Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/28
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I address this to Mark, cause he's a guru, and Stephen, cause his pix have a
beautifully even tonality. But I would like to hear from others.
Agitation. 35mm. In tanks. Whaddya do?
Ever since I bought a film scanner I have become aware of unevenness in my
negs. They are more dense at the edges. It has to be to do with my
agitation, which is usually two (slowish) twist and rotate inversions per
30secs (these take around 8 seconds) after 30s continuous at the start.
I get the density problem whatever the length of time of development, from 3
mins to 11 mins. A total pain in the arse.
OT, maybe, but all the pix are shot with a leica, and I respect the opinions
of folks on this list.
I could post negs if anyone was interested, but the problem is pretty
simple.
Too much agitation? Too little? Or the wrong kind? It has to be one of them.
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John Brownlow
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