How To Agitate Your Film

[@Garacha222]

i read comments on decades-old analog forums about agitation, but it is never as clear and accurate communication as when seeing a video like this. thanks for taking time to upload this.

[@hericperez]

It's so easy to learn with you. You have what it takes to teach, thank you!

[@unityoc]

Most comprehensive agitation video ever, so informative, thanks!

[@zipiqua]

A good confirmation of the way I use racks and tanks. Thank you!

[@reneb.7146]

Lovley, thank you for taking the time to do this.

[@G60s]

Best video on agitating!!!!

[@someonemearth5197]

Love the start, I found it funny

[@reprobedna8893]

thank you so much for this video! Very informative. Cheers.

[@lichtmaler]

shuffling in tray severely scratched my negatives. but it is one of the things some people manage to do. Just not me. I stick with the drums. ;-) Your work and knowledge you are sharing is simply excellent.

[@TheNakedPhotographer]

Trays definitely take practice. I’ve scratched my fair share of film when I was learning. And some film scratches easier than others.

[@АрманКаштан]

Hey men, so nice job. Thank you !

[@yaacovk]

Thank you, finally a concise and clear video, but i intend to try to roll the medium format or a small tank on the table, do you think it will work?

[@jonnoMoto]

Wow. That Kodak agitation schedule sure looks vigorous!

[@TheNakedPhotographer]

It works well for me

[@b6983832]

@@TheNakedPhotographer Me too. I have been using this for years with good results. It works also for color film, and I am too lazy to change my routine for each and every film. When developing in tanks manually, I always use the Kodak method. It is also too easy to screw up, if you keep changing your method. That said, I don´t have much experience from Ilford´s "own" developers based on phenidone. I use mostly HC-110 or D-76, with occasional Rodinal for my black and white work.

[@jacopotassinari]

Nice class, thanks! I wander if continuous agitation/inversions/rotations would change the developing time? Thanks^^

[@TheNakedPhotographer]

Yes, the more agitation, the shorter the time

[@izaguirreeder]

Great channel, very informative! I’ve tried both the Ilford and the Kodak method and when developing medium format I always get light vertical bands near the edges of the film (two; one on each edge). It’s not the film backs or the cameras, as I don’t get those when development is done by a lab, so I infer it must be my developing method. Googling yielded “developer surge”, which seems to match what I get, but people seem split on whether it’s due to under or over agitation. I’m wondering if you’ve ever encountered this. Keep up the great work!

[@TheNakedPhotographer]

Do you use a plastic or stainless reel?

[@izaguirreeder]

The Naked Photographer I’ve tried both a stainless steel and a plastic tank. Same results.

[@maxwellbrody22]

I've had the same issue and it drives me crazy

[@izaguirreeder]

Maxwell Brody I’ve continued to experiment and I found that doing a 30 second agitation at first, followed by one 5-second inversion every 30 seconds seems to fix the problem so far. That leads me to believe the problem was due to under agitation.

[@mexanalogo]

​@@izaguirreeder One agitation in 5 seconds?

[@cecilsharps]

when dinosaurs roamed the earth they taught us the ilford method in college. I used that consistently for years until i started developing with rodinal. the directions were 5 seconds of inversion out of every 30.

[@giacintoboccia9386]

Paterson tank instructions call for another scheme: use the agitator at the start and then invert one time every minute.

[@mamiyapress]

Will the Clock not fog the film?

[@TheNakedPhotographer]

Only if you press the film against it

[@tangjinbh4fdj970]

I think it is better to follow jobo’s instruction that rotate at 75rpm🤣

[@ConstantThrowing]

... no... no I won't!

[@leafromage]

Lmao

[@aLittlePal]

looks like there is only this type of instruction going around throughout the years of film, can't people just simply understand what is going on and figuring out what to do?