Lakes trip, what to take?

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I've got a few days in the lakes coming up and I can't make up my mind what to take.

I'm taking the F100. And the pinhole (and the cough! D90) so do I take the 4x5, the 645, the Pentax 67, the Mamiya C220, the Hassy, any of the Bessas? Aargh!

I'm not going for long and won't be trekking up anything too steep or remote.

I'm staying in Ravenglass so it will be mostly SW lakes, all walks start from the post office at Boot, you know the sort of thing.

So it will be low level stuff and I don't have a 'Mistletoe' to carry my gear, so what do I take?
 
Looks like you need a few more cameras there Nick...how about going radical and just packing an Iphone ;0)
 
Something small and something large.......D90 or F100 for small and general shots (35mm) and MF for scenery.....well that's what I would take.
 
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Are you going to have time to use a 54? If not take a 645 or TLR or something MF for the landscapes,
 
I would definitely take the 645,just perfect for the landscapes. (y)

Have a great time.
 
im off up there in a couple of weeks, staying is Keswick. All im going to take is the Bronny 645, 2 lenses and the lightest tripod i think i can get away with. I might put the 5x4 in the bag if i decide to stay at ground level one day and just walk around a lake but the 645 is the best compromise i think.
 
The 645, then you can get on the train that runs up Eskdale to Boot and you will be in the most scenic (and usually quietest) of the Lakeland valleys with a camera that will be worthy of the views. If you get off at Eskdale Green the King George IV pub is a proper country pub with good ale and food or stay on to Boot where there are 2 pubs, both good. Lots of cracking lower level walks at the lower end of the valley, Muncaster Fell is easy and scenic. Muncaster Castle is worth a visit, they have owls and a heronry and when the tides out some interesting shots looking back at the town.
If you have a car drive up to the Woolpack at the base of the Honister Pass, best pub in the Lakes and lovely views toward Scafell up Little Eskdale.

Have fun.

Andy
 
Thanks folks and thanks for the local knowledge Andy, I'll definitely be checking out the George.

So, I'll be taking the Mamiya 645 as my MF option, that's decided.
 
Good man, you know it makes sense. Maybe just that and the D90?

Andy
 
Andysnap said:
Good man, you know it makes sense. Maybe just that and the D90?

Andy
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Blimey Andy, I'm getting withdrawal symptoms at the thought of just taking two cameras, I'm not sure I could do it :eek:
 
srichards said:
I think the thread needs re-titling. Lakes trip, what pubs to visit ;)
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Now there's an idea. It has to be accessible by walking, bike or public transport though, I'm going to be based in Ravenglass so can at least get to Eskdale on the little train.
 
This thread went down hill fast,once the boozers started.:D
 
Well maybe one of your little Bessa's as well, but no more, you need to be strong Nick. :D

There's a nice walk up to Irton Pike from Eskdale Green, not to strenuous but it gives some really nice views down into Wasdale, out to the coast and across to Muncaster Fell and you walk very near to or past at least 2 pubs. If I remember rightly it was about 5 miles round trip.

Eskdale-from-Irton-Pike by andysnapper1, on Flickr
(Sorry its digital)
 
Steve, Nick is an old, old man and a night in the open could quite easily finish him off :D
 
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The 645, then you can get on the train that runs up Eskdale to Boot and you will be in the most scenic (and usually quietest) of the Lakeland valleys with a camera that will be worthy of the views. If you get off at Eskdale Green the King George IV pub is a proper country pub with good ale and food or stay on to Boot where there are 2 pubs, both good. Lots of cracking lower level walks at the lower end of the valley, Muncaster Fell is easy and scenic. Muncaster Castle is worth a visit, they have owls and a heronry and when the tides out some interesting shots looking back at the town.
If you have a car drive up to the Woolpack at the base of the Honister Pass, best pub in the Lakes and lovely views toward Scafell up Little Eskdale.

Have fun.

Andy
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What's the pass they needs a fairly powerful car for the steep bend.....I remember many years ago on a Triumph 650cc I had to give the throttle some welly to get up there. :eek:
 
Sorry Brian I meant the Hardknot Pass not the Honister. There are a lot of steep passes in the Lakes Brian, these two, Wrynose and the Kirkstone. I think that the Hardknot is probably the worst as its not just steep but also very windy, great views from the top though.
 
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Sorry Brian I meant the Hardknot Pass not the Honister. There are a lot of steep passes in the Lakes Brian, these two, Wrynose and the Kirkstone. I think that the Hardknot is probably the worst as its not just steep but also very windy, great views from the top though.
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Thanks Andy but I've forgotten what pass is what, but what triggered my memory was recently a link to old photos and one was a 1960s car reversing back because it couldn't get around this steep bend...I'm guessing with a shaky memory that it might have been 1:4 or was it 1:3
 
I remember scaring myself and my girlfriend s***less taking my 1966 Morris 1100 over Hardknott Pass in the 70's, the brakes on those 60's cars weren't good when they were new, on a car I paid £80 for they were terrifying.

Trying to do a hill start on a 1 in 3 gradient with a very steep drop on the GF's side very nearly ended the relationship :LOL:
 
RaglanSurf said:
I remember scaring myself and my girlfriend s***less taking my 1966 Morris 1100 over Hardknott Pass in the 70's, the brakes on those 60's cars weren't good when they were new, on a car I paid £80 for they were terrifying.

Trying to do a hill start on a 1 in 3 gradient with a very steep drop on the GF's side very nearly ended the relationship :LOL:
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...and doesn't do your clutch any good either ;)
 
I remember me and my two bulky mates, mountain bikes and a week of gear trying to get a 900cc metro over the rest and be thankful. We were over taken by a tractor!!
 
I spent an hour with tea and buns at Honister last year waiting for the bus, it was great entertainment watching cyclists get to the top from the Buttermere side. I'm suprised the council havnt put a permanent paramedic on station there!
 
For me RB67 and my FM2 with a tripod to share and my sekonic 308 :-)
 
But Paul this isn't for you.....:rolleyes:
 
The 645 sounds like a great choice.

Check out Stanley Ghyll force and the walk up there starting at the bridge over the River Esk near Beckfoot.

I remember driving down Hardknott Pass in my first car and the road was dropping so steep that, looking over the bonnet, I couln't see any road. See here - http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/1.279966 - for an image of an articulated lorry stuck on the pass - the dangers of following satnav !
 
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645 for some people is neither one thing nor the other, but for me, I'm increasingly seeing it as the perfect format. Big enough to make even fast film seem fine grained, capable of enlargements bigger than anything I would ever want, decent number of shots per roll, and straightforward cameras often with modern features that make them easy and quick to use when you need to shoot fast (my Pentax can do AF, matrix metering and program exposure). I don't imagine I'll ever stop using 35mm because for film there is still nothing more versatile or quick to shoot, and 645 cameras are still (mostly) fairly bulky by comparison, but now I have my P645N and a few lenses, there may not be many situations when I'm going to want to dig out my Fuji GW690 or Rolleicord, though they do have appeal of their own (sheer negative size for the Fuji, portability and fun for the Rolleicord).
 
All this talk of driving in the lakes makes me laugh those raods are easy the tourists are the problem.

I think I may go to Langdale tomorrow over hardknot.

Nick
Try coping with just 2 cameras the D90 and 645.
 
I was going to pop this up to the top myself. How did you get on mate?
 
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I was going to pop this up to the top myself. How did you get on mate?
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Well how I got on will have to wait until I get the film dev'd but I managed to restrict my cameras to the F100, Mamiya 645, the Zero Image pinhole and the D90

I didn't use the 645 much, I preferred the flexibility of the F100 but I'm hoping I've managed to get something for the POTY from all the stuff I took.
 
Good stuff, but more importantly did you find the good pubs and did you have any nice walks/weather?

I took my F100 to the Lakes on saturday, Silver How and Loughrigg overlooking Grasmere, very nice weather and I got through 2 rolls of Ektar and my reserve roll of Vista, hopefully something for the POTY in those 3.
 
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