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

[Jody_S]

That's very strange. There's absolutely no harm that could come of somebody buying some big film.

I remember running up against this when I was trying to get some shipped to Canada. There are regulations for medical supplies, that they can only be sold to licensed medical facilities. X-Ray film counts, though no one in the USA seems to care. I finally found an ebay seller with a stock of somewhat random products who would ship a flat-rate box to me filled with as much as it would hold (cost me about $100 for 3 boxes of 100 shts).

[ImSoNegative]

i was testing my 14in. petzval with green sensitive xray film, camera was my c1. plan on doing a portrait project with this lens/film combo soon.


lens, film test 2 by J. Golden, on Flickr

[jon.oman]

I made these images on Monday, February 4th.

8x10 Pinhole Camera
120 mm
400 microns

X-Ray film - 80 ISO

D76 full strength
6 minutes, 50 seconds @ 65 degrees F.

#1 (15 minutes 38 seconds)

#2 (5 minutes 30 seconds)

#3 (5 minutes 30 seconds)

[jon.oman]

I made these images on Monday, February 4th.

8x10 Pinhole Camera
120 mm
400 microns

X-Ray film - 80 ISO

D76 full strength
6 minutes, 50 seconds @ 65 degrees

#1 (15 minutes, 38 seconds)

#2 (55 seconds)

[JoeV]

Great job, Jon.

~Joe

[Roboflick]

Shake Shack at Night, 8x10 Fuji HR-T X-Ray Film by Shawn Hoke, on Flickr

Fuji HR-T Green Sensitive X-Ray Film
8x10 Eastman View Camera No. 2D
Schneider 300mm f5.6 (shot at f11)
Meter called for 30 seconds, but I exposed for 1 minute due to reciprocity
Tray developed in Rodinal 1:100 for 6 minutes and 30 seconds

great one!
were people curious about your camera?

Nik

[SMBooth]

I made these images on Monday, February 4th.

8x10 Pinhole Camera
120 mm
400 microns

X-Ray film - 80 ISO

D76 full strength
6 minutes, 50 seconds @ 65 degrees F.

Great tone from your film, are these direct scans or somewhat enhanced with contrast and levels controls in PS?

[ShawnHoke]

great one!
were people curious about your camera?

Nik

Yeah there were. It's interesting here in NYC when I take the 8x10 out. You can hear stuff like "That's a REAL camera." Often people will stop to talk about it and ask to look through the glass. I once had a long chat with a group of older teenagers at night in a rough part of Brooklyn. I thought I was in trouble for sure. But they were so much fun - "Now that cat is OLD SCHOOL," stuff like that.

Some people think it's a movie camera, which is kind of weird.

If the weather is nice I enjoy chatting with people about it. I try to keep a junk developed and sleeved LF negative in my bag to show people who are curious.

[ShawnHoke]

Jon, I always love the color of the vegetation in your shots. Almost looks like IR!

[jon.oman]

Great job, Jon.

~Joe

Thanks Joe!