I have a stack of negatives I'd like to develop soon.
Since my Jobo ATL 1500 was recently stolen, but my tanks and reels were stored elsewhere, I plan on loading the films onto the reels (looks like 6 sheets per reel, 3 on each side) and using the smallest of the tanks (holds one reel) for manual developing. It should take about 1l of chemicals to cover the top of films for regular stand/inversion developing, and about a third of that for roller/continuous agitation development.
I haven't yet decided on whether I'll roll them back and forth on the counter top or in a sink full of tempered water (I have a rubber stopper to seal the lid) or simply use the regular inversion method. I might try both and see how the results look.
With the ATL, it always ran a "pre-soak" cycle prior to adding the chemicals. Is this needed when using stand/inversion developing? Is it needed at all, or just something Jobo added at some point for a reason that no longer applies?
The emulsions in question are Agfa APX-100 and Arista EDU 100. I'll be developing in Rodinal.
Thanks for any information.
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