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

[Tin Can]

Same session. same films as last post. 8X10 Ektascan and Delta 100.

Linhof 8x10 camera with 360mm Imagon H5.8 holes open, so softest setting. Packard shutter and DIY flash sync to same single strobe and reflector. Notice I shot the beauty dish.

Same processing, same scanning etc.

Guess first and then we will figure the order out.

[Tin Can]

Really look at them, I may have confused which lens was used for which group, but I know that each were all shot with same lens...

[Tin Can]

In number 4, there is a light leak?

Could be, the bellows are all good, but there are other ways...

[Corran]

Thanks, I was guessing on the first round but I was wrong. Interesting results. This of course reaffirms how important the scan process is in this. Wet prints will of course be a whole different animal.

[Tin Can]

Thanks, I was guessing on the first round but I was wrong. Interesting results. This of course reaffirms how important the scan process is in this. Wet prints will of course be a whole different animal.

My goal is always wet prints. I scan just to show others, like you at a distance.

[SergeiR]

8x10 Xray Kodak CSG, 1:100 R09 (Adonal), 12 m rotary

Colored in scan, dorking around with lith processing, seeing as am fresh out of lith developer and not going to get new one in near future

On the road by Sergei Rodionov, on Flickr

[seezee]

8x10 Xray Kodak CSG, 1:100 R09 (Adonal), 12 m rotary

Colored in scan, dorking around with lith processing, seeing as am fresh out of lith developer and not going to get new one in near future

On the road by Sergei Rodionov, on Flickr

Sergei, your examples never fail to make me smile. Well done, sir!

[Thodoris Tzalavras]

Looking West, a few minutes before sunset.

18x24cm Agfa CP-G+
Fujinon W 250
Developed by inspection in MG 1+100
Scan from negative, finished in PS.

[premortho]

Lovely!

Looking West, a few minutes before sunset.

18x24cm Agfa CP-G+
Fujinon W 250
Developed by inspection in MG 1+100
Scan from negative, finished in PS.

[Tin Can]

Ektascan cut to 4x5 f22 30 seconds first as scanned then tweaked. First night shots ever. I looked at the negs and almost tossed them as they were so clear. But decided to scan anyway.

I meant to expose more at 1 to 5 stops longer, but it was dark, cold and in a very lonely place. I got nervous. I shot 2, the other is the same but f32 60 seconds. Almost point and shoot as I set up real fast, focused barely, forgot the cable release, so pushed shutter gently and counted.

edit, after looking at the images posted, they look the same here, but different on my monitor...