Two-Bath and Single-Bath Compensating" Developers

[ronald lamarsh]

I have read quite a bit about 2-bath developement but have never been able to find a consensus as to agitation. Some texts say "no agitation"(which gives me blotchy negatives) to continous agitation which seems to almost defeat the purpose of 2-bath developement. I just recently developed 4 images, all the same subject, 1 each in Beutlers, Stoeckler 2 bath, Rodinal 50:1 and D-23 3:1. HAven't printed the results yet but to my eye the Rodinal and D-23 3:1 gave superior results as to overall contrast shadow detail and "sparkle".
Anyway anyone have good information on agitation for 2 bath developement

[David Karp]

Ron,

I don't use any of the 2 bath devs you listed, but I agitate gently for 10 sec. each minute in each bath. That is what works for me.