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

[StoneNYC]

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

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.

[Wayne]

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

[Andrew O'Neill]

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

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.

[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?

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.

[Jim Noel]

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?

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.

[Andrew O'Neill]

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.

[DKirk]

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!

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.

[SergeiR]

Bravo, Sergei!

thank you

[andrewch59]

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???

[Tri Tran]

Hugo and I went out to shoot on the 4th. Here are some pictures at the Riley Wilderness Park in Coto de Caza, California.