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SELECT 
  cscart_images.*, 
  cscart_images_links.*, 
  cscart_common_descriptions.description AS alt, 
  cscart_images.image_id AS images_image_id 
FROM 
  cscart_images_links 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_images ON cscart_images_links.detailed_id = cscart_images.image_id 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_common_descriptions ON cscart_common_descriptions.object_id = cscart_images.image_id 
  AND cscart_common_descriptions.object_holder = 'images' 
  AND cscart_common_descriptions.lang_code = 'en' 
WHERE 
  cscart_images_links.object_type = 'product' 
  AND cscart_images_links.type = 'M' 
  AND cscart_images_links.object_id IN (278, 280, 282, 279) 
ORDER BY 
  cscart_images_links.position, 
  cscart_images_links.pair_id

Query time 0.00055

Explain
id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	Extra
1	SIMPLE	cscart_images_links	range	object_id	object_id	81		5	Using index condition; Using filesort
1	SIMPLE	cscart_images	eq_ref	PRIMARY	PRIMARY	4	cscart_dev_4_16.cscart_images_links.detailed_id	1
1	SIMPLE	cscart_common_descriptions	eq_ref	PRIMARY	PRIMARY	107	cscart_dev_4_16.cscart_images.image_id,const,const	1	Using where

Result

image_path	image_x	image_y	is_high_res	pair_id	object_id	object_type	detailed_id	type	images_image_id
t-6.jpg	400	543	N	1160	278	product	1397	M	1397
t-3.jpg	400	543	N	1161	279	product	1398	M	1398
t-4.jpg	1143	1200	N	1164	280	product	1401	M	1401
t-7.jpg	1200	1200	N	1168	282	product	1405	M	1405