Hi All,
Firstly
I am still planning to visit Glen Coe. It may be mid week and when the weather looks good. There are tame deer in Glen Etive. I plan a day trip to the area. Let me know if you are interested.
Secondly
i fancy a day at edinburgh zoo. Its likely this will be mid week and when the light is good.
let me know if you are interested
Mike

NOW SOLD

I have a Panasonic G3k micro 4/3 camera with a 14-42mm kit lens for sale on behalf of my neighbour. The camera was bought approximately two years ago for her husband just before his health failed. It is effectively unused apart from a few indoor test shots.

It comes with several other goodies bought at the same time and also in as new condition: A good quality bag; UV filter; a couple of 8gb SD cards; a Serif productivity software suite and an LED light attachment for indoor videos.

The Panasonic DMC G camera is an SLR alternative with a wide range of interchangeable lenses available. Utilizing a high resolution sensor in the eyepiece in place of the traditional SLR prism/mirror arrangement and a pivoting rear screen. It is very light and compact and extremely well made.

The whole kit cost approximately £500 new and I am looking for £250 for it.

Contact me at ken19ud@blueyonder.co.uk if you are interested.

Ken Sharp

Although I’ve gone digital, I have a load of 35mm film negatives which I still want to keep.  I bought some Kenro folders and inserts to store these safely, but have some spare.  I’ll pass them on FREE to anyone who wants to keep and file their old negatives (or perhaps you are still using a film camera).

I have one binder (see http://kenro.co.uk/products/kenro-storage-binders/) and 5 packets of storage pages (see http://kenro.co.uk/products/film-storage-pages-35mm-translucent/) – enough for the negatives from at least 125 rolls of 35mm film.

Contact me on sgpwilliams@outlook.com if you would like them.

Thanks

Steve Williams

Leith Academy has just published its Adult Education programme for next term.There is a weekend course on Digital Photography on costing £35 for 2 days. I went to the  last course and found it very helpful for people with all levels of knowledge. Small class size  allows one to one tuition with your own camera. There are only 10 places so you need to book early.

The website is ww.joininedinburgh.org and search for Leith Community High School

Hi all Monday looks good for shooting Christmas lights.  Anybody up for it add your name here.

Mike

The entry deadline is approaching for the Scottish Nature Photography Awards 2014, the annual photographic competition celebrating nature, wildlife and landscape photography in Scotland. This is the 5th annual competition to seek the Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year. It is open to professional and amateur photographers from around the world, but images must be taken in Scotland.

****     Entries close at 24:00 hours GMT on Sunday 30th November 2014 ****

 The categories are:

Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year 2014:

Scottish Wildlife Portrait

Scottish Wildlife Behaviour

Scottish Landscape – Sea & Coast

Scottish Landscape – The Land

Scottish Landscape – Urban Greenspace

Scottish Botanical

Natural Abstract

Environmental

Junior Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year 2014 (open to under-18s). Up to 5 images on any Scottish nature subject.

Student Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year 2014 (for full or part-time students over-18 undertaking a photography element in their course).

Portfolio of 3 images on the theme of “Natural Drama”.

Judges:

Lorne Gill – Photographer, Scottish Natural Heritage

Niall Irvine – Digital Imaging Practitioner and Co-organiser of the Awards

Neil McIntyre – Wildlife & Landscape Photographer

Colin Prior – International Landscape Photographer

Winning images will be featured in a Touring Exhibition in 2015. Winning and shortlisted images will be featured in the Portfolio Yearbook.

Full details of the competition, prizes, rules and how to enter are on our website

www.scottishnaturephotographyawards.com

where you can also subscribe to our free monthly e-newsletter for updates on the competition and Awards news

 Printing information October 2104

Most Camera Club members print their images at home. Most of these have been doing this for many years. We have new members and others (me included ) have lots of images on file but just can’t get round to organising their home printer to produce top quality photographic images. We collected the information below at the Club meeting yesterday. If anyone spots any errors or has any extra information to  share please add a comment.

Basic information:

Local printers process images saved in the form of .jpeg or .tiff files on some sort of file storage e.g.CD/DVD/memory stick,  or a memory card from your camera. If you’re wanting to print direct from camera don’t forget to take connecting lead to USB port. Some equipment e.g. smartphones can transfer images by Bluetooth.

For competitions most Club members print their images in A4 or A3 size. See below for size tables. You can also make square, or letterbox  prints but similar scale.

To help the printer, label your CD/DVD/flash drive with your name, make sure you clearly identify the images you want to print, how many copies of each you want and whether you want matt or gloss paper. You should ask to see samples of prints on different sorts of paper as it can make a huge difference to the final result.

If you’re not happy with the result of the printing e.g. red or green tinge to colour not apparent on the screen, discuss with the printer and ask their advice. If it’s a processing problem they should redo it for free.  Over time you will find a source of prints that you like and trust and which best shows off your work.

Local printers listed in geographical areas :

Edinburgh

www.trumpslab.co.uk

Trumps Photolab, 29 South Clerk Street, EH8 9JD (07827 589 527)  (within Newington Stationers) Near to University. Experts on site. Turnaround depends on workload but usually within I day.

www.amimage.co.uk

A+M Imaging, Unit 3, Stewartfield, Newhaven Road EH6 5RQ (0131 553 3548) Bonnington area with free parking. Same service as Trumps. No personal experience of service but good prices on website and v helpful on phone.

Musselburgh

www.eastern-info.co.uk

Eastern Exhibition and Display, 108 Market Street, Musselburgh EH21 6QA   (0131 653 5700) Next to LIDL, Fisherrow. Mostly do large scale commercial work.

Eskbank

www.southfield-stationers.com

Southfield Stationers, 25 Hardengreen Industrial Estate, Dalkeith EH22 3NX (0131 654 4300)  Commercial printers. Will do small orders. Good price but can be variable quality depending on other workload.

Very near to IKEA

www.warehouses.costco.co.uk

Upload images online and collect next day at Costco Edinburgh, Costkea Way, Loanhead EH20 9BY (0131 440 7075) Have to join Costco as individual member. Mike Clark club member recommends. Very helpful on phone.

Online only

www.photobox.co.uk

Very good reviews from customers and recommended by Jennifer Davidson. Prints sent rolled by first class post 1 – 5 working days or can do special or courier delivery.

Don’t forget to give us feedback on your experiences !

Liz Sowler

For competitions most Club members print their images in A4 or A3 size.

See below for size tables. You can also make square or letterbox prints.

Make sure you can clearly identify the images you want to print and how many copies you want.

Decide whether you want matt or gloss paper.

Over time you will find a method/source of prints that you like and best shows off your work.

Edinburgh

www.trumpslab.co.uk

Trumps Photolab, 29 South Clerk Street, EH8 9JD (07827 589 527)

(within Newington Stationers) Near to University. Experts on site.

Turnaround depends on workload but usually within I day.

www.amimage.co.uk

A+M Imaging, Unit 3, Stewartfield, Newhaven Road EH6 5RQ (0131 553 3548)

Bonnington area with free parking. Same service as Trumps.

No experience of service but good prices on website and v helpful on phone.

Musselburgh

www.eastern-info.co.uk

Eastern Exhibition and Display, 108 Market Street, Musselburgh EH21 6QA   (0131 653 5700)

Next to LIDL, Fisherrow. Mostly do large scale commercial work.

Eskbank

www.southfield-stationers.com

Southfield Stationers, 25 Hardengreen Industrial Estate, Dalkeith EH22 3NX (0131 654 4300)

Commercial printers. Will do small orders. Good price but can be variable quality depending on other workload.

Next to IKEA

www.warehouses.costco.co.uk

Upload images online and collect next day at

Costco Edinburgh, Costkea Way, Loanhead EH20 9BY (0131 440 7075)

Have to join Costco as individual member. Mike Clark club member recommends

Online only

www.photobox.co.uk

Very good reviews from customers and recommended by Jennifer Davidson.

Prints sent rolled by first class post 1 – 5 working days or can do special or courier delivery.

Stuart McMillan has been added to the members gallery.  Why not check out his photos.

If you would like to be added to the members gallery, email musselburghcameraclub@gmailcom

New photos by Joe Fowler, Mike Clark and Bill Wightman have been added to the members gallery.

If you have photos that you would like included please email them to musselburghcameraclub@gmail.com

As advertised by the National Trust for Scotland; the NTS Priority Code for the special offer is 103127.   The Great Courses.co.uk (phone number 0800 298 9796) has a DVD (or download) of a series of twenty four 30 minute videos setting out the Fundamentals of Photography. This course normally costs £54.99 but is on special offer for £24.99 until 19/11/14. £2.99 p&p.

The lecturer is Joel Sartore who is a National Geographic Fellow in Photography. The Great Courses site describes the course in more detail.