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Originally Posted by RalphLambrecht  Joe
You can shorten it further and make it even less tedious. The 1/2 minute pre-soak doesn't do anything for you anyway other than extending development time a little. |
OTOH, a pre-soak swells the emulsion in readiness to accept the dev, gets the film and tank up to the processing temperature and helps prevent air-bells on the film.
IME good, clean negatives go a long way towards good prints. I'd say they are worth a couple of minutes' wait.