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

While getting an X-Ray this weekend, I talked to the digital X-Ray tech and she told X-Ray analog film is becoming hard to get and thus all USA users are switching to digital asap. She had never heard of taking pictures with it.

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Originally Posted by ScottPhotoCo

Finally had a chance to continue my testing. Here are my four latest shots with details. All were processed in a Jobo tank with continuous agitation for 7m using Adinol (25mL:1L) at 68 degrees. No presoak.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3727/1...d5b3379f_b.jpg
XRay_Test_Jobo_ScottPhotoCo_0214-4_WM by ScottPhoto.co, on Flickr
Camera: Deardorff v8
Lens: 16.5" Goerz Artar
Film: Kodak Ektascan B/RA (metered at 80iso)
Exposure: 1s at f16

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7404/1...293f995f_b.jpg
XRay_Test_Jobo_ScottPhotoCo_0214-2_WM by ScottPhoto.co, on Flickr
Camera: Deardorff v8
Lens: 16.5" Goerz Artar
Film: Kodak Ektascan B/RA (metered at 80iso)
Exposure: 1s at f22

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3807/1...5f605dd5_b.jpg
XRay_Test_Jobo_ScottPhotoCo_0214-3_WM by ScottPhoto.co, on Flickr
Camera: Deardorff v8
Lens: 15x12 Ross
Film: Kodak Ektascan B/RA (metered at 80iso)
Exposure: 1/20s at f8

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2830/1...e2c14d17_b.jpg
XRay_Test_Jobo_ScottPhotoCo_0214-1_WM by ScottPhoto.co, on Flickr
Camera: Deardorff v8
Lens: 15x12 Ross
Film: Kodak Ektascan B/RA (metered at 80iso)
Exposure: 1.2s at f8

These were only shot for testing and not for content.

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Thanks for sharing your developer time / temp. What do you use for stop / clearing? Thanks Angus

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Originally Posted by angusparker

Thanks for sharing your developer time / temp. What do you use for stop / clearing? Thanks Angus

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Hi Angus,

I use a water rinse as stop and Kodak fixer. I also use Kodak HypoClear.

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Originally Posted by ScottPhotoCo

Hi Angus,

I use a water rinse as stop and Kodak fixer. I also use Kodak HypoClear.

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Thanks. Images look nice. I can't believe how good this film works! I might come to prefer it over regular film - in some of my test images the Ektascan was better than FP4. Hard to believe.

Posted this on the current portrait thread, but it fits here, too. Second shot on Ektascan. Developed in HC-110 dil H, 6:10 at 20C, rotary with a Beseler print drum on a Uniroller.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3829/1...39971a38_c.jpg
img212 by Scott --, on Flickr

Images were a little hot, whether due to a little over exposure or over developing, but fully scannable. Grain is almost non-existent, at least compared to the Arista.EDU I'm used to shooting. Emulsion is way soft when wet; dry it seems fairly robust.

Another view but through magnifying glass, same film. I used a piece of black construction paper with a large hole.

Bananas.

Shot on plain ol' green cxs film. ISO 50 - dev in D23 2-bath.

Attachment 112607 Attachment 112608

Excellent! Interesting how the green lat film rendered the yellow skin...

Another Ektascan/Adonal test. Not liking this combination yet. 14" f/6 Petzval on 8x10 Ektascan BR/A. Adonal 1:110 6:15 at 20C.

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2839/...a30d0be8_z.jpg
img214 by Scott --, on Flickr

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Originally Posted by Scott --

Another Ektascan/Adonal test. Not liking this combination yet. 14" f/6 Petzval on 8x10 Ektascan BR/A. Adonal 1:110 6:15 at 20C.

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2839/...a30d0be8_z.jpg
img214 by Scott --, on Flickr

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Scott, I like the portraits of your son. But this one looks like it was out of focus and then (over) sharpened in Photoshop? Otherwise I don't see why the combo would be undesirable. It looks like good tones to me.