Response to agitation: I do it different; it works, so why is it the oddball way?

You are not alone...you are not alone...you are not alone..

I too use an abnormal agitation technique...the half-full tank method...and it works great but every time I recommend it to anyone there's a half-dozen messages posted saying why it's bad and won't work. Of course none of those posters have ever _tried_ it....

I've never heard of anyone using the cocktail-shaker method for anything other than Technidol, but otoh since the idea of agitation is to move fresh developer to all of the emulsion surface as quickly as possible upon initiating an agitation cycle, I can't think of any reason to not do it that way other than slinging developer everywhere from a leaky tank.

So look at it this way; it works for you and if you can teach it to others so they can make it work, why not? The only thing that counts is what works.

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