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

Sergei and everyone who is posting, thanks. The wealth of knowledge in this thread is amazing. One of the reasons I started it. I'll get back to posting soon. I've been busy building my camera and recently got back from a trip to the Redwoods shooting all four of my cameras. A lot of film to develop and since I never post scans it will take me time to get carbon prints done and posted..... only not in this thread as I shot the other kind of film on this trip.

I will get back to working on my carbon transfer portraits using x-ray film very soon and in the meantime keep the great images coming and please give us your details as I love to learn as well. The work has been stunning and can't wait to see more. Thanks.

A couple I shot today using the Rittreck View w/ 8x10 back, 355 RD Artar, green xray film

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5614/...6f5bcc08_z.jpgfalls by goldenimageworks65, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7524/...b0645e5c_z.jpgJulia by goldenimageworks65, on Flickr

Awesome Images both of them!

Thanks Jim!!

These shots are beautifl but "Julia" is the best! is this green or blue?

thank you stradibarrius, I say its green because that is what I ordered but what I ordered was Fuji HR U but what I got was Fuji HR T, not sure what the difference is, Jim probably knows. I exposed it at 100, developed in ilfosol 3

My victim from the other day came by yesterday and said he'd like to use one of the others from the take for PR, one that
wasn't so morose, so I shopped it up appropriately for publication use. The reason for the visit was gluing up a seam on his
viola, thus the clamps. I wasn't planning that he'd actually want to use it. :-)

Someone asked about the inevitability of high contrast and low key. This one's processed to look normal. Skin tones will
always be a bit dark relative to pan films because of x-ray film's lack of red sensitivity, which will render anything that's
red, or partially red such as skin, darker than pan film would do it.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7550/...72fb90a6_b.jpg

Roger Chase 2--PR version by michael.darnton, on Flickr

Thanks...it seems most people are using green???
I am shooting 4x5 and would have to cut 8x10 into 4- 4x5 sheets. Is Xray film easily scratched?

It's easy to scratch the emulsion when it's wet, just as with regular film. I haven't had any scratches from my paper cutter, though.
You should probably take this type of question over to the x-ray technical thread.....keep this one for photos, as per it's title.
http://www.largeformatphotography.in...and-comparison

What would be the average speed for Green and Blue film? Using Rodinal developer, what consentration and developer Temperature would be suggested for a starting point? Shorty from the West Cost