[en] Since its upgrade in 2007, the Glasgow-Mainz spectrometer has provided a state-of-the-art photon tagger for a series of photo-production experiments at electron beam energies from 200 to 1508 MeV. We report on the operational status of the tagging spectrometer, refitted with a new focal-plane detector to extend its rate capability and improve its timing resolution by a factor 2. This complements the Crystal Ball and TAPS calorimeters, which provide almost 4π detection of both neutral and charged particles. These systems have very high detection efficiency for multi-photon final states. Measurement of pseudo-scalar-meson photo production on the nucleon is a major component of the experimental programme. We have data on π⁰, π⁺, η, η^', K⁰, K⁺ (single and multiple-meson) final states for ¹H and ²H targets. The eventual goal is to make complete measurements of the helicity amplitudes, which require at least 8 observables chosen properly from unpolarised, single-spin and double-spin possibilities. The possibilities in Mainz will extend when polarised targets become available in 2009. In December 2008 the maximum MAMI-C energy was raised to 1557 MeV and data taken with an open trigger at tagged-photon energies from 80 to 1447 MeV. We show some first analyses of these tests.