Originally Posted by
Pere Casals
...Personally I prefer trays, I've only one thing aganist rotary: I like additional control from agitation to craft my negative like I want, which I use only some 1/5 of the times, but most of the times if it's a (personally) important shot
...with reduced agitation we selectively slow more the development in the highlights, it also may boost "microcontrast".
...Sometime ago I analyzed the result in several negatives for Steve Sherman, we analyzed the tonal dispersion in several textures compared to the full range in the negative, and what he has been saying is true, I've no doubt. You may want that effect or not for an image, but it's a resource we may use. With trays we dose that effect to the point we want: continuous, reduced, semi-stand and stand...