Mir-1 does Sydney.

[voe]

Hi all,
I acquired this lens from eBay for $20USD which is about 10 times cheaper than what you would pay for a second hand Zeiss Flektogon 35mm f/2.8.
As you can see the lens has seen a lot of use, but the glass is in mint condition.






So here are some of the photos taken with Mir-1 which shows the character of this lens.
Most of these photos are taken handheld. For some of them I used whatever I can find to stabilize the camera.

Mir-1 goes to Sydney:

Landing was rough.



Sydney Centre Point Tower



Monorail at Darling Harbor. Mir-1 is so prone to flare that it causes headache to some people.







Maritime Museum







And the cherry of the cake the stitched pano. I used one of the poles (like the white poles on the right) to stabilize the camera



My observations are:
1. It is a lens with a very interesting character.
2. It has problems with flare, which a small hood would easily fix.
3. The lens is sharp enough even wide open and much better than a modern Mir-1B.

My conclusion is that it is definitely a keeper.

Thanks.

[Orio]

Thanks for the very nice Sidney tour, all very nice images and there are some that I really love like the second to last one.
I agree about your conclusion on the lens, I used to have two copies of it, one was a 00 prototype with Russian engraving, which I sold to Andy, I am keeping a more common one (but still aluminium). I also have a black 1V.

[voe]

Thanks Orio,

I always appreciate your feedback. You seems to have great experience with a lot of the manual focus lenses.

Cheers,

Voe

[poilu]

nice series! thanks for the visit

[peterqd]

Thanks for some great pics of winter in Oz

The pano shot is superb for me, I can see my son's office window!

[Orio]

I just checked Sidney's temperatures it seems that the winter there is really mild. I wish we could have 18°C here during our winter. Imagine the saving in heating bill!

[maddog10]

Thanks for sharing these photos.
Sydney is one of the places I really want to travel to.

[peterqd]

This is the opposite view, looking down on Darling Harbour from the top of the Centrepoint Tower. Sorry about the reflections.

[LucisPictor]

Very nice shots! Great lens!

[Attila]

Excellent! Performed lot better in your hand than in mine

[F16SUNSHINE]

Beautiful! My experience is like Attila. You got much nicer results than I have had so far. Although my copy is a good one. I have trouble focusing with this lens. These shots make me want to give another try.

[voe]

In regards to focusing I learned to rely on the focus confirmation indicator on my camera, and most of the time it nails the focus better than if I trust my own eyes looking through the viewfinder especially when the DoF is larger.

Thank you all for your feedback.

[Jesito]

Excellent shots, congrats!
Very well exposed in a difficult light situation. Colouring and sharpness are great. I love the compositions.
Good work!.

Jes.

[Orio]

[patrickh]

Thanks for the tour. I had a very memorable couple of weeks there and I felt it was one of the most pleasant cities I have ever been to.


patrickh