Thank you mr O'Neill I will grad a couple of suitable trays and try to proof read before I post. Learn from others and waste less film.O'Neill... actually.Yes, I use 10ml each of A and B in 1000ml water. Flat-bottomed tray. I personally, wouldn't recommend a drum roller, unless the solutions can get to the side of the film that is against the drum. Complete and evendevelopment of both sides is important. I once tried developing with BTZS tubes and it was a disaster. There is only one way to find out and that is to give it a go. There are people who bleach off the emulsion from that side if it is buggered... but you literally cut the density range in half. I experimented with that method and in the end, it's not worth it. I could not get decent DR for printing in carbon.
Thanks for the reply Rick.I use a drum roller with PMK, 1+2+100 for x-ray film. I first did experiments using tray development to determine a base time, then fine tuned it for the drum.
Unicolor drum, there are ribs. The only time I've had issues is when I loaded the film wrong and caught the wrong rib instead of the film track which forced the back of the film against some ribs, leaving stripes on the negative. I use 250ml of chems to develop 80 sq inches(2-5x7). If you develop in trays, place a sheet of glass in the bottom if they aren't smooth. Use a dark red filter on the safelight, 20 watt max bulb at least 5-6 feet from work area to avoid fogging film.Thanks for the reply Rick.
No problem with developing both sides of the films emulsion in the drum? Does your drum have ribs? I have a 6" drum with out ribs.
I dont have problem using a tray if I can do it under safe light. Only draw back is needing more developer.....maybe?
Thanks for the tip about the glass and safe light.I use a
Unicolor drum, there are ribs. The only time I've had issues is when I loaded the film wrong and caught the wrong rib instead of the film track which forced the back of the film against some ribs, leaving stripes on the negative. I use 250ml of chems to develop 80 sq inches(2-5x7). If you develop in trays, place a sheet of glass in the bottom if they aren't smooth. Use a dark red filter on the safelight, 20 watt max bulb at least 5-6 feet from work area to avoid fogging film.
I've been using an amber coloured safelight for years with no fogging issues...on several brands of xray.
Yes density in the unexposed developed film and clear in the fixed only film.It shouldn't be blotchy. So, an unexposed sheet had some density? If it's old, it's probably fog.
Oh no! The dreaded 501page xray thread, thought I would be safe here asking a few dumb questions.The Large Format Photography Forum has a long-runng thread on using x-ray film you might be interested in:
http://www.largeformatphotography.i...film-technical-discussion-with-example-images
Yes density in the unexposed developed film and clear in the fixed only film.
Would" HRU 1417 FUJI GREEN X-RAY FILM" be ok?
Will be using for vandyke brown contact printing mostly.
Fog from age, chemical fogging or (most likely) inappropriate 'safe' light. Safe lights that work just fine with paper do not necessarily play nice with x-ray film. I wasted quite a few sheets of x-ray film to learn that there is red light, and then there is red light.Yes density in the unexposed developed film and clear in the fixed only film.
No light is fine, film is dead. Was with a bunch of old photo paper, could be more than 20 years old, no worries I will get new film.Fog from age, chemical fogging or (most likely) inappropriate 'safe' light. Safe lights that work just fine with paper do not necessarily play nice with x-ray film. I wasted quite a few sheets of x-ray film to learn that there is red light, and then there is red light.
Oh, that's a good idea! I'm going to try that next time I experiment.I’ve largely solved the scratching problem by developing in Pyrocat HD. I think the pyro is tanning the emulsion and making it less prone to scratching.
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