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

[andrewch59]

Wow, just reread the link above and it is a much improved and understandable recipe, with pictures. This is doable.

I have 100 thin plates of 5x7 glass, much of the lab gear, and now the winter to gather supplies and try it.

I was unaware of John Coffer and his workshops sound terrific.

Great links!

[andrewch59]

Yes it is a great reference. The other activity you might find valuable is albumen prints or salt printing. This will allow you to print your negatives onto one of the first materials used, it gives awesome results, once again Borut Peterlin gives a very practical demonstration on youtube.
As for the dry plate emulsion, it suggests your plates will be about iso 20-ish, this is within my parameters for using the cap off cap on exposure method. Might be the start of a great thread. I had trouble finding cheese crocks over here and had to import from the US. We do not have everclear here (Australia) either but there is another alcohol product (denatured alcohol) which is a great substitute, and cheap.
The emulsion is a gel, you just get a tablespoon out of your crock, heat it up and pour it onto your plate, will last indefinitely if stored correctly.
I will be doing it around xmas time, will let you know how it goes.

[Tin Can]

Great and do start a new thread.

[Woodturner-fran]

Foamcore camera, 0.4mm pinhole, 80deg AOV. Fuji HRT green 18*24cm, processed in Rodinal 100:1 6.5mins. Contact print.

Workshop by francis morrin, on Flickr

[NiNo]

CP Goerz RP II
Kodak blue 13x18 developed in Rodinal
Slavich Bromportret 80 in Ilford PQ-U

PS. the print is not so sharp as it shown, this is texture of the paper

[SergeiR]

Back to xray, once holders cleared from Arista. I have found that i grew to get results with Xray way better and easier with "regular" Arista.


8x10, Kodak CSG, 1:100 Adonal, 10m rotary

Scan-141026-0003www by Sergei Rodionov, on Flickr

[grzybu]

Yesterday I've took my camera out for first time and here is the result.

[ImSoNegative]

xray film shot with a Titan 8x10 pinhole, never used a pinhole camera before let alone with xray film, one thing I like about using xray film is so far there is no reciprocity failure that I have seen even at 22 minutes, I actually taped a 0 filter on the inside trying to control the contrast, it helped a bit, just shooting around the yard.

titan and xray 2 by goldenimageworks65, on Flickr

[ImSoNegative]

another, my ghost, I was timing the exposure, this one was 16 minutes.

titan and xray film by goldenimageworks65, on Flickr

[ImSoNegative]

no filter, 4.5 minutes, very high contrast, this pinhole camera is f288

Titan 8x10 and xray film pt2 by goldenimageworks65, on Flickr