Anyone tried a MIR 1v

[Hamish Gill]

As the title says ...
It looks right up my street!
lots of flare looks lots of fun

 

[Paul Lange]

Never heard of it until now but it does look interesting if not possibly a little inconsistent but I guess the "Lucky Dip" feature is an added bonus.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Yeah, right on ... I have plenty of consistent lenses, and plent I knew what I was getting ... This is waaay more fun

 

[Pete Askew]

New to me too Hamish. Sounds interesting though, and a bit of a bargain it seems.

 

[Dan Cattermole]

A lady from work loaned me her dads Zenit E and I'm 90% sure it had a MIR 1v screwed to the front of it.
I never put a film through it because the shutter was lagging so much on the dam thing, never got a chance to see the results.
I may just have a chat with her......

 

[Hamish Gill]

Do it Dan!

Looks like it doesn't it Pete ... I suppose the price stays down due to the potential for issues with them ... Part of the fun for me!

 

[Rense Haveman]

Got one, used it today! It's prone to flare indeed, but it can shoot proper captures too...


Oak Tree II by Rense Haveman - too busy yet...., on Flickr

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And some more: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rensehaveman/sets/72157626155993258/show/

 

[Pete Askew]

Indeed it can. A very nice composition Rense.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Very nice indeed!

I missed one yesterday, slightly annoyingly ... I'm trying to avoid buying from Russia which limits my options significantly unfortunately ...

my jupiter-9 turned up today, and I'm watching a 1967 helios 44 - the original m42 one as far as I can tell... So plenty to be going on with until I can find an mir

do you have any close ups that show off the oof of the mir, I know it's a wider lens so I'm not looking for mad swirly stuff or anything, just trying to get a grasp of it as a lens... I'm still tempted by a meyer lydith instead you see

 

[Pete Askew]

What's wrong with, as well as?!

 

[Hamish Gill]

££ Pete ££

 

[Rense Haveman]

I haven't had any problems ever buying from Russia or Ukraine. - Don't know if this sentence makes any sense in English....

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MY 'Need an extra light' thread of today (in the landscape section) was shot with the MIR too... And no, I hardly ever use it at it's wider apertures, so no OOF.....

 

[Hamish Gill]

Hmm, I've read far to many horror stories when buying direct from the source ... Maybe I'm over cautious, maybe I just don't like the wait

 

[Rense Haveman]

Well...up to you, of course! I just like the lenses being wrapped in brown paper, bound together with some pre-war rope....

 

[Pete Askew]

That's a very good description of how my LF lens arrived from Poland - even the lens was pre-war!

 

[Hamish Gill]

Got one! £33 ... Bit more than I wanted to pay, never mind! ...
bagged a Pre v one too ... Old lens is good lens, right?

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... Like wine?

 

[Pete Askew]

And people!

 

[Hamish Gill]

I've been getting worse for years ...

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... And I'm not even 30 yet (at least for a few more weeks)