Hi from a rather damp and windy Swindon

[Mark Pope]

Hi there,

my name is Mark. I've been a keen photographer for more years than I care to remember, but I'm a relative newbie to large format photography, having bought myself a Shen-Hao HZX45II back in May. I have three lenses: a 75mm caltar II, 150mm apo sironar S and a 210mm Nikkor W.
At the moment, I'm using HP5 plus, which I develop in Perceptol.
It's a steep learning curve, but I'm getting the hang of LF photography.
My wife and I are off to Cornwall via Dartmoor next week for a well-earned break. I hope to get some decent images, weather permitting!

Cheers

[Paul]

Hi Mark - a warm welcome to the group! Nice web site too btw!
Hope to meet up with you on one of our "gatherings". Regards Paul

[Steve Bell]

Welcome Mark, from another southerner. Wet and very windy it was yesterday, much improved today.

Hope you have some good weather and light for your holiday.

[Mark Pope]

Thanks Paul & Steve.
The long-range weather forecast on weather.co.uk doesn't look too bad. I just hope the wind drops. I've discovered that it's not much fun trying to use a LF camera in high winds

[Lee Turner]

Hi Mark and welcome from a very wet Lancashire. Hope the weather is good for your hols.

[masch]

I think the weather down there can be quite variable. I remember during the Somerset workshop, Paul and I went onto Dartmoor (around Two Bridges, I think). Weather looked sort of OK. I saw a nice shot, set up the camera, focussed, etc.... As soon as I pulled the quickload out of the bag, the heavens opened...
and it didn't stop for at least a few hours.
Fortunately, there was a Hotel with a nice tearoom reasonably close

Marc