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

[barnacle]

The spectra I've seen show a response well into the UV. However, the focus will be different and indeed it may not get through your lens.

Neil

[senderoaburrido]

I googled a few of my lenses and no one seems to have tried UV photography (and posted online about it) with them. Are there any pieces of information about a lens that would allow me to anticipate its UV transmissibility?

[andrewch59]

Ok just to get back to picture taking. I thought I might try something new. I have now dabbled a bit with nd10 filters using xray and it works pretty well. The company that makes the ND fIlter I purchased also makes star filters, these are designed for digital, so I thought it might be fun to see what the effect would be using xray film. Please excuse the quality and the out of focus pic, but I was mainly interested in effect.

[Jim Noel]

So, I started thinking that maybe the reason some users are having excessive contrast issues with this stuff is because if using MG papers to print on, the deeper than normal blue base could act a little like a contrast filter, as the contrast layer of the MG paper is more sensitive to blue light, the film base would pass more blue, and it would somewhat filter out a little more green light (green is the flatter contrast layer) so could it tilt the print contrast higher???

Hmmm... Made me think...

Steve K

Why not just keep experimenting with developers, dilutions, time and agitation methods to get the contrast where it needs to be to print on the desired paper? That is what most of us have done more than once in our lifetimes to get the desired results. What works for me may very well nt work for you.

[SergeiR]

8x10 Kodak CSG, 360mm Symmar-S, rotary 12 minutes in R09 (2.5ml : 270ml)

Ed by Sergei Rodionov

Ed actually used to be a 4x5 shooter (speed graphic) back in high school and post school days, shooting society pages in Pasadena, CA and then was photographer whilst serving in navy.

[Tin Can]

8x10 Kodak CSG, 360mm Symmar-S, rotary 12 minutes in R09 (2.5ml : 270ml)



Ed actually used to be a 4x5 shooter (speed graphic) back in high school and post school days, shooting society pages in Pasadena, CA and then was photographer whilst serving in navy.

Next time use less developer. You are so wasteful! Kidding!

Nice job!

[plaubel]

Next time use less developer. You are so wasteful! Kidding!

Since 2,5ml and 270ml in rotation work, I don't believe that either developer or water are required for Xray development - it must only be the movement :-)

Ritchie

[SergeiR]

Next time use less developer. You are so wasteful! Kidding!
Nice job!

Wellllll Challenge accepted - I will retry 1:300 with something i don't mind to loose

(for 3 sheets, mind you).

[Thodoris Tzalavras]

After Everyone Left

A little after the sun had set behind the hills in the west.

210mm lens at f16
13x18cm Agfa HDR mammography film
Tray developed by inspection
Scan from negative, finished in PS.

[Fr. Mark]

Very nice!