Use of X-ray film: technical discussion with example images

[ImSoNegative]

ya it was in a cemetary, after i dev the film and scanned i noticed a whole family of spiders living under the basket? the angel was holding, kind of creepy lol. hey did you guys get some snow up there?

[jon.oman]

here is one i shot today, calumet c1, 480 red dot artar, yellow no. 12 filter, green sensitive xray film, scratched while being squeegied, %^&%$


The Overseer by J. Golden, on Flickr

I really like this shot. It seems to bring out the best in the x-ray film. I'll have to try a yellow filter.....

You can save that image using Photoshop, etc. The scratch is easy to remove. Then, maybe a digital negative?

[Randy]

No snow for us (unless I slept through it last night and it didn't stick), though about an hour north/west of us (above Roanoke VA) they got a little.

I did notice the spiders under the basket. Am guessing Daddy Long-legs?

What you could do about the scratch is just say it was a glass plate neg that you dropped and broke I'd believe you.

[ImSoNegative]

yes daddy long legs i think, ok randy sounds good, glass plate, broke it and pieced it back together, not a bad job huh? : )

[Luke79]

J. Are you using Green or Blue xray Film with the yellow Filter ?
Greetings

[ImSoNegative]

Hi luke, i use green with a yellow no. 12 (minus blue), i tried it with a no. 8 first didnt work as well as a 12. i expose it at 100.

[Randy]

J. Are you using Green or Blue xray Film with the yellow Filter ?
Greetings

Luke, if you go back and look at his post on the previous page, he states... "using green sensitive xray film rated at 100, calumet c1 camera, 14 in. petzval, yellow no.12 filter"

EDIT - Rats, he beat me to it.

[Luke79]

Thx a Lot

[ScottPhotoCo]

I just received my first 10x12 green latitude film (seems the 8x10 is on back order). My question is this: Should X-ray film be stored in the refrigerator like "regular" film? Other than how delicate it is, are there any other special handling requirements?

I'm planning to tray develop with glass bottom trays (smooth piece of glass or plexi in the bottom of a standard plastic tray.

Thanks!

Tim
www.ScottPhoto.co

[Vaughn]

I do not think that the keeping properties of some x-ray film is as good as standard film. A box of Agfa that I had out had the fridge for a long time (6+ months) had the emulsion soften and fall off in the fixing bath and through the washing stage. But from a box in the fridge of the same emulsion batch, no problems. In both cases, the fixer and fixing time was the same (film was unexposed in both cases, also).