Help mir 20 is a good lens?

nickfuji · Joined: 04 Dec 2012 Posts: 19

Hi

I found a mir 20 to 100 euro, is worth taking? optically is good?

thanks nicola

Attila · Expire: 2025-11-18

It has mixed quality , depend by copy I had no luck what I did try was average or less , others report better experience , don't buy it as-is
buy only if you can return it. Price reflect quality , pretty much.

rbelyell · Expire: 2014-01-31

if the mir 20 is the 35/2.0, i really liked mine a great deal, and thought its color and sharpness were excellent both on film and digital. worked great on my 5d. i mustve had a good copy. if the lens looks 'well used' its probably because its a good copy and was used a lot!
tony

nickfuji · Joined: 04 Dec 2012 Posts: 19

No is the 20 mm II version mc

Aanything · Expire: 2014-05-30

i have this one:

and is a great lens for its price (100 eur is good for it).

while, about this one:

I read averagely worse.

Anyway, a certain degree of copy variation has to be taken in account. Mine looks like it's assembled not so good, but everything works just fine, and I like the results a lot.

Attila · Expire: 2025-11-18

I had older , second one on pictures.

rbelyell · Expire: 2014-01-31

nickfuji · Joined: 04 Dec 2012 Posts: 19

Thank you all, i think don't buy it!

Thank you so much.

Nicola

Lightshow · Joined: 04 Nov 2011 Posts: 3666 Location: Calgary

It's not that bad of a lens, it has nice color, it does have CA, but is reduced when stopped down.
One of my better pictures with it, on my 1DIII.

kuuan · Expire: 2014-12-26

mine is the f2.5 version called Mir 47, otherwise looks like the 'old' f3.5 on in the second photo. It had bad fungus which had impacted IQ but after cleaning and still some damaged coatings I consider it a good lens. Specially I like it's colors, 100.- it's a very good deal, which other 20mm could one possibly get for this money?

see some threads about it:
http://forum.mflenses.com/mir-47-t24664.html
http://forum.mflenses.com/mir-47n-t354.html
resp. my flickr set with 166 photos taken with it on Pentax dSLR: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kuuan/sets/72157620334141135/detail/

fotkino · Joined: 04 May 2011 Posts: 111 Location: Russia, Moscow

I tested the "new" (80х) compact - and the old huge (as in the picture in a "Anything" post - number 2) so huge old version, without the MC - was better in every way.
I also compared the old huge "MIR" with CZJ Flektogon 20/2.8 - and again, the "MIR" was better.
At this point I have CZJ Flektogon 20/2.8, and huge old version "MIR" 20/3.5 - but use only "MIR" Smile

Today later il will show pictures from my "MIR".
In my opinion, the old version of "MIR" is the most successful of all Soviet lens that I have seen and I have.

* "Mir" on russian means - "The world", and "The Peace" at the same time Smile

This is a one word in a russian Smile

fotkino · Joined: 04 May 2011 Posts: 111 Location: Russia, Moscow

nickfuji · Joined: 04 Dec 2012 Posts: 19

At the end i've bought this lens!! It's arrived today and after the First shoot i've very happy!!

RSalles · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:12 pm Post subject:

Well, no photos, no congratulations,

Very Happy

Renato