Hi Ryuji:(posted 8179 days ago)
I take it your aversion to an acid stop bath is based on a fear of pinholes? Don't worry. I think this is only a problem if you process at high temperatures (above 75 deg F) or make up too strong a stop bath. 5ml of Glacial Acetic acid in 500ml of water is quite strong enough to arrest development.
The only time I've ever had trouble with pinholes, was when using lith film, developed in a Hydroquinone-caustic developer.
If you still think it's too risky, then yes, why not pull the development by 30sec or a minute?Consider this though: All C41 films are commercially developed at 100 deg F (38.7 celcius), and in most processing machines the film passes straight from the alkaline developer into an acid fix, or blix, bath. Yet I've never seen a single complaint about pinholed color negatives!