Overview of the World-10A 28 mm F 3.5

For the opportunity to write lens overview Mir-10A 3,5 / 28 many thanks to Kostenko Ilya, who sent I have a lens from another area.

Review Mir-10A

Review Mir-10A

Focal length: 28mm
Aperture limits: F3.5-F22
Group / Lens: 7/8
Front Filter Diameter: 67mm
Number of aperture blades: 6
Minimum Focus Distance: 0.2m
The weight: 520g

First impression: the lens has a large diameter front lens, single-coated lenses, a plain yellow glare is visible. The lens is weighty, well shot down, inspires confidence. Originally Mir-10A It was delivered in a case with three filters.

Side view of the Mir-10A lens

Side view of the Mir-10A lens

Key features of the Mir-10A lens

  1. The lens is from a film camera, which means that it is suitable for both full-frame and cropped modern digital SLR cameras.
  2. The lens is manual, which means that you only have to focus manually.
  3. The lens has a diaphragm preset ring, it is very easy and convenient to use.
  4. There are all the necessary indicators for depth of field, distance to the focus object, and aperture value. This is an integral part of old lenses.
  5. The front cover is screwedbut does not snap. The front cover of the Mir-10A has an uncharacteristic property to screw in like a light filter. This pretty much affects the operational work with the lens. After all, when you saw the frame, you have to twist the front cover for a long time before taking a picture.

    Side view of the front lens of the Mir-10A lens

    View of the front lens of the Mir-10A lens

  6. On Nikon DX cameras EGF lens becomes 42mm, and the entire 'wide angle' of the lens disappears.
  7. The lens is very, very small short focus distance. Only 20 cm. I was able to shoot small objects without any problems. In this case, the lens bokeh is very peculiar.
  8. The focus ring rotates almost all 360 degrees. In this case, the front lens does not rotate, and the trunk of the lens is extended by 2 cm. When focusing, the entire lens block moves.
  9. The lens is not fast. The maximum aperture value is F / 3.5. For a wide-angle lens, this is not critical.
  10. When the diaphragm is closed, its 6 blades form not a standard “nut”, but an interesting “asterisk".
Enlightenment of the front lens of the Mir-10A lens and the type of aperture opening

Enlightenment of the front lens of the Mir-10A lens and the type of aperture opening

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.

View of the Mir-10A lens on a modern SLR camera

View of the Mir-10A lens on a modern SLR camera

Sample Photos

All photos taken on Nikon D700, JPEG. Photos without processing. The lens produces a very sharp image. Distortion is barely noticeable. The lens is a little yellow, like most old Soviet single-coated lenses. In the backlight can catch hares. In general, the image quality is not bad. I liked working with this lens, it has its own unique charm.

Attention: when using the lens on my Nikon D700 with the help of a replaceable shank KP-A / N and when focusing at infinity, the mirror catches the rear lens of the lens.


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Mir-10A is an interesting wide-angle prime lens. I do not recommend using it on cropped cameras. The lens has a very small minimum focusing distance and produces a very sharp picture.

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Comments: 198, on the topic: Obzor Mir-10A 28 mm F 3.5

  • Crazy for the review! Cuts to win.
    Bachu tee already taking the D200 ... check the review)))

    • Arkady Shapoval

      He does not soap, he is simply broken). A review is just around the corner.

      • Jury

        Kind.
        Tell me, what is the name of the adapter for EOS so that you can attach this lens? And that would be with infinity.
        And is alteration necessary or just an adapter? Thank you
        The answer is on my @ yrbalay-gonza@mail.ru

  • Smetanka

    great !!!

  • Vadim

    as always an interesting review)) congratulations on the new thing)

  • Andrii

    And can you ever know a monocle before you is shy? :)

    • Arkady Shapoval

      No, it has all the lenses in place. What was it about this review and wrote :)

  • Alexander

    Arkady, please tell me, World 1 automatic: is it possible to attach to Nikon? I found it on the Internet quite inexpensively, I just can’t see which mount in the photo, but the back cover is much larger than the lens itself.
    And also the World 1 M42 but a steel-colored case (Brussel 1958 writes on the case) Which is better to choose if you are joined with those. If possible, discard the email response. Thank you in advance!

    • Arkady Shapoval

      Automatic planting does not work. The white world is worth taking.

  • Eugene White

    I received this lens today and I dare to please the doubters (even if adjusted for scatter as separate copies).
    MIR-10A - the lens is very sharp at an open aperture (it is already working). When closed, the sharpness increases slightly, but significantly, the depth of this sharpness increases with an avalanche. At hole 8-11, I think it will cope with the macro landscape (but this fact requires practical verification).
    In general, it makes a pleasant impression - well cut and tightly sewn.

    As the owner of the kenon, the removable tail is irrelevant to me - we will write it down in bonuses.

    The question of applicability. Definitely a landscape. Including the night one - at apertures of the order of 11-16, you don't really need to worry about aiming accuracy. A miss is not critical.
    But about the portraits, I personally, unlike the respected Arkady, do not agree. A group of people - yes, even half-height. But it is the portrait with the selection of a person from the surrounding background on the world-10 that is highly doubtful. The reason is the same crazy depth of field.

    A little later (if there is no objection) I will provide a link to the photo.

  • Vladisla

    The lens is simply magnificent though broken. It has a monocle effect. The people specially remake normal lenses to get such a picture, and here you don’t need to redo anything. The lens is just magical. Congratulations!

  • Ilya

    Arkady, I compared this copy with Nikkor 18-105, and 50 \ 1.8 g and it seemed to me that the color rendition goes a little to cold.
    When I sent it to you, I completely forgot to indicate my suspicions.

    • Ilya

      after watching http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5OmIWoalbE It seemed to me that this lens, if we take into account that the standard is the diagonal of the matrix or film, then 28 mm is the standard for crop?

  • Vyacheslav

    How strange, such a diaphragm and bokeh are not gadgets ..

  • Vyacheslav

    Oh, I didn’t notice) it will be necessary to take it as an additive to 61ls

  • Leonard

    Write that on the d700 a mirror clings to infinity - but in the pictures there are frames with a focus on infinity. How did you solve this problem?

  • Jury

    To be honest, I still do not understand why you do not advise using a cropped matrix.
    I read the entire review.

  • Eugene

    "Caution: when using the lens on my Nikon D700 with the interchangeable KP-A / H shank and focusing at infinity, the mirror clings to the rear lens of the lens."

    Wow! How did you find out? How is the camera after that?

    But how to use it?

    • Arkady Shapoval

      Just a mirror sticks. Do not use.

      • Eugene

        It's a pity, I'm already going to buy ... Thank you for writing about this!

  • Vladimir

    Does it cling to the mirror on a full-frame Nikon, or on cropped ones? On Nikon D5100, the mirror will cling, is there such information?

  • On the "Nikon D90" nothing catches, but on the "Nikon D4" the mirror also sticks

    On "Nikon D90" nothing clings. The picture is sharp and voluminous. On Nikon D4, starting from 8 meters and further, the mirror sticks.

  • Valery

    Does anyone know about the export option: Mir-10A? All the same?
    http://fotkidepo.ru/?id=photo:537553

    • Andrey Vyunenko

      I have such a Mir-10A. They are even better considered -type, an option-for sale for export. I went mainly to the countries of developed socialism-GDR, Poland, Hungary, etc. I have a copy of 1977 - looks like new - I don’t hang anything, it seems they didn’t use it at all. I took it on Avito for 1500 rubles, which is a great success, since prices usually start at 3500-4000 rubles.

  • anonym

    On the Nikon FM2n film, when focusing to infinity, the mirror also clings. At the slightest displacement to the right, it stops clinging. (Adapter - of course - KP-A / N.)

  • anonym

    In the 80s of the last century, it was bought by the greatest pull. Together with the purchase, it brought complete disappointment. It was sold and replaced by GDR as punishment for disgusting contrast, ugly angles and useless color (then still on film). But he also could not "outperform" Orion-15, 28 mm for rangefinders. This one is really great.

  • Vladimir

    Recently I took such a lens from my hands. When screwing onto the thread, it turned out that the red focus mark is almost at the bottom, and not where it belongs. Because of this (it seems to me), focusing on infinity does not work, or rather, more than 3-4 meters, a muddy image is already visible in the viewfinder. What do you advise?

  • Dmitriy

    And if you take it to the crop (1.6), will it be true = 44.8mm?

  • Roman

    I will share the experience of modernization)))
    I got this lens the day before yesterday. Indeed, the front lens is large enough, there is no hood and shaft; the front cover is screwed in - I found a simple way out for modernization: I bought a 67mm polarizing filter + a 67mm cover, now there is efficiency, and lens protection, and a polarik on a full frame.

  • Daniel

    Please tell me, what is the name of the adapter for EOS so that you can attach this lens? Such a question has already been asked, you just wrote the answer only to this person.

    • Daniel

      Adapter EOS-M42, read more on the same page.
      Arkady, thank you so much for this site!

  • Victor

    Arkady, I came across a similar lens (No. 761750), but its diaphragm is a “nut”, not a “star” ... Does it mean that one of them understood?

  • Andrei

    Arkady good afternoon, my grandson OLYMPUS-E510 (4 | 3) can’t tell me how this lens behaves on this camera. With all respect, Andrew.

  • Boris Alekseevich

    Hello everyone! Happy New Year to all!
    Yesterday, this also appeared with me, with KP-A / N (Arsenal).
    By the way, 76 years old. On FM2, nothing hurts
    everything seems normal (including infinity).
    On D 750 - also no problem. The diaphragm forms an "asterisk".
    Maybe I got such a copy ...

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