Correct safelight for Agfa HDR-C Mammography film?

[Ricardo de Oliveira]

Hi all,
got a box of 18x 24 cm mammography film, Agfa HDR-C. I did two tests with yellow gelatine over a red bulb and with a bare red bulb, both more then one meter away, indirect lighting the working area, apparently weak (15 watt) and fogged both sheets.
Since I have to cut the sheets to fit 4x5 film holders and is a pain to work in the dark, I'd like to ask you experts in mammography film shooting what's the correct safelight? Or am I doomed to complete darkness?

[ic-racer]

I don't know of any red bulb that is safe for photographic purposes. Did you try an OC filter?

[Will Frostmill]

Some things that emit red light aren't as monochromatic as you need for green sensitive xray film. Try taking a CD into your darkroom, and see what colors of light (or how many bands) are reflected on the surface of the CD. A pure red LED should emit on only one band, a filtered incandescent bulb can be much wider spectrum. Red LED bulbs are available that are good for darkroom work - and some that aren't.

It's possible you've lucked into some panchromatic film, which is great. The usual suggestion is to buy a roller cutter, and tape bumpers to the bed, so that you can line up the film by feel in total darkness. I wouldn't feel lucky about using a free blade or guillotine cutter in the dark.

[Ricardo de Oliveira]

I'm taking a guillotine and taped a plastic rule over to serve as a stop. It worked first time but man...
I had just developed a pinhole shot I did at my balcony. The sheet is washing as I type. The film is GREAT. Fine grain. Contrast just right. Souped in Parodinal for 12 min. First sheet at 7 min was to thin. Exposed 100 ISO. No reciprocity. I'm really excited with my "discovery".

[Tin Can]

I have a dozen of these in a 600 sq ft space. I like them.

Read the X-ray threads it's all there.

[Ricardo de Oliveira]

In red?

[Will Frostmill]

Yes, in red. Click on the tiny red square under "select color". That changes the part number and UPC to this:
Part Number: E27-R8-G
UPC: 847781014778

Sounds like great film! I'm quite excited for you.

[Tin Can]

Yep RED, look at the info on it, it has a wavelength perfect for paper and X-Ray, old timers prefer yellow, but I prefer red and consider it 'safer'.

I put them in the cheap Home Depot work light reflectors for directional usage and keep them 4 ft away.

They use so little power I leave them on most of the time.

Some are in Kodak Bullet cans for nostalgia. I wish i had more Kodak bullet cans. Much cooler looking and the wall bracket is genius.

[Ricardo de Oliveira]

Thanks for the input, gents.

[stiganas]

I just discovered that my red bulb is (moderately) fogging the xray film. I bought some red led from a hardware store and is fogging the film big time. The E27 LED Bulb, 8 LED - Red Part Number: E27-R8-GUPC: 847781014778 from superbrightleds.com everybody is happy with works only at 120V.

Can you recommend a good red led available in europe (220V) - ideally easy to buy online from amazon.co.uk or from china shop like banggood, I don't want to spend money and time testing every red bulb available locally. Thank you.