Originally Posted by
bashful
I don't recall anything about violent agitation in the manual - they give a procedure which is to hold the 445 upright in both hands, tilt it slightly to the left, rotate it away from you with the right corner uppermost for a full rotation, then tilt it to the right and rotate again, so you're effectively sloshing the chemicals across the face of the film. You can do it as slowly as you like. (I've done plenty of 4x5 in Rodinal, and it's been acceptable by my amateur standards)
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