Hi all...
Just got out of the darkroom trying tray dev for the first time. Just experimented with 2 sheets of Tri-X in HC110 Dilution H, 74 degrees, 5 minutes (approx) with 2 min presoak.
They were both reciprocity adjusted exposures, probably not the best to judge a first-time experience with as far as benchmarks go, but still very worthwhile.
Negs look great and are drying now...
The only problems were:
1) Trying to feel for the film in the trays with a glove on PLUS the fact that the film seems to migrate through the 8x10 tray. I used "shuffle" agitation, but probably agitated and fumbled a bit more due to my inexperience.
2) My kitchen timer malfunctioned due to fumbling in the dark, but when I realized that, I think I was able to prejudge the time very well.
All in all, negs look good, possibly a bit more contrasty than my usual job with medium format tank work, possibly due to the agitation or gradually higher dev temps from fingers in the tray during agitation.
Looking forward to scanning them. I'll try to post a link after I do that.
Would love any comments and/or suggestions...
Thanks!
Paul
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