Three Kings

[MJP]

The 20 blade iris Tair-11A.

The 15 blade iris Meyer Optik Orestor.

The 12 blade iris Jupiter-11A.

All three M42 mount primes have a 135mm focal length. The first two offer f/2.8 and the Jupiter f/4 maximum aperture.

Three Kings of Bokeh. But which reigns supreme? Here's a test. Set-up on a tripod. Wide open. Defocused. Using a ball of fairy lights as the source.

The Tair-11A

The Meyer Optik Orestor

The Jupiter 11A

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[FracturedRabbit]

And the winner is...?

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[MJP]

And the winner is...?

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I think the Tair has more wow but the Jupiter is stunning for an f/4 and only £35.

Tonight's test will be the CZJ DDR 50/1.8 Electric, CZJ DDR Sonnar 135/3.5 and Meyer Optik Gorlitz Orestegor 200/4.

[FracturedRabbit]

That's good, I have both! (Or at least I will have once the Tair arrives).

[MJP]

That's good, I have both! (Or at least I will have once the Tair arrives).

The Jupiter 11 or the 11A?

http://www.pentaxforums.com/userreviews/jupiter-11a-4-135-135mm-f4.html

Just testing a Meyer Optik Gorlitz Orestegor 4/200. Disappointingly poor contrast, not sharp, bokeh decent. Probably going to sell on.

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[FracturedRabbit]

The 11 in Kiev mount, the 11A would not fit anything that I have.

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[MJP]

Can you use an M42 adapter on the EM-1?

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[MJP]

Meyer Optik Gorlitz Orestor 135/2.8 stopped down to f5.6, on financially crippling tripod and head . . . check out the crop!!!

[MJP]

More from the Meyer 200/4. It is a tricky beast to use is this.

[FracturedRabbit]

Can you use an M42 adapter on the EM-1?

Of course. And an M39, and almost anything else. The joy of a short flange distance.

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[MJP]

Can you use an M42 adapter on the EM-1?

Of course. And an M39, and almost anything else. The joy of a short flange distance.

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It's the main reason I went with Pentax. The registry distance is good for all old K-mount and any M42 lens. Throw in the 5-axis in camera shale reduction and you're good to go.

Getting heavy though Rabbit, all this gear.

Although on that note, the Meyer Optik 135/2.8 and the CZJ DDR 135/3.5 are exceedingly light.

[FracturedRabbit]

Happy now?

P1200159 by pattayadays.com, on Flickr

[MJP]

Happy now?

P1200159 by pattayadays.com, on Flickr

Get yer bokeh out!

[Kan Win]

And the winner is...?

My three Kings

[MJP]

Kan, which is your favorite bokeh lens?

[MJP]

First tripod effort with the Meyer Optik Gorlitz Oretegor 300mm f/4. More on the 2.2kg Gorzilla later when I really get the chance to use it. Gorzilla just ate a PU-70 Arca Swiss plate. Just had to order new ones.

Anyway . . . at ISO 800 and f/11 . . .