dRoll #7: Mир-1в
I postponed this note so much I don’t remember when I originally had the idea of posting these pictures.
Not especially with the Mir 1V, but … you know… posting pictures.
T’s been a while.
But here it is, again.
First a couple of pictures made with another Russian lens, the Helios 44m-2 58mm … that makes a 85 on my K10D.
So, what’s left to say? I mean, the pictures shows people reserved (hands …) with a “negative” space — I’d say here a blank space — in front of them.
They were discussing what to write in a letter which … somehow show their discontent (our discontent, actually) about some cut in budget and shit like that.
Reserved and black space.
Out of ideas ?
Maybe. But that’s a very risky topic to discuss.
Anyway; I had fun with the M mode.
Better than the A mode when you have some frigging time ahead of you.
or not.
So I tested this russian lens.
And of course I paid it only 50€.
That’s how you see how the glass technique have evolved between the 1950s and … the two thousand-ish lenses.
Flare.
Low contrast.
That’s the original picture BTW.
No edit.
So OK I fucked the focus … but I need to adapt… it’s one of the first I made with it!
Let’s go back to the problems later.
I was with my good friend Patou who was very near to ruin his camera because of the lens … M42 are bitches, apparently.
But I really like having a 50 on a cropped dSLR camera.
2.8.
You know.
Interestingly enough, I found the angle really “wide” as I’m mostly used to the 75mm…
for a fast-lens that is…
This one sucks, but I like it.
Besides, it’s a bridge between portrait 101 and the guys working to make this fun fair … fun.
Left side…
very very near to the docks … to boats … when you think about it, it’s fun to see that most of the fun park and close to rivers without being in the docking area…
Right side.
Lots of trucks when it’s not up and running…
speaking of up…
I’m pretty sure the “Extreme” will give some extreme thrills to some of its customers…
and I really like how the problem of contre jour disappear to make contrast/vibrance of colors much more interesting than a normal lens.
Even though the “cruching” on wordpress fuck the colors up.
Colors.
(fucked up colors.)
Nothing really exciting.
Other problem apart from contre-jour pictures ?
Yeah, blur. LOTS of blur on the corner when you don’t do a great focus:
100% crop.
Anyway.
Guess what I’m looking for is my trip to London…
So see ya later guys 
