Ok, so I'm loving the Mod 54 so far and am getting great results with E6 and standard BW development. I would like, however, to use stand development regularly. I'm liking the results I'm getting except for some uneven portions of the negative shown below.
There seems to be an abundance of developer running across the teeth of the Mod onto the proximal areas of the film. Not sure what's causing this. There also seems to be a gradation where more developer is staying at the bottom. Yes, there's snow on this image, but I've had others with sky do this same thing.
My process currently:
1:100 Rodinal
~60 sec pre soak
Add dev. and agitate 4-5 times and tap.
Invert Twice at 30min mark
Pour out Dev after 60 mins total.
On this particular negative the streams look like they're cause by the developer being poured out, but on other negatives the streams appear in the opposite direction flowing down.
Negatives are loaded correctly and stay in the slots until the wash. Notch code stays at top left.
I know people are using the Mod 54 with stand dev, but I can't quite get the hang of it. I've done research and have found others with uneven development, but none like the flowing streams from the teeth I'm getting. Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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