For the opportunity review of the MS Volna-3 2.8 / 80 lens many thanks to Vladimir
Review MS Volna-3 2.8 / 80
TTX MS Volna-3 2.8 / 80
The weight: November 340, XNUMX
Front Filter Diameter: 62mm
Focal length: 80mm
Diaphragm: F / 2.8 to F / 22.0
Number of aperture blades: 6 pieces
MDF: 60 см
Optical design: 6 elements in 3 groups
Factory manufacturer: Arsenal
Bayonet mount: B (Pentacon SIX)
All Volna lenses are famous for their good performance. MC Volna-3 is no exception. Lens MC Volna-3 2.8 / 80 Designed for medium format cameras Kiev-6C, -90, -60. It would be correct to name the lens MS Volna-3B, so as not to be confused, since there is a modification of the lens for use on Salyut and Kiev-88 cameras MS Volna-3V. On an average format, 80mm focal lengths are considered standard, as they give a fairly wide viewing angle. In a narrow format (full-frame digital cameras, 35mm film cameras and crop), the lens can be used as a good portrait lens. If you are looking for a portrait of yourself, then you can look at the lens Vega-12B... Rumor has it that MC Volna-3 2.8 / 80 is a modified copy Carl Zeiss Jena Biometar 2.8 / 80, but in fact the Wave is a 6-lens planar.
MC Volna-3 2.8 / 80, rear view
How to use on modern cameras
Due to the fact that the Volna-3 2.8 / 80 lens has a sufficiently large working distance, it can be easily installed on modern digital cameras with interchangeable lenses. For example, I used the MC Volna-3 2.8 / 80 lens on the camera Nikon D800, D700 using the Pentacon \ Nikon adapter (KP-6 \ N), while maintaining the ability to focus on infinity. My MS Volna-3 2.8 / 80 lens is equipped with a special chip that simplifies shooting when using the lens on Nikon amateur cameras, for more details on the chip, see the section Dandelion Lushnikova. Sale and sticker of dandelions in Ukraine produces official representative Andrey Kuryanov.
An example of a photograph on MC Volna-3 2.8 / 80. Bokeh, MDF.
How to use old similar lenses on modern Nikon central control centers can be found in the section Soviet optics... For Canon - old lenses at canon.
For other cameras, there are appropriate adapters. In general, there is absolutely nothing complicated when using old manual optics on modern technology.
MC Volna-3 2.8 / 80, side view, aperture view
Focusing
The lens has a metal focus ring that rotates about 300 degrees, thereby making focusing very smooth and accurate. It is worth noting that even at F / 2.8 the lens has a good depth of field. The depth of field scale is indicated for values of F / 2.8, 5.6, 11, 16, 22. The minimum focusing distance is 0.6 m. This minimum focusing distance allows you to shoot small objects, for example, the modern Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f / 1.8D lens has an MDF of 85cm. When focusing, the front lens does not rotate, and the trunk protrudes by about 2-3 cm. It was not difficult for me to direct sharpness when working with Wave-3.
An example of a photograph on MC Volna-3 2.8 / 80. Bokeh
Diaphragm
The diaphragm has only 6 blades, and they do not have blackening. You can see the type of petals in the picture in this review. When closing the diaphragm, the petals form a 6-gon. The MC Volna-3 2.8 / 80 lens cannot boast huge aperturebut f / 2.8 at 80mm focal length blurs the background and foreground a lot, which is very good for portraits. The lens has an aperture control mode switch. The lens has multi-layer coating, which is clearly visible in the pictures with the lens view. MS is one of the main advantages of the Volna-3 lens over Vega-12B.
An example of a photograph on MC Volna-3 2.8 / 80. Portrait.
Image quality
The lens is slightly soft on F / 2.8 due to spherical aberration, maybe I didn’t come across the most successful instance. The lens does not cope well with strong light sources in the frame. Contrast and color reproduction are good. No distortion or vignetting. The bokeh of the lens is pretty good. For portrait shooting, the lens showed good image quality.
An example of a photograph on MC Volna-3 2.8 / 80. Infinity.
Personal experience
I liked the Volna-3 2.8 / 80 lens more than Vega-12B, it’s not surprising, because the MC Volna-3 2.8 / 80 lens replaced Vega-12B. My copy of 1986 release and still works wonderfully.
An example of a photograph on MC Volna-3 2.8 / 80. Foreground and background. Sharpness.
Sample Photos
All examples of photos in the gallery without processing. Everything is filmed on Nikon D800, on-camera JPEG L, reduced size and imprinted data from EXIF.
All examples of photos in the gallery below without processing. Everything is filmed on Nikon D700, RAW -> JPEG with autolevels, downsized and data imprinted from EXIF. All photos were taken in heavy rain.
Also, you can see the modified photos from Wave-3 in the section 'Walking with a good lens 8'.
Catalog modern brand lenses 'Zenitar' и 'Helios' can look at this link.
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Conclusions:
MC Volna-3 2.8 / 80 is an excellent medium format lens. On modern full frame and crop cameras it can be a good portrait lens. Recommend.
Material prepared Arkady Shapoval.
Thanks Arkady!
- I want to clarify Purpose - PORTRAITS ..,
Who Will It Already Be The Detailing To Draw by Interesting, to pull the Hair, and to smooth the structure of the Skin ..?
- help in choosing what to stop on, Wave 3 or Helios 81H?
- in advance Thankful!
- Gennady.
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Good afternoon Arkady! You tested Volna-3 and Kaleinar-5N lenses. Which of the two did you like best? And which of them would you recommend. (Crop.matrix)
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Kaleinar seemed to me more interesting.
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Thank you! I will search at an affordable price.
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bought inexpensively for 250 g. wave 3 in perfect condition with the mount in (Kiev 88. salute s) and the adapter costs 500 g. so who needs this I give a link on how to make it yourself from the macro ring and kp-a \ n. much cheaper and infinity is saved .http://mcphoto.com.ua/blog/kp88-nikon.html otherwise it’s indecent to give such money for an adapter.
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I mean the adapter to Nikon. The only difficulty is to set the working segment so that there is infinity. On the site that I indicated in the link they write that kn-a / n should look out of the macro ring a little less than 2 mm. I got 3.2 mm and the infinity is saved. 80 gr. bargained macro rings + 50 kp-a \ n glue was. total 130 g. all good luck
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- the most huge
Thanks to the author above ..! At last
Wait! What joy - Hurray!
- now can the Craftsman Perekhodnichyok!
2 - 3 mm., Just something! (+ Tyka method ...) - All the best! Gennady.
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there is nothing to do with it without a hood in sunny weather. and so - good.
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removed it from Kiev-60 and hung it on the D80. pleasantly surprised bokeshka :)
http://content.foto.mail.ru/mail/medvedevamaria/_myphoto/h-27.jpg
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Thank you, Arkady, for your work and quality reviews!
As an amateur, I am interested in everything, and your blog is a storehouse of useful information.
I purchased this lens. It turned out that we are of the same age (the lens is a year older). I can honestly say that the lens copes poorly with the backlight even with the hood, but I close my eyes to this sad drawback because of the picture it gives. It is really voluminous and plastic - the portraits are quite good. Yes, there is a drop in contrast, but this drawback can be easily eliminated with graphic editors. Yes, it may be a little heavy, but you can get used to it. That is, if you add up the "pros" and "cons", the lens is quite decent. The guys from “Arsenal” did really good optics.
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Arkady, please tell me what to choose: Wave 3B 80 / 2,8 or Mir-38B 65 / 3.5 (Nikon d7000)
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the same father’s lens lies at home, I would like to try it, but I went to the nearest photo equipment store to buy an adapter for Nikon and they told me that there are no adapters for such a lens: with
how can I then punch it then
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Strange, I have Wave-3 of 1987 (your 1986), and the diaphragm blades are blackened.
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Meni tsіkavo chi varto kupuvati daniy ob'єktiv (about 500 UAH) + adapter for Nikon with Dandelion (+ 450 UAH) in the sum of 1000 hryvnias with overload. Having decided to plan vicoristovuvati for a portrait zyomka on d5100. Chi varty win such pennies. Having recently bought Jupiter-37a ale for me, I was very big in the focus of the city, and at the focus the shaking of the good-hearted. Selling yogo in a month.
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I bought Pentacon-EOS http://812photo.ru/katalog/canon/perekhodnye-koltsa-makro/pentacon-6-eos-bajonet-b-detail
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I bought the MC Volna-3 2.8 / 80 lens, and now I want to pick up Nikon.
Is there an adapter for this lens and camera?
Sincerely, Victor
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I forgot to clarify, the camera I want to buy is the Nikon D70s body.
(I bought the Volna-3 2.8 / 80 MS lens, and now I want to pick up Nikon.
Is there an adapter for this lens and camera?)
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If the adapter is equipped with a bayonet B (Kiev-6S / -60 / -90), then the adapter KP-6 / N (Pentacon 6 to Nikon F) is used, we have such an adapter for 300-350 hryvnia, in China the price is 150 UAH (I think you must replace it).
Є More option В (Київ-88, Salute) then the adapter is possible and the most efficient and macro and KP-A \ N (on the Internet є state yak).
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Good afternoon, Arkady! On occasion, I bought such a lens, but there is a lot of oil on the aperture blades. What does it mean (it was disassembled / repaired?) And what can it threaten with (accumulates dirt, gets on the lens)?
Can I switch it to the fully manual (without pressing the lever) aperture control?
Thanks to everyone who responded.
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On the MS Wave 2,8 / 80 lens, in my opinion there should be no oil on the aperture blades, mine did not. The lamellas there are steel and not blackened, gray. Lubrication would only get in the way. There are probably different versions of these lenses, but I had a very high quality one. For example, the blackening was such that even dust fell on the lenses, that is, a lot! In the presented photo tests, the photos have low contrast, flare and need post-processing. I personally solved this problem simply - I pasted a ring made of frosted plastic with a 20 mm hole (for 4/3 ″ matrices) behind the lens, near the lens. There will be a bigger hole for the APC. There is just a parasitic illumination of the camera walls with a huge projection image! This technique eliminated the need for post-processing. The lens is super for macro, the portrait is only close, otherwise the bokeh is not very much :)). I'll try to find a photo from my archive and this lens. If anyone needs to send
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the guys have a complete camera Kiev-60 and a Volna-3 lens to it!
maybe someone is interested!
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roma1992_comon@mail.ru
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Help to add a linker from the cameras of the Kiev 6s camera on Vikon d800
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Tell me pliz, what is the focal length of this lens in terms of the FF matrix?
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80 mm.
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Faced with an interesting point - there is no infinity on the Canon 600d camera. So I understand that the adapter is to blame?
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May two be activated Wave 3MC and Vega 12B. From what will it be simpler and cheaper to get on the Nikon D3200 ??? What will be more beautiful?
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I liked the lens with a picture, but really didn’t like the constructive. flimsy and unreliable.
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as a gift - thank you if you take a closer look at Jupiter 9 for the money.
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Good afternoon, Arkady, which lens do you think is better for portraits, on the Nikon D7000 Jupiter-37A or Volna-3B
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