AGFA Xray film + D76

[BKSPicture]

Just got a nice roll of 300ft AGFA Cinerex xray film.
Someone have any experiense with this film?
Have looked up some info and know that its about ISO 50 but not shore of developing times?

Use D76 and would guess a time around 10-12 min, 1+1 water and 20°

[iangreenhalgh1]

I have some Konica-Minolta x-ray film, only had an initial attempt with a piece I cut to fit in my old Kodak 3A.

Result was not good, multiple issues, very soft.

I developed in a tray of Rodinal 1:200 under a red safelight, with my film, the image forms fast, in say 30-45 seconds, doesn't seem to change much with more time in the developer.

Hope your film is better than mine.

[Orio]

Looks ghostly.

[BKSPicture]

[iangreenhalgh1]

I thought it looked ghostly too.

I'm going to try again with the x-ray film, but I don't have high hopes of producing high quality results with it.

There is a huge thread on the large format forum about the use of x-ray film so no doubt it works, maybe I have either the wrong type or my film is in poor condition (I got it secondhand on ebay).

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?48099-X-ray-Film-example-and-comparison

[philslizzy]

I've used xray film before, the image is always soft because there are two emulsions, a front and a rear. The larger the film the less soft photos will be. I used some Kodak DF58 periapical film in my 35mm camera and the results were good but probably only suitable for portraits as its soft.

Your church photo looks as if the film has been damaged by light. I suspect the bag has been removed from the box a few times. perhaps films in the middle of the stack will have lower light damage.

Unfortunately I dont have access to unlimited xray films and chemicals any more. I used to enlarge negs on to pantomography film and create transparencies 12inch by 6inch. The detail was great and they looked terrific in transparent holders hung in front of the window.

[BKSPicture]