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

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Originally Posted by Randy Moe

Stone, I cannot judge your results from your shared image.

If you notice I never 'judge' any images, I simply say I like them and never say I don't like them. I don't critique.

It was a simple question that only you can answer.

That's all, no persecution intended.

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Sorry, text can be hard to "read" I'm very happy with the outcome.

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Originally Posted by Corran

Huh? Did you process that yourself? Or are you enlarging onto it or something? I've done that with poor results, trying x-ray as a substitute for lith film.

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Processed in Sprint at Paper dilution. I find Lith film to catch fingerprints too easily and it's so ... Thin, it's just a pain, so tried X-Ray, it works, everyone has a style.

Guys this whole X-ray filter convo should be in the OTHER X-Ray discussion thread.

I don't usually shoot portraits (if you can call this a portrait even) but I have borrowed a friends 11x14 as I have lenses and a single holder, and was visiting my friend and decided I wanted to give it a shot, well I had no lighting and so the meter read something like 15-25 seconds (I forget) which I estimated with reciprocity to be 3 minutes long with this X-Ray film, I was pretty spot on.

Anyway 3 minute exposure f/32, 11x14 AGFA Curix in Rodinal, rotary tank.

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Very nice. My film have a blue tint (I think it was the blue not the green one). How do you intent to use (show) the positive ?

I use a bleach bath bichromate 50g/sulphuric acid 50g per 1l diluted 1:9 and clearing bath 50g/l sulfite. I made the solutions for a friend desperate of the high price of Foma reversal kit and this opened my appetite to play with paper and Xray film reversal.

Funny part I see now paper as luxury/expensive compared with Xray. I tested Xray in 4x5 holders and paper in 6x7 holders (with Mamiya RB67)

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Originally Posted by StoneNYC

Example (test, 8x10 X-Ray Positive)

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Yes, that's true. Assuming he even knows of the other X-ray thread.

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Originally Posted by StoneNYC

Guys this whole X-ray filter convo should be in the OTHER X-Ray discussion thread.

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Originally Posted by StoneNYC

Processed in Sprint at Paper dilution. I find Lith film to catch fingerprints too easily and it's so ... Thin, it's just a pain, so tried X-Ray, it works, everyone has a style.

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So you are saying it is an enlargement onto the x-ray film.

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Originally Posted by StoneNYC

Example (test, 8x10 X-Ray Positive)

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Hello,

What kind/brand of film are you using? It seems to have a very light base, unlike the very very blue base I have on the film I'm using...

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Originally Posted by stiganas

Very nice. My film have a blue tint (I think it was the blue not the green one). How do you intent to use (show) the positive ?
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Since I haven't finished the project I'll hold back on my intentions just yet but I'll share when it's done.

I applaud your reversal efforts, I'm not that advanced.

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Originally Posted by Corran

So you are saying it is an enlargement onto the x-ray film.

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Duplicate would be a more appropriate word than enlargement.

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Originally Posted by Primo Itch

Hello,

What kind/brand of film are you using? It seems to have a very light base, unlike the very very blue base I have on the film I'm using...

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Kodak Ektascan 8x10, it's bluer than the picture but less so than my AGFA Curix X-Ray film.

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Originally Posted by StoneNYC

Duplicate would be a more appropriate word than enlargement.

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Why are you being so coy? So a contact print from an 8x10 original negative.

I experimented with enlarging a 35mm onto 8x10 x-ray film for an internegative and then contact printing that for a final negative for alt processes. The final neg was extremely soft just by eye. I postulated it was because of the double-sided emulsion so did not test further. Too much trouble to bleach the interneg and final neg. I'd rather shoot original camera negatives for alt process anyway rather than enlarge a small format negative, if I was to get back into Kallitypes.