Agititaion Opinion

["Amber" <summertime@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mark wrote
> What do you recommend for agitation?  I normally invert the tank 180 degrees
> 10 5 seconds every 30 seconds.  Not familiar with the "spaghetti" method.
> 

I was taught at MPW (Maine Photo Workshops) a method of agitation 
that I find very good and use to this day.

I do not do a "half moon" inversion, I but quick snap of the tank 
upside down and upright, with a hand on the top and bottom of the 
tank to keep the motion straight.  I was told this is the way to move 
tthe film evenly through the chamicals and was told to do it at a 
rate of 12 inversions in a ten second period once a minute and for 
the first thirty seconds of each chemical. 

It was explained to me that it was more consistent to do it ten 
seconds every minute than to be as consistent with five second 
agiation cycles every thirty seconds.  T continue to use this method 
to this day and have never had any agiation problems. 
Amber
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