View attachment 233062 Your first step should be hooking up with other folks in Australia doing wet plate. I’ve shipped a Lot of Wet Plate gear there over the years, but do not feel free to release names (privacy issues). “Facebook” has a wet plate community, try there. Workbooks, Yes, you need ONE. I suggest Ostermans, or George Berkhoffers book. Follow ONE path of formulas. iGNORE most stuff you read, follow only ONE set of formulas and ONE mentor!!!!!!!!!!!!! Avoid “premixed” chems, learn to make all your own from your chems. This way you’ll learn what HARMONY means, and trust my 24 yeats of experience and accept HARMONY is the KEY to good Wet Plate images!!!!! To learn, shoot on clear glass plates. This shows defects and flaws better than tins (and bad glass plates can be cleaned and reused...not tins). Trophy aluminum is fine to use. You can easily make your own tintype plates from shim steel and roofing cement and mineral spirits (+ heat to bake). As to holders, you must support plates only by the corners. Tins are backed with glass. Fidelity holders can be cut and used. Wet plate can be done in a Brownie, a view or a professsionally built Wet Plate Camera. ••••. So my advice is Stop watching videos and reading chatter....get a real Workbook by a Master and follow it. Hook up with someone doing the process for some hands on. That alone, will be your best start.