Parramatta River, Meadowbank Park - Wista 45N, Fujinon SWD 90mm f5.6 lens, Fomapan 100 film

[@BrownPeterAnthony]

Great video, made me laugh.. You found a good composition there amongst all that growth. I used a wista many yrs ago and made some mistakes myself, it was always a good exercise to be calm amongst the pressure.

[@VonBromPhoto]

Thanks for your comment. I'm no longer looking for "epic" photographs, I'm now just looking some small interesting details in places that are close to home.

[@allanhugh2044]

Very interesting outcome with the increasingly longer exposure times. I like the shortest time, which I think is the best, but I also like the longest exposure one; mainly for the raindrops special effect. I wondered about use of a 65mm lens, but concluded that the 90mm one was/is/maybe the better of the two focal lengths. My reasoning is that the 65mm lens would more than likely just be too busy, whereas the 90mm does sort of direct your attention somewhat. Another option would be to use a 65mm lens without a centre graduated filter and with the darkening of the corners making viewers naturally direct their view to the central lighter part of the picture. I too have done exactly the same half pull out a darkslide as I was extracting a film holder. To counter this I have for years always stored my film holders sideways, ensuring I only grab the holders on their side ridges, rather than compress the actual darkslide onto the film. Last year I picked up a backpacker "cascade film holder case," which has been a revelation for me. Each film holder is stored horizontally in individual zipped pouches; really nice way to keep everything clean, as well as space saving as the whole folds up to a quite small space, I generally just hang it from my tripod.

[@VonBromPhoto]

I went out this morning with the 65mm, am working on that video now. I don't have a centre filter, they are really only necessary for reversal film which I don't use. Centre filters are often more expensive than the lenses they fit. Regarding which is better: is a 24mm lens better than a 35mm lens? Is a 50mm lens better than an 85mm lens? The question needs to be: which lens is most appropriate for the situation? Another consideration is this: different focal lengths can be used to give different perspectives (note: be VERY careful to read what I just wrote before commenting on lenses and perspective), so another question can be asked: which subject and composition will take advantage of this lenses characteristics? For 4x5, 90mm lenses are far more common, much cheaper, and much easier to work with than shorter lenses. Some 4x5 cameras cannot mechanically focus on infinity with short lenses, or the front beds protrude into the frame.

[@jasonlamarking]

8:35 I didn't say anything...:D

[@VonBromPhoto]

LOL thanks for watching.