Mir-38 65mm F/3.5
akaМИР-38Б 65mm F/3.5
akaМИР-38В 65mm F/3.5
Wide-angle prime lens • Film era • Discontinued
- Announced:
- · No data
- Production status:
- ● Discontinued
- Country of design:
- · USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
- Original name:
- · МИР-38Б 3,5/65
- · МИР-38В 3,5/65
- · MIR-38B 3,5/65
- Class:
- · Slow 6x6 medium-format wide-angle prime lens
- · Professional model (Top class)
- System:
- · Salyut (1957)
- · Kiev 6S/60 (1971)
Sample photos (11)
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Model history (2)
| ■Mir-3 65mm F/3.5 akaМИР-3Б 65mm F/3.5 akaМИР-3В 65mm F/3.5 | A | 6 - 5 | 0.40m | ⌀88 | ● | |
| ■Mir-38 65mm F/3.5 akaМИР-38Б 65mm F/3.5 akaМИР-38В 65mm F/3.5 | A | 6 - 5 | 0.50m | ⌀72 | ● | |
Specification
| Optical design: | |
| Medium format 6x6 | |
| 65mm | |
| F/3.5 | |
| 6 elements in 5 groups | |
| M60x6 [82.1mm] | |
| Praktisix (Pentacon Six) [74mm] | |
| 62.3° | |
| 62.3° | |
| Diaphragm mechanism: | |
Diaphragm type: | Automatic |
Aperture control: | Aperture ring (Manual settings only) |
| 6 (six) | |
| Focusing: | |
| 0.50m | |
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Focusing modes: | Manual focus only |
Manual focus control: | Focusing ring |
| Physical characteristics: | |
| 650g (M60x6) | |
| 550g (Praktisix (Pentacon Six)) | |
| ⌀78×86mm (M60x6) | |
| ⌀78×86mm (Praktisix (Pentacon Six)) | |
| Accessories: | |
| Screw-type 72mm | |
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Source of data
- Manufacturer's technical data.
Manufacturer description #1
The МИР-38Б lens expands the possibilities of working with КИЕВ-6С and КИЕВ-6С TTL cameras. It is a wide-angle six-element optical system and allows you to take high-quality photographs when shooting sports scenes and architectural ensembles, as well as when shooting in tight spaces.
The lens is equipped with a diaphragm preset mechanism, which allows viewing and focusing at full aperture.
Light transmission: 0.80. Resolving power, mm-1, no less than: in the center of the field: 42; at the edges of the field: 20.
Manufacturer description #2
The МИР-38В lens expands the possibilities of working with САЛЮТ-С and КИЕВ 88 cameras.
The МИР-38В lens is a wide-angle six-element optical system. It allows you to take high-quality photographs when shooting architectural ensembles, landscapes, sports scenes. The lens is especially needed in cases where there is a lack of space for shooting.
The lens is equipped with a device for automatically setting the aperture to a pre-selected value. The device is kinematically connected to the camera and fires when the shutter release button is pressed.
Resolving power, lines/mm, no less than: in the center of the field: 42; at the edges of the field: 20.
From the editor
An improved, more compact version of the Mir-3 65/3.5 lens.
The lens was produced both by the Arsenal Plant (Kiev, USSR) and Vega Plant (Uman, USSR).
The following versions were available:
- МИР-38В 3,5/65 - with the Hasselblad M60x6 screw mount (a predecessor of the Hasselblad V bayonet mount);
- МИР-38Б 3,5/65 or MIR-38B 3,5/65 (for export) - with the Pentacon Six bayonet mount.
Lenses with similar focal length
| ■Praktisix (Pentacon Six) mount (3) | |||||||||
| Schneider-Kreuznach Curtagon 60mm F/3.5 Multicoating S | A | 7 - 7 | 0.60m | ⌀67 | 1984 ● | ||||
| Mir-3 65mm F/3.5 akaМИР-3Б 65mm F/3.5 akaМИР-3В 65mm F/3.5 | A | 6 - 5 | 0.40m | ⌀88 | ● | ||||
| Carl Zeiss Jena DDR Flektogon 65mm F/2.8 (8550 units) | A | 6 - 5 | 0.75m | E86 | 1956 ● | ||||
| ■M60x6 mount (2) | |||||||||
| Mir-3 65mm F/3.5 akaМИР-3Б 65mm F/3.5 akaМИР-3В 65mm F/3.5 | A | 6 - 5 | 0.40m | ⌀88 | ● | ||||
| Carl Zeiss Distagon 60mm F/5.6 | P | 6 - ? | 0.50m | S.VII | 1954 ● | ||||