On 2/8/21 4:00 PM, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
On 2/8/21 3:37 PM, Robert Shanebrook (Redacted sender makingkodakfilm for
DMARC) wrote:
Do you consider it "stand" when nitrogen burst is used? I view
nitrogen busrt as high agitation.
There is a terminological problem here and Steve Sherman (I think it was him)
has suggested the following taxonomy of terms (this is my paraphrasing
from memory - mistakes are mine):
Convention - Agitation once or more - up to continuous - per minute
Semi-Stand - Also called "Extreme Minimal Agitation". Extended development in
highly dilute developer with 2 or 3 equidistant in time short
agitations
after an initial 1-2 minutes of continuous agitation.
Stand - Initial continuous agitation (2 minutes is typical) followed
by a very long period of "standing" in highly dilute develpor.
In some cases, people do a single midpoint short agitation
which is still considered stand.
That would suggest that Chauncey's friend is doing Semi-Stand or EMA.
Terminology aside, what both Semi-Stand/EMA and Stand have in common is
exploiting developer exhaustion for compensating effect, an increase
in shadow density (increase in effective ASA), and improved apparent
acuity.
It is because of the many monsters that lurk in true stand development
(not to mention the time) that Semi-Stand/EMA has gotten such attention.
Both Sandy King and Steve Sherman have lead the way here and anyone
interested owes it to themselves to acquaint themselves with their work.
Here is Steve giving us an overview of EMA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-K4sQn-1Fk
