Thx for the advice all of you... one more thing.. I found some Tetenal Ultra Fine Plus... will this do the job? And if I decide to use this... Im not sure about the agiation. I normally "tilt" the canister. How many times should this be done doing the developing process?
I can't speak to the Tetenal Ultra Fine Plus, since I've never used it. Concerning agitation, though, there are several different agitation styles. The most common ones seem to be to agitate for 5 seconds every 30 seconds of development or for 10 seconds every 60 seconds of development. (In both cases, it's common to agitate continuously for the first 30 seconds or so of development.) When using inversion agitation, you'd turn the tank upside down and then back to normal about 2-5 times for every 5 seconds of agitation, depending on the speed with which you do it. When done with each cycle, rap the tank on the table to dislodge bubbles. You can increase or decrease agitation to vary contrast and other effects on the finished film, but changing agitation usually requires a change in development time.
As you might gather, there's no one "correct" way to agitate. Two people who read my preceding description (or any other description of agitation) and who have no other experience could come up with agitation techniques that differ from one another and that might require different developing times. Both might work equally well, though. Thus, it's more important to be consistent in how you agitate than to do it in precisely the way you see it described. (That said, improper agitation can cause problems, but those will turn up quickly enough.)
