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

In the US I buy mine on Ebay--I imagine that would work where you are, too?

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Originally Posted by Wayne

I'm talking about density not spectral sensitivity. I've read both threads from start to finish though that doesn't mean I remember everything

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Density lies in your choices of exposure and development technique, that's completely up to you and your methods as far as I perceive it. Best of luck to you in your X-Ray adventures.

Thanks Stone, but that much is fairly obvious. Anyone else care to comment on how they judge their x-ray negatives?

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Does a good x-ray negative look like a good pictorial film x-ray or should it look denser because of the two emulsions?

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I aim for specific DR's for carbon printing. A densitometre is handy. Side-by-side comparisons, they look very similar. A double-sided emulsion still looks the same as single-sided film, as long as their DR's are the same.

Sorry, I'm not a sensitometry guy. Don't you strip your negatives though? Which version "looks similar" to conventional film, the stripped or unstripped version?

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Originally Posted by Andrew O'Neill

I aim for specific DR's for carbon printing. A densitometre is handy. Side-by-side comparisons, they look very similar. A double-sided emulsion still looks the same as single-sided film, as long as their DR's are the same.

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Originally Posted by Wayne

Sorry, I'm not a sensitometry guy. Don't you strip your negatives though? Which version "looks similar" to conventional film, the stripped or unstripped version?

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I don't strip my negatives. Looking through them they look similar to non-x-ray negatives. If stripped, half the density is removed thus they do not meet my needs for salt prints.

Anybody who works with film, is a sensitometry guy to some degree, even if they don't own a densitometre. I'm talking about unstripped negatives. Yes, I have done some testing and the film prints best with both emulsions, therefore I do not strip.

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Originally Posted by kleinbatavia

Hello all, great work displayed in this thread. Have been meaning to shoot some xray myself, but it's a little hard to come by. I'm in Europe at the moment and csx will not ship here. Does anyone know of a good source for xray film (preferable green) in the EU? Thanks!

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Don't know how it would be in Spain, but Ebay gets it to the UK from Tennessee in less than 12 days (according to the tracking 4 of which were while it was in the hands of the courier) with the Global Shipping so you pay the Customs in advance.

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Originally Posted by gdi

Bravo, Sergei!

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thank you :)

There is some MXR 11X14 G Plus on fee bay at the moment, the 11x14 seems a bit harder to get these days, anyone tried this particular film???