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

[plaubel]

Ritchie, Maybe this is closer to what your looking for..... Iridescent Light, The Art Of Stand Development By Michael Axel,
if your interested in stand dev get the book, it's worth the read. It's an "eye opener". Best, Bill

Bill, it seems, that Mr. Axel has experience in using chemicals like Miraculix :-)
Thank you for the tip, this must be a great book.
I haven t practice stand development before;normally i use rotation, clipping the sheets easily in the big drums of my old "Unitub", and i hope, that this doesn t scratch my xray sheets.But after reading this thread, i m in doubt because of scratching...
I will figure out this, too.

Okay, i have to start with ordering some sheets today :-)

Ritchie

[blueribbontea]

I have been inspired by this thread and bought a package of Ektascan 8X10. Both these images were taken with my C-1, a 300mm Paragon 4.5 lens in a compound shutter, the portrait at f8 and the fence at f32. I develop the film in very dilute HC110 (1-19). So far I am very impressed with this film and it contact prints nicely on Lodima Grade 2. I have done some more negatives in Caffenol and they are very nice.

[EdWorkman]

Excellent
Thanks for sharing
regards
Ed

[Jim Noel]

I assume the 1-19 is from stock, not from syrup.

[blueribbontea]

I assume the 1-19 is from stock, not from syrup.

No: I keep a small bottle of the syrup at the sink and patiently wait for it to settle at the bottom of the graduate, for accurate measurement, then make my dilution. Throw it away when I'm done. I only develop one neg at a time and have been doing 2 negs per batch. The Caffenol negs I did this weekend look very good and I might stick to that for a time.

[blueribbontea]

If Jim, you mean 1-19 as one part stock to 19 water, yes that is the dilution I use. I just don't have a bottle of stock mixed.

[blueribbontea]

One more, Ektascan in HC110 1-19. C-1, 300mm Paragon wide open at 4.5. Not critically sharp. I wanted to see how the Paragon did wide open.

[blueribbontea]

One more, this Ektascan negative was developed in Caffenol, In a reduced Sodium Carbonate version. This is a bad scan of a contact print on Brovira grade 4, though as the paper was about 20 years old, I'm guessing it has been reduced in contrast quite a bit. The Caffenol seems to be a good developer for this film so far. This was a 2 minute exposure at f22 with the Ilex Paragon 12 inch lens.

[jharr]

Under-exposed
Under-developed
Missed the focus
Scratchy negative

Still like it.


Boris by James Harr Photo, on Flickr

[Bazz8]

Scan of contact print
Kodak 2D 8x10
270mm G-Claron
exposure 1.5sec@ f45
Dev Rodinal 1+100 9min 51sec
tray developed constant 15 sec rock tray every 30 sec
Foma paper print gloss 8x10