I completed my first attempt at tray processing this weekend (Crown graphic Ekta r 152, 4x5 Delta 100, Sprint (~D76) in 8x10 trays, 72 deg, time 7min 30sec, 8 ne gatives, tray was abt 1/2 full with chemicals). I followed AA's recommendations from "The Negative" but found a two problems:
- I tried my best to keep the negatives together in the 8x10 trays and turned ar ound one of the negatives to keep track of my agitation(all were emulsion side u p in the trays) but the negatives kept moving about the tray and got out of sequ ence. I did one complete rotation every minute after two initial complete rotati ons.
- I wound up with several scratches.
question: As an alternative, can I use a single 5x7 tray and pour dev, stop, fix , etc. into and out of the tray instead of separate trays? Also, can I agitate a s I do with my prints by swirling the tray instead of moving the the bottom neg to the top? I found my initial set of D100 rather contrasty so I believe I was a gitating too aggressively.
Thanks - It feels great to be developing my own negatives now. Just looking to f ine tune my technique.
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