Originally Posted by
Oren Grad
In his book "Beyond the Zone System", Phil Davis says it as follows (emphasis added):
"About 5 seconds before each time expires, remove a tube from the water bath, and holding it over the sink drain or the waste container, quickly remove the cap, dump the developer, and plunge the tube into the acid stop bath tray. Roll it for a few seconds with one hand, using the other to continue agitating the remaining tubes in the water bath. If this operation is carried out in dim light and completed within a few seconds, there is virtually no danger of fogging the films." (In the third edition which I have, this is on page 79, figure 6-9j.)
Yes, I have actually done this successfully, both in Phil's darkroom during a visit and in my own.
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