As I'm quite keen on shooting birds, I took it for a test run down on the beach;
#1 (wide open)
I'm pleased with the IQ but metering seems to be an issue, under-exposure is prevalent so I have to adjust accordingly.
Oh well, you can't have everything.  
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Currently active gear....
7D (Magic Lantern Alpha II)
3M-5CA 500/8
Tair 3 4.5/300-A
CZJ 180/2.8
CZJ 135/3.5
Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5 macro (Bokina)
Vivitar Series 1 70-210/3.5 (Kiron)
Jupiter-9 85/2
Helios 44-2 58/2
Nikon 50/1.2 Contax Zeiss Planar 50/1.7
Hartblei 45/3.5 Super-Rotator TS-PC
CZJ Flektogon 35/2.4
Samyang 8/3.5 fisheye
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ManualFocus-G
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 11:28 am Post subject: |
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It looks fantastically industrial, like an old school rocket launcher!
And what a great BIF!!!
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ChromaticAberration
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 11:39 am Post subject: |
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This would probably be my choice for a longer tele but I am not sure if I would use it at all due to weight and heavy duty tripod requirements though, and weight is also the reason I cannot purchase it thru eBay, huge shipping costs!
Nice result!
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SonicScot
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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It weighs five and a half pounds with my 7D attached. (note: you attach the camera to the lens, not the other way)
I shot that bird hand-held, it's not quite as bad as it sounds to hold, but I wouldn't want to do it for very long. 
Mine came from within the UK so postage was Ł10, quite good considering.
I'm mostly surprised by it's gorgeous glossy finish, I didn't expect that! It really looks beautiful on the camera and I'm sure it'll turn a few heads. (mostly folk who think I'm a terrorist with a rocket launcher lmao)
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Currently active gear....
7D (Magic Lantern Alpha II)
3M-5CA 500/8
Tair 3 4.5/300-A
CZJ 180/2.8
CZJ 135/3.5
Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5 macro (Bokina)
Vivitar Series 1 70-210/3.5 (Kiron)
Jupiter-9 85/2
Helios 44-2 58/2
Nikon 50/1.2 Contax Zeiss Planar 50/1.7
Hartblei 45/3.5 Super-Rotator TS-PC
CZJ Flektogon 35/2.4
Samyang 8/3.5 fisheye
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ChromaticAberration
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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I specially love the white version but I think being rare it fetches higher prices.
_IGP0650 por hin_man, no Flickr
Anyhow, this is an impossible lens to ship from foreign countries, I would pay like 25% of the item price...
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Ghost2501
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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Hey Gary, do yo have the gun mount ?
Because, it exists :
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SonicScot
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 1:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Ghost2501 wrote: | Hey Gary, do yo have the gun mount ?
Because, it exists :
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No, I haven't got that set-up, my lens is very different and wouldn't fit the 'gun' cradle. 
I did look at those but I couldn't find one that I thought was clean. Plus these days it wouldn't be wise to walk around with that arrangement, I'd have armed police in my face in no time.
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Gary
Currently active gear....
7D (Magic Lantern Alpha II)
3M-5CA 500/8
Tair 3 4.5/300-A
CZJ 180/2.8
CZJ 135/3.5
Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5 macro (Bokina)
Vivitar Series 1 70-210/3.5 (Kiron)
Jupiter-9 85/2
Helios 44-2 58/2
Nikon 50/1.2 Contax Zeiss Planar 50/1.7
Hartblei 45/3.5 Super-Rotator TS-PC
CZJ Flektogon 35/2.4
Samyang 8/3.5 fisheye
Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/gazsus/ Website http://garianphotography.co.uk/ |
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SonicScot
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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| ChromaticAberration wrote: | I specially love the white version but I think being rare it fetches higher prices.
_IGP0650 por hin_man, no Flickr
Anyhow, this is an impossible lens to ship from foreign countries, I would pay like 25% of the item price... |
Yeah, I read that those are fetching higher prices but I don't understand why. I'm not sure about that focusing mechanism either, anyone here use one?
Shame about the postage CA, maybe you'll find one closer to home someday. 
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Gary
Currently active gear....
7D (Magic Lantern Alpha II)
3M-5CA 500/8
Tair 3 4.5/300-A
CZJ 180/2.8
CZJ 135/3.5
Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5 macro (Bokina)
Vivitar Series 1 70-210/3.5 (Kiron)
Jupiter-9 85/2
Helios 44-2 58/2
Nikon 50/1.2 Contax Zeiss Planar 50/1.7
Hartblei 45/3.5 Super-Rotator TS-PC
CZJ Flektogon 35/2.4
Samyang 8/3.5 fisheye
Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/gazsus/ Website http://garianphotography.co.uk/ |
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Attila
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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Superb shoot! I also kept this Tair and sold Nikons, Olympus etc Congrats!
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SonicScot
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Attila
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Gary
Currently active gear....
7D (Magic Lantern Alpha II)
3M-5CA 500/8
Tair 3 4.5/300-A
CZJ 180/2.8
CZJ 135/3.5
Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5 macro (Bokina)
Vivitar Series 1 70-210/3.5 (Kiron)
Jupiter-9 85/2
Helios 44-2 58/2
Nikon 50/1.2 Contax Zeiss Planar 50/1.7
Hartblei 45/3.5 Super-Rotator TS-PC
CZJ Flektogon 35/2.4
Samyang 8/3.5 fisheye
Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/gazsus/ Website http://garianphotography.co.uk/ |
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poilu
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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congrats, great shot !
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skida
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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| I am very impressed by the sharpness of your hand holding and the lens. Superb shot. Congratulations. |
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NewStuff
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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| SonicScot wrote: | | Yeah, I read that those are fetching higher prices but I don't understand why. I'm not sure about that focusing mechanism either, anyone here use one? |
I have the same lens, (Tair 3C, 4.5/300), with the Photosniper kit. Mine is Black though. Nice and sharp, and I do prefer it to my Pentacon 300/4 (It's nowhere near as heavy, but the Bokeh is not as nice as the Pentacon's).
I use the Gun mount with my 400D (I added an electronic release inside the trigger), and I get some nice results.
Don't worry about people thinking it's a Gun, most people are just curious about it, and will ask (I've used mine in the Town centre). If you do get annoyed by a particularly officious officer, they're great for winding them up when their colleagues/backup arrive, laugh at them, and laugh even harder when You point it at said officer, and go "Click, BANG!". True Story (Aforementioned Town centre... even a little old man was telling him to "go to bloody specsavers, you f***ing idiot")
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SonicScot
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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| NewStuff wrote: | | SonicScot wrote: | | Yeah, I read that those are fetching higher prices but I don't understand why. I'm not sure about that focusing mechanism either, anyone here use one? |
I have the same lens, (Tair 3C, 4.5/300), with the Photosniper kit. Mine is Black though. Nice and sharp, and I do prefer it to my Pentacon 300/4 (It's nowhere near as heavy, but the Bokeh is not as nice as the Pentacon's).
I use the Gun mount with my 400D (I added an electronic release inside the trigger), and I get some nice results.
Don't worry about people thinking it's a Gun, most people are just curious about it, and will ask (I've used mine in the Town centre). If you do get annoyed by a particularly officious officer, they're great for winding them up when their colleagues/backup arrive, laugh at them, and laugh even harder when You point it at said officer, and go "Click, BANG!". True Story (Aforementioned Town centre... even a little old man was telling him to "go to bloody specsavers, you f***ing idiot") |
wish I'd been there too.I saw a video on youtube showing someone who had fixed up an electronic shutter release, looked pretty good. Maybe I should have waited for a clean sniper kit, but when I saw this one I just knew it was as close to excellent condition as I was likely to find so I jumped on it.
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Gary
Currently active gear....
7D (Magic Lantern Alpha II)
3M-5CA 500/8
Tair 3 4.5/300-A
CZJ 180/2.8
CZJ 135/3.5
Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5 macro (Bokina)
Vivitar Series 1 70-210/3.5 (Kiron)
Jupiter-9 85/2
Helios 44-2 58/2
Nikon 50/1.2 Contax Zeiss Planar 50/1.7
Hartblei 45/3.5 Super-Rotator TS-PC
CZJ Flektogon 35/2.4
Samyang 8/3.5 fisheye
Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/gazsus/ Website http://garianphotography.co.uk/ |
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SonicScot
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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| skida wrote: | | I am very impressed by the sharpness of your hand holding and the lens. Superb shot. Congratulations. |
Thanks. Let's see how I fair when I visit the falconry show next week, it lasts 30 minutes but I'm not sure if my left arm will.
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Gary
Currently active gear....
7D (Magic Lantern Alpha II)
3M-5CA 500/8
Tair 3 4.5/300-A
CZJ 180/2.8
CZJ 135/3.5
Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5 macro (Bokina)
Vivitar Series 1 70-210/3.5 (Kiron)
Jupiter-9 85/2
Helios 44-2 58/2
Nikon 50/1.2 Contax Zeiss Planar 50/1.7
Hartblei 45/3.5 Super-Rotator TS-PC
CZJ Flektogon 35/2.4
Samyang 8/3.5 fisheye
Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/gazsus/ Website http://garianphotography.co.uk/ |
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