Tair (lens)

Tair 11A 135mm f/2.8 lens for the M42 lens mount.

Tair is the name of a series of prime lenses manufactured by KMZ in the Soviet Union.

## Contents

* 1 Tair 11
* 2 Tair 3
* 3 Tair 33
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Tair 11

A Tair 11 lens mounted on a Canon EOS 1Ds A Tair 11A. The lens is notable for having 20 aperture blades.

The Tair 11 series have a focal length of 133mm with a maximum aperture of f/2.8.[1] Variants include the Tair 11A for the M42 lens mount and the original Tair 11 for the M39 lens mount. The Tair 11-T is a "Technical" or "Television" for cinecamera or surveillance. The Tair 11-2 is an M42 lens with a focal length of 133mm.[2] A unique feature of the Tair 11 series is the twenty aperture blades,[3] far more than many modern lenses.

## Tair 3

Photosniper 12S with Tair 3 lens mounted

The Tair 3 is a 300mm f/4.5 telephoto lens.[4] Like many other Tair lenses, it uses the M39/M42 lens mount. Although these are mostly black coloured lenses, there exist some very rare light grey ones manufactured earlier.[5] The lens enjoys a reputation of having excellent image quality

## Tair 33

The Tair 33 is a 300mm f/4.5 telephoto lens for Kiev 88 (V Mount, Tair-33V) and Pentacon Six or Kiev 60 system (P6 Mount, Tair-33B).[6]

## References

1. ↑ "USSR Photo". http://www.ussrphoto.com/wiki/default.asp?WikiCatID=106&ParentID=2&ContentID=780&Item=Tair+11A. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
2. ↑ "USSR Photo". http://www.ussrphoto.com/wiki/default.asp?WikiCatID=106&ParentID=2&ContentID=1089&Item=Tair+11-2. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
3. ↑ "Pentax Forums reviews". http://www.pentaxforums.com/userreviews/Tair-11A-135mm-F2.8-for-Pentax.html. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
4. ↑ "Tobi's Camera Page". http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~tobiko/tair.html. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
5. ↑ "Hin's Tech Corner". http://www.techtheman.com/search/label/Photosniper. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
6. ↑ "Tair-33 300 mm f/ 4.5 Lens". http://allphotolenses.com/lenses/item/c_1027.html.

## External links

In Russian

* Tair-3 page
* Tair-11 page

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