Deserted what site?Originally Posted by andrewch59
Deserted what site?
well you know.. no one answers within hour...Place is deserted, just dust bunnies and old leafs...
So I created this YouTube video to show people how to remove the emulsion on double-sided x-ray film. I posted a new thread about it, but wanted to link here so that people could see it.
http://www.largeformatphotography.in...d.php?t=119362
Hi Stone, do you find it a bit troublesome removing the emulsion from one side? Could you tell me the benefits, as I still leave both sides intact and with a bit of care the negs still come out pretty good. If removing the emulsion is advantageous then I will try it.
Andrew
OK, I tested Carestream 13x18 Green film and is going perfect in the 13x18 holder.
I'll write a little more because I am very happy.
Last year I bought (impulse bidding) of ebay a strange 5x7 camera, Ilko (the final price about 100 EUR). It is an awful camera, bad shape, with some no marking holders. I put it aside and never touch it for a year and never bought film for it.
After a long photo pause I started to play with Ilko, it is still bad but usable. Today I had the bright idea to measure the holders.
To my surprise the holders are in fact 13x18cm and not 5x7 (as described on ebay). I run to the film supplier and bought a pak of green Xray film for about 10 EUR.
I exposed two sheets and developed in an exhausted, one year old Foma LQN. To my surprise the negatives look really, really good.
This is a (partial) scan on Epson 3200.
I tried to do a contact print but the timer give up and I had to expose by felling and the print is not so good.
My darkroom (bathroom) is really, really low tech, the lamps are attached to the aquarium stand.
The xray film is cheaper than paper and for me easier to buy, just walk in the dealer office, say hello and 5 minutes later walk out with the film.
We are happy with you!
Tin Can
You should watch the video as most of your questions are answered simply by watching it.
I find it easy, and if you have no trouble then there's no reason to remove one side, if you are like me, then your development times and densities are too heavy with both sides, and you get scratches on one side with using a rotary tank which is what I have trouble with, so I remove the scratch side and this gives me the right density for printing and allows me to have a clean image with no scratches
8x10 300mm f/11@1/8th
Ektascan @80 in DD-X
Still trying to get better (reduced) contrast with this film.
I think I shared with the wrong X-Ray thread before so adding to this one too
8x10 300mm f/11@1/8th
Ektascan @80 in DD-X
Still trying to get better (reduced) contrast with this film.
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