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Hi David

I#ve just remembered (sorry!) that there's the Edinburgh winter funfair right beside the Scott Monument....

You'll get a gothic monument all right, but with a big, bright roundabout carousel thingy on one side, and a big ferris wheel on the other. Might mot be very GOTHIC exactly.

Hi David

What do you want to photograph?

Edinburgh Castle's probably not on - very busy, doesn't look massively old (courtesy of being rebuilt throughout it's history) and will be closed by about 5.30 at the latest.

The High Street and the closes are a good bet.

Churches and Graveyards - St Cuthbert's at the west end of Princes Street, Canongate Church on the High Street, Old Canongate Graveyard from Regent Road, Greyfriar's at George IV Bridge - I'm not sure what time they close at.

The Flodden Wall - remnants of the early 16th century town wall - The Vennell from the Grassmarket to Lauriston Place is the best bet (steep hill though!).

The very bottom of the High Street/Royal Mile has a fairly old looking half timber building next to Holyrood Palace.

There isn't HUGELY much in the New Town that's obviously Gothic, possibly apart from Charlotte Square, and the aforementioned Scott Monument.

You could also try Calton Hill at the east end of Princess Street. The old observatory looks old, there are a few other interesting buildings as well.

All of these locations are within 15-30 minutes' walk of each other.

Let me know if you need any further info and I'll see what I can dig out.

Cheers

Hi David

Agreed with what the others say. St Giles Cathedral in the High Street is fairly Gothic.

You might want to try Charlotte Square (west end, behind Princes Street) as well. It's reckoned to be the best preserved part of the Georgian New Town.

Let me know if there's anything else you need to know - I live in Edinburgh.

Hi David

I go for a minimal kit - short, medium and long, so a 28/2.8, 50/1.8 and 85/1.8 generally. I'll sometimes carry a 70-210/4. I have tried carrying these four lenses plus a 200/2.8 or very occasionally a 300/4 when doing something like (static - me, not the action) sport photography, but I don't like carrying too much weight. I have found that, for me, less is sometimes more.

Good luck with your quest!

Hi Mukul

You are correct - the MC meter is a Selenium meter (which does not require batteries).

Cheers

Hi Drew

The MC meter is semi-coupled to the shutter speed dial of a 'M' camera.

To mount the meter:

1) Set the shutter speed on the camera to 'B.'

2) Set the shutter speed on the meter to 'B.'

3) Lift the knurled wheel on the bottom right of the meter up, then turn it in the direction of the arrow on the right hand side of the meter.

4) CAREFULLY slide the meter on to the hotshoe. If it doesn't fit, you need to try the steps above.

5) Once the meter is mounted on the camera, move the knurled wheel (see step 3) back, and it will pop down. Carefully jiggle it if necessary to line everything up.

You set the shutter speed on the camera (and meter) with reference to the triangle on the right of the meter, just below 3 o'clock. The needle then points to the black and silver scale - read the aperture you should set the lens to from that scale. If you move the shutter speed, the meter moves to a new aperture recommendation.

(Ronald's comments re 90mm frame and battery refer to the Leica Meter MR, not the MC. The MC is a Cadmium Sulphide (I think) meter and does not take a battery.)

Hi Jermaine

The generic hood looks fine to me, but I can't tell what the back of the generic hood (ie the bayonet part of the hood)is made of. If it's metal it will be OK, but if it's plastic, be careful.

My original Rollei bay 1 hood measures about 24mm or 15/16 of an inch front to back, if you want to compare this with the generic hood.

Good evening (British Summer Time), everyone.

I have bought a bottle of HC110 concentrate (American style - the stuff that

dilutes 1+31 for dil B), and I now have three questions:

1) From reading previous posts, it seems like I can use dil E (1+47) with a

starting development time of 1.5 times the dil B dev time. I use Ilford HP5+,

which has a dil B time of 5 minutes, so dil E would be 7.5 minutes. Is this correct?

2) People suggest that less dilute HC110 has a solvent action, and more dilute

HC110 has both accutance and compensating actions. Is this correct?

3) What is the minimum volume of syrup I need to develop 1 film? I've read both

6ml and 3.7ml.

Many thanks

Good morning/afternoon/evening once again.

Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this thread - I now need to spend much time looking at, and thinking about, all the suggestions you have made.

Cheers

Good morning/afternoon/evening.

I have a Manfrotto 055 tripod and I'm very happy with it, but I find it far too

big and heavy for a travel tripod. I need a tripod that will happily hold, at

most, either my M2 and 90 Elmarit (when I ever use it - I prefer my 35 and 50mm

lenses) or maybe a Rolleicord, and it must be small and light enough to carry

whilst wandering around all day.

I'm wondering about a small Gitzo - either the G1026 or (more likely) the G1001.

Could I ask the forum for it's collective wisdom?

Thanking you in anticipation.

Hi Ed

I live in Edinburgh, so I can give you some pointers.

Festival, Tattoo etc - all over by mid September.

Buildings - the centre of Edinburgh is quite small and easy to walk round. You have the old and new towns, complete with Castle, Palace, stacks of old churches (12th century onwards) and other buildings.

Ruins - St Anthony's chapel in the Queen's Park (AKA Arthur's Seat), Craigmillar Castle is sort of ruins. Out of Edinburgh there are other old castles and palaces.

Landscape - not a huge amount in my opinion (watch the flame war from other Edinburgh based photographers!!). Various parks etc in and close to Edinburgh, but 'proper' landscape is out of Edinburgh as others have suggested.

Feel free to email me if you'd like more details etc. I'd be glad to help.

Cheers!

Hi all. This is my first post, so I DO hope it works!

I stay in Edinburgh, so I can give some further details. Here goes:

December daylight is about 9.30am to 3.30pm, but will usually be grey and flat. You will get some nice, bright days if you're lucky, but this is out of the ordinary.

Historical stuff in Edinburgh - two castles (Edinburgh and Craigmillar), some historical houses (The Georgian House, Lauriston Castle - actually a Victorian house), several historical churches, the medieval old town, the Georgian new town.

Historical stuff near Edinburgh - more castles, houses and churches.

Please feel free to PM me for further details.

Thanks