Hi from Scotland..!

[macvisual]

Hi all, my first post here, been lurking for a short time and thought I'd take the plunge and sign-up, been admiring the photo's here, stunning.

Recently ditched my digital camera and lenses and now looking/searching for a possible large format land camera etc, just picked up a Mamiya C330 Pro S to get me back into medium format again as I used to shoot a Toyo-View 45C about 25yrs ago.

Been inspired by this site, it's got my large format juices flowing again, thank you all for inspiration!


Best wishes;
Peter
central Scotland

[Peter De Smidt]

Welcome! You have a great landscape to photograph.

[rich815]

Welcome Peter. That Mamiya should be a great source of fun and good photography. Please share some photos with us once you get shooting.

[Colin Robertson]

Hi Peter. If you've been away from film for a while you're going to find the landscape has changed a lot. There's still a good choice of materials, but the 'Camera Shop' is a thing of the past. Most of us in the UK source materials from a handful of dedicated online specialists. Give us a shout if you want any hints about where to look.
I'm also a Mamiya TLR user- 5x4 is now most of what I do, but sometimes smaller cameras are just the thing!
Cheers.

[Andrew O'Neill]

Hi Peter, welcome to the forum. Whereabouts in Scotland are you from?

[macvisual]

Originally born in (Belfast) Northern Ireland, been living/working full time in (bonnie) Scotland for nearly five years. We live in a small town called Alloa, around five miles from Stirling, central Scotland.

Thanks.

[Andrew O'Neill]

Well, I'm an O'Neill and my dad's from Invergordon. I wonder where the O'Neill's originated from.... hmmmm....

[Steven Tribe]

There was an enormous amount of mixing-up of DNA between Scotland and Ireland - even before the troubles of the 17th century! So O'Neill, although originally an Irish patronym (son of Neill), could have been a long established surname in Scotland.

[Andrew O'Neill]

Son of Neill... as in King Neill. I knew I had blue blood in my veins! ;)