Recently I've been thinking about the idea of "natural-perspective" X-ray camera photography.
I searched the web for examples of such and I couldn't find any. It is elusive, and so I'm putting forth the idea of DIY-ing it, I think some users might be interested in trying it out.
Electronics enthusiasts might be interested as one needs to piece together an electric x-ray source first, most commonly using vacuum tubes, and there are many examples of DIY X-ray photography, though none of the type which I’m suggesting.
Its basically just like natural perspective photographs taken with an ordinary camera, instead of doing conventional projectional radiography.
That convention in radiography has been to capture photos like a Xerox scanner, instead of like a Kodak camera.
So, natural perspective camera photos, or "normal" photos, provide a sense of the three-dimensional space and depth. Things like, shading, radiosity, oblique perspectives, surface reflections, refractions and scattering.
Typical X-ray photos tend to eliminate all that, creating "flat" outlines.
It is really elusive, I have searched high and low, and I have not been able to find anything which was not taken by an astronomer. Heavenly bodies only, and no everyday objects on Earth. So I think this has a good chance of being a world-first.
Then, for creating such natural-perspective photographs, I'm not sure how well film cameras respond to X-rays. If glass lenses don't work, the lenses might have to be made from another material which refracts X-rays. Failing which, mirrors might work, and if not, I think one can always fall back on the simple and trusty pinhole camera.
Also, imagine using an x-ray source like a lamp to illuminate a "still-life scene" for the photography, I think that would be pretty cool.
X-rays often have an abstract feel about them, feeling like you're looking at a technical diagram or blueprint. Like the work of X-ray artist Nick Veasey for example.
Whereas comparing with natural perspectives, it really brings non-abstraction and realism to the forefront. The three-dimensionality aspects of objects, with the transparency of x-rays.
Hey everyone, I'm in need of some x-ray photography services (preferably in Melbourne but I'd be willing to travel). Im looking for relatively high powered x-ray machines (not sure if it matters) as im trying to look at complex metal objects (clocks).
A few dentists i know are willing to help out, but their machines only take quite small photographs.
I called a few places and noone was interested in helping, i haven't called any medical facilities yet because i dont want to waste time that would otherwise be used for patients.
Any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks!
I just passed through a baggage check and I asked to have my film bag manually checked. The worker in response gave me a spiel about how the x-rays in the air are more potent than the machine so it doesn't matter.
I understand ISO sensetivity and how many times film can be exposed to x-ray machines before it starts affecting it. So putting that aside my question is: has my film been adversely affected all this time during my flights?
While a dedicated player is ideal, I am currently stuck with my Series X as the only option for watching my discs while I await my player. Unfortunately, there is one glaring problem.
For those who don't know, movies on 4K Blu-ray are usually printed on 2 different kinds of discs, a dual-layer 66GB disc, or a triple-layer 100GB disc.
The Series X can play 66GB discs perfectly fine. The tight bastards over at Disney have never issued a movie on a 100GB disc afaik, so Doctor Strange in 4K went down a treat the other day.
However, if you put a 100GB 4K disc in (which, at this point, a decent amount of 4K Blu-rays are), the Xbox completely shits out. For me, it plays everything at 1 - 2 fps with no audio, which pretty much results in taking minutes to get through the opening studio logo which is like 10 seconds at best.
I have had my Series X for about 6 months now, and no update has patched this error yet. Microsoft loves to slap "Ultra HD Blu-ray playback" on the box, but in reality it can currently only play about 30 - 40% of 4K discs. Appalling.
Years later no other competitor has attempted to implement something even half as good. Who’s that actress? What else has she been in? What song is playing in the background?
Instead of pausing a show and googling all over or attempting Shazam to catch a tune being drowned out by background noise, it just works like a charm.
It is an absolute shame that Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV+, HBO Max, no other competitor has even attempted a feature like this.
Doctor, “Skeletons.”
https://twitter.com/ClowESPN/status/1477709980086280192?s=20
