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

It does matter. I bought a red incandescent from the hardware store and that didn't work at all. Randy's light is a sure thing, though. Other LEDs haven't worked always for people here. Apparently there are several different types that look identical but aren't.

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Originally Posted by Karasugoi

Oh that's great Randy, thank you. I'll check these out.

So basically it doesn't really matter what red light you use? Since I don't have too much experience using this film I don't want to accidentally expose it with the wrong darkroom light. This has happened to me using some alternative processes.

An LED seems pretty bright to me. Randy if you have had a good run with these, that's good enough for me.

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I can only recommend the red LED's I have linked to here.

I would not trust and have no experience with other red bulbs.

Yes, I find them bright enough to cut film and not fingers.

See the following website:

http://www.kodak.com/global/en/profe...845/ti0845.pdf

R.

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Originally Posted by Ralph Weimer

See the following website:

http://www.kodak.com/global/en/profe...845/ti0845.pdf

R.

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Also see this page which has the graphs for the LED's I specified. https://www.superbrightleds.com/more...Specifications

Seeing these spectrum, I choose RED LED from this company. Way cheaper than any other safelight.

Nice Brian!

I know this probably comes up often but where can you buy Kodak X-ray film

I bought mine from this company for the same reason - spectral charts. But it was a lot more expensive when I bought it. Almost twenty dollars. Still cheaper than any other darkroom light I could find at the time.

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Originally Posted by Randy Moe

Also see this page which has the graphs for the LED's I specified. https://www.superbrightleds.com/more...Specifications

Seeing these spectrum, I choose RED LED from this company. Way cheaper than any other safelight.

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Also, before Randy mentioned his bulbs, I had bought a real medical safelight on Ebay. It wasn't too expensive, was new, and had a regular deep red filter as Kodak recommends and 15W bulb. After trying to work with it a couple of times I gave up because it was so dark--it was good for finding lost things, but not for cutting film or anything else. Even at that, it wasn't all that safe!

Im not sure if i posted this on this site, or somewhere else, or if i just thought I did, but I got some 4x5 green x-ray film from the FPP.

Im seeing a wide range of dev times even with the same dilutions/developers. Id like to try my hand at this film this spring but as mentioned, such a wide range of times Im not sure where to start. Might even try some still life shots with it since its *way* too cold for me to venture outside with a camera.

All i have at hand for developers is HC-110 and Rodinal.

What do the x-ray guru's here at LFP suggest? Any help/guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Derek

Fuji HR-T
~ EI 80
Rodinal 1:100
6:30, 68 degrees F

Adjust to taste. Is it Fuji or something different?

Example:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--cSbWYHQsr...s640/0046s.jpg

BTW, thanks Peter and stradibarrius!