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

[yzfreedom]

I need to go to Vietnam! Very nice!

Thanks Jim, Wellcome to Vietnam!


One more from Berthiot Paris 300mm

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Thanks Jim, Wellcome to Vietnam!


One more from Berthiot Paris 300mm

Very interesting. How are you printing these?

[yzfreedom]

Mr Jim.
I just make a contact print on a cheap photographic paper to test. Exactly in Vietnam have not much of choice to do now. I going to do with another process next time-maybe-with better condition.

[yzfreedom]

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Krauss 500mm

[Corran]

Hi guys. Great thread! I just purchased an 8x10 to toy with and the first thing I thought was to get some x-ray film to save some money.

Anyway, I had two questions:

1. I know the cheaper film with emulsions on both sides technically shouldn't work with BTZS tubes. However, would it work if I get some mesh or something to line the inside of the tube to lift up the film? I don't have a ton of space to do tray development.

2. I was interested in the "tri-color" process discussed in another thread where you use R, G and B filters on 3 separate b&w film shots and combine them in PS to make a color picture. Apparently you can take just 2 and a plain one and take the "difference" of those from the plain sheet. So...if you shot a green x-ray sheet, a blue one, and a normal shot of like Delta 100, could you make a color shot from those?

[Tim k]

#1. I dont see how, this stuff is soft. If you figure out how let us know.

[Andrew O'Neill]

Both sides of xray film need to be developed. By placing mesh inside the tube will only screw up that side of the film. But you could always strip that side of the film with ammonia. If you are planning on alternative printing, I wouldn't recommend it as there would not be enough density range. Sorry but I have no experience with tri-colour printing. I do know that yellow, green, and blue filters work fine with xray film (I use cxsonline green latitude stuff). I feel confident though that what you propose would most likely work. It certainly would be cheaper than using three conventional sheets of film.

[Corran]

Thanks for the responses. So I didn't catch this earlier in the thread (well, it's 45 pages!) - I can just screw up the second emulsion all I want if I'm stripping it off anyway?? That makes things easier. I'm used to stripping Polaroids so I already have the process down.

Andrew, what effects do you get with those filters on that film?

[Andrew O'Neill]

I take it you will be scanning the film in to make your colour prints? If so, then strip away!

[Corran]

I'm planning on scanning but also contact printing (silver). I want to try alt processes sometime but I'll figure that out later.