Images shot with Orthochromatic / Ortho Film / Litho

[mmerig]

Shoal Falls, Gros Ventre Mountains in Wyoming

Ilford Ortho Plus, 4 by 5 negative. 121 mm F8 SK

[Tin Can]

I wonder why in our distant past X-Ray was not rolled into this Ortho thread?

[Martin Aislabie]

Ground Station, Eastern Washington by Austin Granger, on Flickr

What is a ground station ?
Thanks
Martin

[Daniel Unkefer]

18x24 Mammo Sinar Norma 300 Xenar Arista No 2 RC by Nokton48, on Flickr

Second test of 18x24cm Kodak Min-R XRay film developed 18 minutes at 60F Straight replenished Legacy Mic-X in Cesco trays. 300mm Schneider Xenar barrel lens f22 Yellow Filter. Four pops Broncolor C171 Beauty Light Contact Print 8x10 Arista #2 RC Multigrade dev. Again interesting how the red flowers go deep black.



18x24 Mammo Shortie Sawed Off Norma by Nokton48, on Flickr

This is a test shot (my Shorty Norma) French Kodak 18x24cm Mammo Film, processed in D23 1:1. Taking camera is my new Annie/Avedon inspired 8x10 Norma. I applied 30 degrees of front and rear swing, the Norma original recessed lensboard is sharp all the way across the field. I like how the DOF drops off with the 360mm f5.6 Norma Symmar. There appears to be highlight blooming, which I find kind of attractive. Best thing about this film was that it was not at all expensive. And I have a lot of it

18x24cm Mammo Norma 121mm F45 18 pops C171 Beauty Light Grid by Nokton48, on Flickr

Testing Kodak Mammography 18x24cm in HC-110 "H" 6.5 mins at ambient. 8x10 Sinar Norma 121mm F8 Sinar Norma Schneider Super Angulon on Norma Vertical Copy Arrangement. Shooting straight down at F45. Broncolor C171 Monolight with Broncolor Blue Pulso Beauty Dish, popped eighteen times with shutter on "B" to build up the density. Contact printed Omega DII with Omegalite Arista RC #2 Matte paper Multigrade developer. Digital background shot by Tim Layton and was blown up by me at Costco. It was dark red so I guess I should have expected a lack of density on the right. Live and learn. Highlight tonality looks decent to me. 18x24 XRay film is easy and fun to shoot

[nolindan]

You can get this film at Freestyle, although it is no longer being manufactured:
http://www.freestylephoto.biz/12781-...8x10-10-sheets
I've been playing around with it, seems like it will be good for cyanotypes at least.

I've used Freestyle's house brand litho film to create enlarged negatives for making cyanotypes. Reversal processing produces a high contrast continuous tone copy negative. I used 1:2 Dektol for the first and second developer, P. Chromate/Sulfuric Acid bleach, S. Sulfite clearing bath.

Ortho lithographic film is very different stuff than plain-old continuous tone orthochromatic film. Something advertising itself as 'hard dot' is going to be contrasty even for a lithographic film.

[austin granger]

What is a ground station ?
Thanks
Martin

Technically it is a VOR ground station, but I didn't think that would mean much to most people (myself included) so I left that off. Also, I enjoy the ambiguity. But what is a VOR station, you ask? It's used for aircraft navigation. This is a better explanation than I could ever give: https://www.liveabout.com/vor-navigation-system-282557

[Tin Can]

Oddly I just listened to a history of aircraft navigation. Very interesting!

Technically it is a VOR ground station, but I didn't think that would mean much to most people (myself included) so I left that off. Also, I enjoy the ambiguity. But what is a VOR station, you ask? It's used for aircraft navigation. This is a better explanation than I could ever give: https://www.liveabout.com/vor-navigation-system-282557

[austin granger]

Portland by Austin Granger, on Flickr

[Tin Can]

Exotic!

Portland by Austin Granger, on Flickr

[Daniel Unkefer]

Layton Falls Comm Ortho by Nokton48, on Flickr

Sinar Norma 4x5 90mm F8 Super Angulon Ilford Commercial Ortho ISO 50 D76 Aristo #2 8x10 RC Multigrade developer