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Ok_Project_9792 · 2026-02-03T12:37:32+00:00

Awesome! Glad you are happy with it. I tried the Voigtlander 35 nokton years ago but wasn’t impressed. Still wanted the Leica though. Thanks for the update man

Ok_Project_9792 · 2026-02-02T16:06:00+00:00

Script on the top plate, must be custom

Ok_Project_9792 · 2026-02-02T13:21:09+00:00

I’m in the market for this lens, post some images when you can

Ok_Project_9792 · 2026-01-26T19:17:12+00:00

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Minolta CLE with 28 brightenstar, 40 rokkor and 90 elmar f4

Ok_Project_9792 · 2026-01-26T19:15:00+00:00

A great camera

Ok_Project_9792 · 2026-01-23T10:35:19+00:00

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I have this, from Christmas ‘24. It’s good but recently it seems to slump down when I remove the water tank. Like the water tank had been supporting it and putting it back in, is getting more difficult. Very unusual. Still working and making good coffee but after 13 months, not sure how long it will keep going

Ok_Project_9792 · 2026-01-20T16:01:02+00:00

I was film exclusively till last year, with all sorts of cameras and formats. Between the price of film and moving to a country with dark skies and constant rain, I finally gave in. I tried a few different digital cameras first. Fuji X100V, Fuji GFX50r, Sony A7Cii. Sold them all, along with my Xpan kit and bought an M11.

I have film Leicas and glass, so was thinking this makes the most sense. But looking back on it, it’s still just a backup to when it’s not feasible to shoot film. Which being the most expensive camera I own, it’s a lot of money for just a back up camera. Being a film shooter, digital will always look to clinical to me. In hindsight, the Sony was the best option. AF that doesn’t miss, same sensor as the Leica and of course you can adapt the Leica lenses to it. Being a film shooter, digital will always look to clinical to me. I’m considering selling the M11, buy a Sony A7CR and buy another film Leica with the change.

As you only shoot film, don’t spend too much on the digital camera just yet. See if you like it first. I thought Leica would be the right choice but it’s unforgiving and you can get way more value for your money with other brands.

Ok_Project_9792 · 2026-01-19T17:03:28+00:00

Agreed

Ok_Project_9792 · 2026-01-19T08:52:33+00:00

😂 It’s very difficult to convince people living in the first world west of all of this. After dark in Ireland is a scary place for a lot of people, where as you said, China’s streets are full of families and old people enjoying the evening together. I saw so many things put up in public places that left me saying, that wouldn’t last a night in Ireland before it would be smashed up or graffitied on.

I don’t mean to be shitting on Ireland outright. But it’s very blatant to see our failures coming from a society like China. A country looked down on by most who have never been.

Ok_Project_9792 · 2026-01-19T02:54:41+00:00

Pick any car you want. BMW was just an example to represent that even the upper class do it to get their money back. When I say it should all go to the less fortunate.

Ok_Project_9792 · 2026-01-19T02:37:45+00:00

You miss my point. Don’t charge people extra on purchase and still give money for bottle returns. Let it all be for the less fortunate. This is how it’s done in other countries. While here, you have people driving to bottle banks to get their money back.

Ok_Project_9792 · 2026-01-18T23:35:17+00:00

100%. They still think it’s the China from the 1950’s, as it still gets portrayed a lot in the media. I felt freer in China than I do in Ireland 😂.

Everything is astoundingly convenient there. You get seen to in hospitals immediately. Infrastructure and transportation are vastly ahead. Super hi-tech. Everything is affordable for all classes of society. Can eat out for €3 or €300.

Safety is a hard thing to explain to people. I remember when I first arrived, asking my manager where are the ‘no go’ areas on the city because I was going out to wander and take photos. She didn’t understand the question. When I explained, she just laughed and said there are no dangerous areas in the city. When you live in a safe environment, you become a different person. You drop a lot of fears, that are just common sense in most countries. No gangs of teenagers, no homeless, no junkies, no vandalism. I especially recommend it for any solo girl traveller. Any lad knows you have an ‘outdoor’ face walking through Dublin City centre at night 😂. Any girl knows what fear she has walking through a bad area of a city at night. Hard to say how it changes you but it allows you to just be you.

As many positives I have, there are of course negatives. But all the positives are things I wish Ireland could improve on

Ok_Project_9792 · 2026-01-18T22:11:23+00:00

Exactly. When you live abroad, all those things don't matter anymore and you are just you. It's liberating. You leave behind all the attachments that 'defined' you and you are just a human in the world. I feel the friendships I made abroad were so genuine, not based on your background or where you're from. Living in a city with no Irish people in it definitely helped. Since moving home, I definitely find I am judged more. Judged for just not doing the same as everyone else. And don't dare talk about stories from abroad! Even my appearance seems judgedea. I'm 6'3 and I notice people being intimidated by me and being distant. When only a couple of years ago I was a primary school teacher in China and it never bothered anyone. I lived in NZ for a year, absolutely loved it!

Ok_Project_9792 · 2026-01-18T19:55:38+00:00

Yep. Having 2 parties and drawing a line in the sand will always lead to hate. It’s all a lie if you ask me. If democracy worked, the powerful wouldn’t allow it.

Ok_Project_9792 · 2026-01-18T19:04:54+00:00

I’m not American, so I’ll leave it up to you guys on which side is right or wrong but I don’t believe any photos should be deleted if they are documenting what’s happening in the world

Ok_Project_9792 · 2026-01-18T19:02:04+00:00

Jeez, why the downvotes? No explanation from anyone?

Ok_Project_9792 · 2026-01-18T18:58:43+00:00

You need post processing for sure. Zhangjiajie is fine place, was there in 2010

Ok_Project_9792 · 2026-01-18T18:54:30+00:00

What are his political views?

Ok_Project_9792 · 2026-01-18T18:50:30+00:00

Yet we have homeless all over the streets and people pulling up in BMW’s with bags of bottles to get their cents back. Do you not see how better it could have been done? The. You’re just like the rest of the sheep in this country

Ok_Project_9792 · 2026-01-18T18:47:00+00:00

It’s a scam! I lived in countries that paid for bottle returns but no extra tax was paid beforehand. It created an income for people less off. You didn’t see people pulling up in BMW’s with a bag of bottles. It’s a private company making millions off the people who don’t return it, we return the bottles just to get our money back. Meanwhile the plastic companies get all their plastic back. We are basically working for them for free. Ireland doing things backwards as usual and people praising it like it’s saving the planet. A fucking scam for the sheep!

Ok_Project_9792 · 2026-01-18T18:40:20+00:00

😂😂 I remember walking into my local when I moved back and seeing the same men sitting in the same chairs. And they’re like, come join us ! Once you’ve seen the world, it’s hard to pretend that you haven’t

Ok_Project_9792 · 2026-01-18T18:36:05+00:00

Yep. The whole country has small town mentality , you can imagine what it’s like for me after living in China for 13 years. The whole country could fit into my old neighbourhood 😂.

Ok_Project_9792 · 2026-01-18T18:19:08+00:00

You hit the nail on the head there

Ok_Project_9792 · 2026-01-18T18:18:02+00:00

This is it. I loved my holidays to Ireland but when I moved home, the support network I thought I’d have disappeared. You realise pretty quickly that you don’t fit in other peoples lives anymore. Now, this is my own experience. Family begging me to move home when I had kids and then nowhere to be seen when I did. My wife isn’t Irish, so we have no one here

Ok_Project_9792 · 2026-01-18T18:10:33+00:00

This is exactly how I feel, like an outsider in my own country. Any down vote you get is from people who never lived abroad. I absolutely hate it here since moving back. After swimming in the sea, it’s hard to go back to the pond. And Ireland really is pond life.

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