Cor Breukel (cor@ruly46.medfac.leidenuniv.nl)
Tue, 23 Feb 1999 13:27:36 +0100 (MET)
On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, Cor Breukel wrote:
Forgot two things:
Bothe these films are orthochromatic, and you can process them by a dim
red safelight (in a tray). I tried the Konica film once in a studio set-up
with two strong strobes: to my surprise there was no image on the film,
but the film is sensitive to fluorescent (TL bulbs) light..
> Ok I'll take the bait..:-)..I have reported on the use of Xray film a
> couple of times in the past, but I will repeat a few things:
>
> I work with Xray film on a regulair basis, and have used it also for
> pinhole photography, and for making large negatives
>
> I've worked with two types:
> Blue based Konica A2 (20 *40 cm)
> Brown based Kodak XAR-5 (20 * 24 cm)
>
> Processing is the same for both films; Kodak is the fast one, but Konica
> gave me a approx speed of 800 ASA (under Tungsten) and 1600 ASA daylight
> (!)
>
> Both films have emulsion on both sides, so no anti-halo layer.
> Processing: 2-5 minutes in Kodak D19 (undil., a high energy developer)
> wash/stop and fix: standard.
>
> Hope this is of some help
>
>
> Cor Breukel
>
> http://ruly70.medfac.leidenuniv.nl/~cor/cor.html
> "The Infrared Gallery"
> http://ruly70.medfac.leidenuniv.nl/~cor/ir-gallery.html
>
>
>
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Cor Breukel
http://ruly70.medfac.leidenuniv.nl/~cor/cor.html
"The Infrared Gallery"
http://ruly70.medfac.leidenuniv.nl/~cor/ir-gallery.html
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