I developed my first shots on 4x5, it was indeed an exciting experience. The process was fun, but prior to developing my negatives I did some research.
According to multiple blogs on the internet, the Yankee Tank seems to be a last resort. I’d have to use it a bit more to give my honest opinion on the tank but unfortunately, my first development did not go as planned.
I don’t think the reason my first batch of negatives came out weird was due to the Yankee Tank. I think it was due to user error. I always take mistakes as a learning experience on what not to do in the future so no hard feelings whatsoever!
I gave my hand at stand developing with Rodinal, reason being was due to a lot of Yankee Tank users having weird streaks on their negatives. I definitely did not want this to happen. Stand would’ve given me the least amount of agitation possible with the tank and the least amount of a mess happening. I tried executing stand developing with Rodinal diluted at 1:100 for an hour.
The image above is the winner of the batch. Luckily, it came out as intended! The other images seem to have some issues with the edges, I strongly believe the reason being was because of the spillage of solution when doing the agitation. I tried to make sure there was enough liquid in the tank so I went ahead and poured some additional water to compensate, big mistake! This diluted the developer, causing the issue below.
lesson learned.