![]() I really do love shooting with this lens because it has minimal distortion, a very cool 3-dimensional feel and good sharpness even wide open. Being a bit tighter than Mir-20, it has more prominent (and smooth when wide open) bokeh at its closest focusing distance, which is again very impressive at just 0.20m. ![]() At F3.5 it’s again not particularly fast, especially for a 28mm, but it turned out to be a very usable lens nevertheless. It also has a different style aperture design, resulting in “sheriff star” bokeh when you step this lens down. Unlike all the other lenses in this set, this one doesn’t seem to be based on any Zeiss optical formula. It’s the only lens that I didn’t send to IronGlass, but got directly from them based on Vadim’s recommendation. I’ve never tried this lens until I got this set. MIR-10A 28mm F3.5 – This is a bit of a dark horse of this set. Saying that it’s definitely one of my favourite Soviet lenses and one of my most used lenses in this set! (1 st, 3 rd, 4 th,5 th shots (in my video above) to name but a few were filmed with this lens) ![]() The edges though are quite soft even at F8, so it’s not going to be your high-performance lens. The huge front element picks up the light from every direction, so this lens flares a lot and has quite a low contrast look, but it’s pretty sharp, especially in the middle of the frame. If you want the maximum depth of field though, focusing to around 2m brings pretty much everything into focus! The minimum focusing distance is just 0.18m, which makes it one of the shortest focusing distance lenses in its class and is great for getting very close to your subject. I generally use wider lenses at F4-F5.6 anyway, so for me, it’s not a problem. At F3.5 it’s one of the slower lenses in this set, but being ultra-wide, everything is pretty much in focus anyway, so you are not losing much “bokeh”. Mir-20 is the widest Soviet rectilinear full-frame lens that you can buy. The first thing you notice about it is the huge, curved front element which makes this lens look like fish-eye, but it’s not. MIR-20M 20mm F3.5 – This is the widest lens in this set, closely based on the Carl Zeiss Flektogon 20mm optical formula. ![]() If you’ve watched the review above, you should now be pretty familiar with what IronGlass Amber PL Set is all about, but for those who want to know more, here is some additional info about each lens in my set in case you are not familiar with them. ![]()
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