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

[plaubel]

http://www.bema-kg.de/Fuji-Super-HR-E30-13x18-cm-100-Bl
You can try this.

In late spring some LF-people will meet again at my house, nearby Berlin, so if you are interested?

Ritchie

[barnacle]

Thanks Ritchie; a good link there in an amazing number of sizes - but not 20x25cm for some reason. The 12x30 would give three 12x10 sheets with no wastage, even cheaper.

Though I am tempted by the possibilities of 30x90cm for some very large format landscapes... if only I had a lens with a meter coverage! (I wonder about a pinhole...)

Can't commit a date at the moment for a meeting, but please keep me informed; I'd love to meet. Life is a bit complicated at present.

Neil

[Neil Purling]

Is there anybody in the UK who cuts down X-ray film to 4x5? I am interested in trying some, but no not have a darkroom to do the trimming.
If anyone can answer please send me a Private Message.

[Thodoris Tzalavras]

After quite a bit of prep work, we're almost ready for the expansion of our little vineyard.

I shot this picture a couple of days ago.
The sun was playing hide and seek with the clouds.
Thankfully, just before it went down behind the hills in the west, the clouds opened for a few minutes, and allowed me enough time to make a couple exposures.
I attempted to make this picture the day before, but the clouds just didn't budge.

This is my first successful exposure on a new (to me) x-ray film that I'm trying out.
It's the Agfa HDR. A green sensitive, single sided, mammography film, with anti-halation layer.

18x24cm camera
Sironar-N 210mm
Agfa HDR (x-ray film) at 12asa.
Tray developed by inspection in Ilford MG 1+100 at 22C for 20min (semistand).
Scan from negative, finished in PS.

[koraks]

Excellent Thodoris. May I ask where you sourced this film? I've looked before but haven't located a convenient channel yet.

[Thodoris Tzalavras]

Excellent Thodoris. May I ask where you sourced this film? I've looked before but haven't located a convenient channel yet.

I found a couple of expired boxes at my local Agfa distributor. They stopped carrying it after their clients switched to digital a few years back. They still carry the CPG+ however, which is the film I've been using for years.
I'm still in testing mode, so I haven't make my mind up yet.
The first impressions are very positive though.

[koraks]

It looks great. Does it have an anti halation backing? I kind of miss that on my double sided film. The green sensitive stuff isn't too bad, but the blue sensitive film suffers very badly from highlight halation.

[Thodoris Tzalavras]

It looks great. Does it have an anti halation backing? ...

Thank you.
And I can confirm that it has indeed an anti halation backing.

[Fr. Mark]

Thodoris, BTW that photo looks much better on my laptop than my phone! I wonder if the Agfa is available in the US. Not that I need yet another photo project!

[Thodoris Tzalavras]

Thanks Mark.
I could offer to send you a few sheets.
18x24cm is a weird format though. It's very wasteful to cut down to 4x5" or other "regular" sizes.
That's why I went out and built a whole system around it.