What ISO is this Xray film???

[Will Thompson]

I have a 100 sheet box of 11x14 Konica Minolta Physicians Choice PPG Xray film.

The MFGR site says this:

Physicians Choice Films are compatible with all major chemistries, and are designed for automatic and hand processing cycles.

Type PPG is a high contrast, green sensitive, orthochromatic medical imaging film. Designed for 90-second processing, PPG can also be manually processed.

I was wondering what ISO it might be. As of now I have not been able to contact anyone at the MFGR that knows what to expect from it as B&W film.

Any info would be most helpful.

Thanks!

[Gene McCluney]

A lot of X-ray film when used for pictorial photography gets exposed at 50 to 100 ISO with good success. I know this is not specific, but X-ray film is very inexpensive, when compared to "normal" camera film, and most people test to find the ISO with their preferred developer. I am not aware of any X-ray film, from any manufacturer that will be rated in ISO numbers that you can use for making pictorial photographs. You just have to test.

[Will Thompson]

Is that ISO 50-100 only the Blue sensitive and not the Green?

[rippo]

i've shot with some green-sensitive xray film and it's about ISO 50. at least.

[John Curran]

I've shot some CXS high speed blue X-ray film. I tried some sunny 16 shots @ ISO 50 that were over exposed, 100 ISO was better.

regards

john

[camerabrain]

what developer can you use for this stuff? Will any developer work?

[Vaughn]

I use "Daylight" Agfa Cronex -- the speed varies with the light conditions. I have gotten good results at 400 ASA out under the blue sky, but it drops considerable under the dense forest -- probably due to the amount of blue light available.

I am using Ilford Universal PQ Developer...what I also use for FP4+.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

I shoot all of my x-ray film at ISO 80. Good shadow detail in the deepest areas. I think the film you have is green sensitive. Try it at 80. Like Gene said it is so cheap you can afford to test.... even in 14x17!

[Jay DeFehr]

This is great news! I assumed X-ray film was about as sensitive as lith film, but I'm very happy to be wrong. I'm looking forward to shooting some 10x12!

[Curt]

Same here, I'm finishing the build on an 11x14 made with hardware from a Kodak camera. I didn't get any response on a request for film holders so that construction is next. Camera Bellows gave me a quote for a bellows of 240£ so I'm making one for this build. If I like the format I'm going to make a folding Wista type and get a custom bellows.

I'll shoot the 8x10 green I have at 80 and see how it works out. I'll use Pyrocat HD too.

Curt

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