ULTRA WIDE 4x5 B+W Large Format - Wista 45N, Fujinon NSWD 65mm f5.6, Fomapan 100 - Meadowbank Park

Videos featuring the ultra-wide Fujinon NSWD 65mm lens and Wista 45 camera are popular, so here's another!
The day was overcast and dull, hot and humid. There were a few spots of rain. Mosquitos were big and hungry. Many were harmed in the making of this video.
I decided to place the spot reading on zone IV instead of zone III and this likely contributed to the overly dense negatives. They are still useable (for small values of useable). Comparing these images with others I've made on Fomapan 100 it's a good demonstration that grain is proportional to exposure: increased exposure increases grain. To minimise grain, minimise exposure.
The first sheet wasn't loaded in the film holder correctly and is crooked. It's remarkable that the sheet didn't fall out of the holder and into the camera during the exposure, and that the image is as sharp as it turned out. This was the result of an error that I made a couple of weeks ago when I loaded the holders, a reminder to get things right, and to know your gear.
Equipment used:
Wista 45N metal field camera
Fujinon NSWD 65mm f5.6 lens in Copal shutter and 21mm recessed lens board
Innorel RT80C carbon fibre tripod with half-bowl leveller and panoramic QR plate
JJC tripod stone bag
Lailu focussing cloth
eTone cable release
Wista loupe
Pentax Spotmeter V analog 1 degree light meter
Fidelity Elite 4x5 film holder
Staedler 2B pencil
Lowepro Flipside 300 backpack
Lowepro Passport Sling II
RØDE Wireless GO II microphone
GoPro Hero 10 Black
Fomapan 100 film
Kodak HC-110 developer
Ilford Ilfostop
Ilford Rapid Fixer
Ilford Ilfotol wetting agent
JOBO 2520 tank and JOBO 2509N reel
JOBO SilverBase compact rotary film processor

[@allanhugh2044]

I thought your viewpoint with the 65mm lens was great, it is a bit of a pity about the overexposure, but that's life.
I've been using Ilford FP4+ for almost forever and I now use Ilford's algorithm for anything over 1 second, so far it has been excellent. I have a couple of boxes of Fomapan 100 4x5" and due to you using Fomapan I thought I would it was time for me to expose a few sheets of Fomapan to get myself into a Fomapan groove.
The major difference between what you are doing and how I'm using Fomapan 100 is reciprocity adjustments. So far I haven't metered anything longer than 2 seconds, so I know I'm right at the start of the reciprocity road for Fomapan. I decided to do a test with a 2 sec metered exposure. One sheet at 7 seconds with the second sheet using Ilford's algorithm, which comes out at 2.39 seconds; I did approximately 2.5 seconds. The other minor variables are D76 1:1 and the SP45 inversion tank at approximately 23.3ºC for 13'30".
So far I don't see much difference density wise between either film using Ilford's algorithm, but I certainly have a much denser negative using the Fomapan reciprocity exposure chart. My preference on this first outing, is the Ilford algorithm certainly worked very well for the metered 2 sec exposure. I'm now going to set up a situation somewhere near 4 sec metered and do the same Fomapan reciprocity and Ilford reciprocity exposures using Fomapan 100 and see where it falls.
Quite a few times I've had sheet film askew in a film holder, this usually comes about from handling, not necessarily loading. A bit of a knock here and there can shift the sheet in the holder.

[@VonBromPhoto]

Thanks for watching and commenting. Good to hear my experience with Fomapan 100 reciprocity failure is helping somebody else! Keep experimenting with time and let me know how it turns out.
One of the advantages of Fomapan (and Shanghai GP3) reciprocity failure is that it completely removes the need for strong neutral density filters.