Tank shaking

Rosario

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How is important the tank shaking in C41 process?
Hard shaking what produce? Soft shaking? Never shaking? Continuos shaking?
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Kevin Caulfield

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In the Agfa process it is supposed to be continuous shaking for the first minute for the developers followed by two inversions every subsequent 30 seconds, except for the bleach-fix which must be agitated using two inversions every twenty seconds.
 
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I have the same kit [agfa process kit 70] I shake like you describe but I want to know what change on the film with a different shaking. What film do you use with this process?
 

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I guess you would get higher contrast the more vigorous the shaking.
I use Agfa Optima 100 mainly. But I've never experimented with different degrees of shaking intensity.
 
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