For the provided Tair-11A 2,8 / 135 lens, many thanks to Igor Tihan.
Tair-11 A Is a fast prime telephoto lens with a focal length of 135mm and a maximum aperture of F2.8. Is considered one of the best Soviet portrait lenses. Nowadays, the cost of this lens just rolls over. In 2013, used the lens is offered at 200 cu
Overview of the Tair-11A lens
Tair-11A is very much appreciated by Western amateur and professional photographers. In my vote on best soviet portrait lens, Tair-11A takes only fifth place. The fifth position is most likely associated with the inaccessibility of the lens. 135mm focal length and aperture F / 2.8 allow very good control depth of field and easy to take pictures with a blurry background. Blurred background often very important in portrait photography, with blur Tair-11A copes with a bang.
An example of a photograph on Tair-11A. Bokeh taira
As a solid Soviet lens relies, the Tair-11A is made of metal and glass - nothing more, but this adds a huge weight of 600 grams to the lens. In 1958, at an exhibition in Brussels, Tair-11 was awarded the highest award - "Grand Prix". The lens was produced in different versions, there is old "white taira", new “black” with slightly different frame rims. My Tair-11A black color, made at the Krasnogorsk factory.
Tair-11A on the Nikon camera
Features and their application to obtain maximum image quality using Tair-11A:
- Aperture F / 2.8 and 135mm focal length - the strength of Tair-11A. For example, the whale lens that came with Nikon D80 - Nikon 18-135mm f / 3.5-5.6G IF-ED AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor had a 5.6mm F135, "Darker" Tair-11A at 2 steps (4 times). That is, for portraiture, this relative aperture is 4 times better. This is due to the fact that with a large aperture it is possible to select only a small area of a sharply depicted space. For a portrait, this feature is indispensable, as it allows you to select a person in the photo and remove the background and foreground, focusing on the person.
- The large focal length of the lens allows you to use Tair-11 as a telephoto and telephoto opens up completely different horizons of photography, than standard lenses. The peculiarity of Tair-11A is that when focusing within 1.5-1.2 meters, it greatly brings the image closer, thereby increasing the focal length. Read more about this effect. here.
Enlightenment of the front lens and the appearance of the aperture blades of the Tair-11A lens
- Round aperture - the number of aperture blades is 20 (twenty) pieces, which is a very good indicator for shooting with the correct circles in the blur zone. What diaphragm you can’t install - you get an even, round bokeh without any deviations. In general, there are quite a few lenses with a normal number of aperture blades, so often bokeh is obtained in the form of “nuts, bagels or Dali’s works”. The diaphragm is truly round, and the bokeh is creamy. A large number of aperture blades can also be found in Jupiter-37A, Helios-40-2, Helios-44, etc.
Photo at Tair-11A
- The quality of the pictures is just excellent, the lens is quite sharp, but at the same time it is soft for portraits, therefore it has the glory of a “female portrait”, for example, Jupiter-37A has the glory of a “male portrait”, since it is sharper. The lens bokeh is often compared to the most glorious lenses. Blur is rather unusual, soft, plastic - but as they say, the taste and color - all the markers are different. The lens is chromate, but this is nit-picking for experts, it is difficult for an average person to explain even what it is.
Dimensions at different focusing distances of the Tair-11A lens
- Weight - the weight is large and plays the role of a stabilizer of jitter. With such a large focal length excerpt must be at least 1 \ 135 seconds. Weight allows you to slightly reduce the "shake" due to its massiveness and inertia. How to photograph without grease and movement, you can read in the article how take off.
Tair-11-A sample photo
- Built-in hood - a huge advantage, considering that Tahir is afraid of backlight, although the hood does not really save, but it improves the final result in the picture. The elongated hood blends easily and retracts.
View of the Tair-11A lens
- Sizes - the lens is quite large if you unscrew the focus ring by 1.2 meters (and at the same time the lens itself lengthens - protrudes the trunk), then it does not fit in my wardrobe trunk.
Tair-11-A sample photo
- The advantage of the interchangeable shank is simply irreplaceable, which allows you to easily use the lens with different systems (mounts).
Tair-11A and native wardrobe trunk
- The lens is suitable for full-frame cameras. There will be a time when all photographers will switch to full-frame digital SLRs and there Tair-11 will be able to prove itself to its full potential. This allows you to use the lens without restrictions on full-frame cameras.
Dimensions of two lenses. Tair-11A and Jupiter-37A
- The lens focus ring rotates to 360 degrees, which makes focusing very soft and smooth.
Tair-11A 2.8 135 on the Nikon D700 camera
- The lens has a ring. aperture presets. The aperture has no fixed values and may be set to any intermediate value.
Photo at Tair-11A
I share my personal experience using:
If you can screw this lens onto a digital SLR camera, then most likely because crop factor matrices of budget and average camera prices, you will get another effective focal length. For Nikon it will be 135 * 1.5 = 202.5mm, for other systems this figure does not have a large deviation, but the essence remains the same. That is, cropping will occur as if you are using a 200mm telephoto on a 35mm film. And this, in turn, requires a lot of space in order to enter the desired into the frame. So for a portrait, you have to move a sufficient distance, and this will make you run a lot.
Example photo at Tahir 11 A
It so happened that I tested my newly made Tahir-11 when shooting a wedding, do not worry, no one was hurt, but the second photographer still asked: "And this is your one lens on the camera." Indeed, the lens on the camera looks strange, this is due to its pile of rings - for the diaphragm, for fixing the diaphragm, for focusing, the lens hood and the screwed interchangeable shank make the lens multisectional and strange. It seems that this is a designer that an experienced photographer must assemble in 45 seconds.
Photo at Tair-11A
Old age is not a joy, but nevertheless the lens (my copy) is in excellent condition and will remain so for many years to come, since the quality hangs under the sign of 'Made in USSR'. Two Tair-11A lenses passed through my hands, one of the 88th, and the second of the 90th release. The latter did not bear the inscription 'Made in USSR'.
Example photo at Tair-11 A
How to use with modern cameras?
'A' lenses with an interchangeable shank, such as the one in this review, are very easy to use on almost any modern digital camera (both DSLR and mirrorless), just select correct adapter. The replacement 'A' shank usually has an external M42 thread and an 'H' mount (similar to Nikon F). For use on modern cameras, the easiest way is to add the required adapter from M42 to the desired system or from Nikon F to the desired system to this shank.
Sample photo on Tair-11 A
If you are interested in this lens, or any other Soviet optics, you can purchase it by contacting the contacts from the manual optics section.
Sample Photos Tair-11A
All photos in the gallery below are shot on Nikon D700without processing. Reduced size to 3 MP and imprinted data from EXIF
Catalog modern brand lenses 'Zenitar' и 'Helios' can look at this link.
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Conclusion:
Tair-11A excellent portrait lens. Very interesting for its image, 20-blade aperture and a combination of aperture and focal length. You can still look at white version of Tair-11.
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Hello. I would like to know for what symbolic amount you can buy this miracle?
Hello.
Tair-11A 2,8 / 135 is interesting.
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Can I get a lens from you? How much does it cost?
Can I buy tair from you ?? how much
Also interested in the price of your lens. If not difficult, please write to dtm.wed@gmail.com.
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I would buy if you can
Tell me, will there be confirmation of focus on the Nikon D600? (well, there to pick and blink red :))
it will not pick, it will not blink red, the green dot in the lower left corner will light.
On any Nikon camera.
Guys, I need Tahir 11a, tell me where to get it? Is it better to buy cheaply ??)) thanks a lot in advance
at flea markets and with hands on announcements.
I can sell, if still relevant.
Do you still shed tahir? How much is?
selling for 4600
Good evening, Arkady. I really need your professional advice. Tell me, it's hard to choose between Tair 11A and Jupiter 37A, they are similar in characteristics, judging by your reviews, the bokeh of both is pleasant "creamy". Purpose: portrait photography, I shoot with Nikon D90, only my own lenses were, but I want real Soviet optics!
Thank you in advance.
You know, given the boar’s rarity of taira, and its considerable cost (those announcements that I saw were about 8-12 thousand for white), it’s much easier and less stressful to take Jupiter, the benefit of jup is sold from a thousand to 3, and it is found in sufficient quantities.
your Tahir 11 And I’ll sell it at a much cheaper price.
See the following message.
I have Tair 11A 86 years old in a state of new. I photographed them 100 times in the 80-90s at Zenith, now I put it very rarely on the Nikon D300. Everything in him is like, sharp, bright, and at the same time, somehow I have no demand for FR 135.
Selling, perhaps ...
A few photos from him: http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/tyrson/album/382928/?p=0
Have you already sold taira?
TAIR-11 2,8 / 133 No. 005731 is available. Selling for inexpensive. To whom it is interesting to write, I will answer.
May I have more details?
More details can throw a photo. I am not an expert on photo equipment. homebiz1200@yandex.ru
I offer this lens in perfect condition for a purely symbolic price :) Nizhny Novgorod region. If there is anyone in need, call tel. 89043958775 anytime :)
Stanislav, I need a lens in Saratov!
If there are people from St. Petersburg who are ready to sell a subject for a nominal fee, write, I’ll take it.
Thanks for the review. I’ve taken Olympus 135 2.8 for myself, I think I’m selling Tahir. Who cares, write. Only Ukraine.
who is interested - write medvedstyle@gmail.com
Hello everyone. I need TAIR-11a myself from Khabarovsk! what can you suggest???!!
Dmitry, write to me in the mail kuryanchik@gmail.com - I have Tair 11A for sale
Good afternoon.
Who has a desire or opportunity to sell Tair 11A in good condition, write at_kmg@mail.ru (with shipment to Kazakhstan).
Regarding the review, it seemed to me that updated examples of photos.
Comrades, I am interested in this lens in Chelyabinsk. bruhov1kirill@yandex.ru
I want to buy Tair 11a, I live in Pskov, shrek60@bk.ru
Recently acquired this wonderful lens. All is well, so far satisfied with the lens. But there is a question. How to return infinity on it? I use the lens on the Nikon D5100 through an M42 adapter without a lens.
This is a lens with the index “A”, so you just need to buy a replaceable kp-a / n tail and put it instead of the threaded one.
I have a question for connoisseurs from an amateur. I shoot with Nex-6. In recent months, the park of Soviet optics has been replenished with Krasnogorsk Tairas: white No. 003002 and in excellent condition, like the new three black Tair-11A No. 863321, No. 864896, No. 864443. White is in mint condition, but decently dusty inside, needs to be cleaned so haven't used it yet. Tair-11A # 863321 came to me first - the amateur's impressions of the pictures are the most enthusiastic. I haven't tried the second and third Tairas # 864896, # 864443 yet, maybe I’ll leave today.
But that noticed. As you can see by the numbers, black Tahirs are one year old and the scatter seems to be not large in time of release. However, No. 863321 and No. 864896 have enlightenment with a clearly lilac saturated tint, and the issue between them No. 864443 (judging by the number) has lilac yellow and visually exactly the same as on white Tair.
What does it mean?
By the way, I can offer one of the blacks to those who wish. Already sent Helios 77M-4 to Chita.
Alexander, if there is a TAIRA-11A available for sale, please write off the price and the possibility of shipping. Regards = Eugene
Half a year ago, I purchased this lens for a symbolic 3,5 thousand)) I’m satisfied with the purchase. Everything is and infinity too. I use on CANON-650D c adapter M42 with a chip. At full hole it even gives circles like Helios-40. Heavy, but excuse solid metal and glass. Even for CROPA, the lens is very good, although it gives out instead of F135-F215. The distant portrait does 5 !!!
I will sell in Moscow the Tair11A lens in perfect condition + a set of three light filters (orange, green, ultraviolet). All this is packaged in a factory-made black leather cylindrical case with a strap. Price 4500 rub. 8 (905) 55-77-383
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Tair11a eshe aktualen?
If anyone in Kiev has this for sale at an affordable price, I will be glad to buy it. ictv_m@ukr.net
Hello. Guys, please tell me the protective filter for Tair 11A. Just protective (from dust, scratches, water)), without any bells and whistles - so as not to distort the picture. It is desirable, of course, inexpensive. I poked my head into online stores, and there their darkness is dark - Hoya, Kenko, Marumi, Matin, Lensbaby. At least recommend a company.
Greetings) I ordered from Alishka such a blend to Tahir http://ali.pub/2i8dzn no problems. There is no vignetting, the hood is iron, everything looks solid, the built-in hood with a screwed-in outer one has 1 mm play. Not critical. Consider the lens protected from glare too. That's all. The link is given as an example.
I support, the built-in Tair 11A is no good, I ordered a couple of the same “lens tele hood” for myself, though from the ebay, one more moment - it is better to take it right away with a cover for the outer diameter - there is no need to remove the hood during transportation, while the lens is protected
Tair-11A has poor enlightenment. Like most shovel lenses. Therefore, a hood will NOT help. It is not necessary to rearrange the furniture, but to change the personnel))) That is, to buy lenses made in Japan or Germany.
Why ?!
Buy glass - play around. soap is here 89266662524@mail.ru
I will buy this lens for a symbolic price !!! retavlika@gmail.com
I will buy in Moscow in a "like" condition - preferably with a Nikon shank.
I will sell my Tair 11-A (only Kiev).
The lens is in perfect (!) Condition, with a case and a passport.
Very interesting)
You have a great goat, Arkady!
I agree! :-)
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