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

[NiNo]

very nice portrait
i need try green x-ray

Shot today. 8x10, Fuji Green in D23, 1:6, 12 min.
Just trying to be a 1965-vintage studio portrait photographer . . . .



Roger Chase by michael.darnton, on Flickr

[mdarnton]

Thanks.

Randy, the lens is a 17" Copying Ektanon, f10 at f16.

I am really liking what x-ray film does for skin tones, though it perhaps shows too much--skin inconsistencies pop right out. However, learning retouching is also on my calendar.

[Ricardo de Oliveira]

Testing Agfa HDR-C mammo film. Shot with incandescent light. Parodinal 12 min. Toyo 45C, Schneider 210 Simmar S, f.8.
Having problems cutting the 18x24 sheet in the dark. Lots of scratches here. Difficult to find a safelight in the local market.

[SergeiR]

Shot today. 8x10, Fuji Green in D23, 1:6, 12 min.
Just trying to be a 1965-vintage studio portrait photographer . . . .

that is VERY good result

[stradibarrius]

WOW...I was trying to decide if I wanted to try some X film but this and SergeiR's work make me say yes!

[AF10]

Hi! This is a print from the negative or a digital output?

[QUOTE=mdarnton;1185327]Shot today. 8x10, Fuji Green in D23, 1:6, 12 min.
Just trying to be a 1965-vintage studio portrait photographer . . . .

[angusparker]

Testing Agfa HDR-C mammo film. Shot with incandescent light. Parodinal 12 min. Toyo 45C, Schneider 210 Simmar S, f.8.
Having problems cutting the 18x24 sheet in the dark. Lots of scratches here. Difficult to find a safelight in the local market.

Check out red LED lights - about $20. Work for me and X-ray film.

[mdarnton]

I put a light pad* on the floor, and shot the neg on it with a Nikon D300 and 55/3.5 Micro-Nikkor. There's more resolution in the neg than that brought out, and possibly a bit of vibration in my copying setup, which isn't the same as the one I use for 35mm. I'm hoping there will be a V700/750/800/850 scanner under the Christmas tree this year so I can scan 8x10 negs, of which I have made only a couple, so far.

* http://www.amazon.com/Huion-Inches-A.../dp/B00J3NRAV2

[mdarnton]

WOW...I was trying to decide if I wanted to try some X film but this and SergeiR's work make me say yes!

Sergi's work is ALWAYS inspiring! His stuff is what flipped me on to trying x-ray film. You can only see so much like that before you have to try it yourself.

[SergeiR]

Thanks guys, but i believe that most of credit is due to people who started all the experiments , although no longer posting here much - Jim is one of them to certainly be named