Ultrapurple
Lamb shoulder
A half shoulder of lamb, X-Rayed with my heavily modified Scanmax 20.
My X-Ray machine started life as a mailroom scanner in a bank. It's about the size of a filing cabinet. When I got it the resolution was pretty poor - it used a standard video camera to make the images. So I tinkered with it (making sure I didn't affect anything that was involved with safety of course). I replaced the original high brightness, low definition phosphor with a Kodak Lanex Fine screen (less sensitive but much higher resolution), then replaced the video imaging system. First, I used a Nikon D3100 I had floating around, remote controlled via DigiCamControl. More recently, as noted above, I've upgraded to a Nikon D700 that became spare. DigiCamControl is what makes it possible for me to remote-control the camera safely and get images directly into the computer via USB.
Please, please, please don't think that you can just get an X-Ray machine off eBay or wherever and safely start making images like this. Without proper shielding and other precautions, ionizing radiation such as X-Rays can be seriously hazardous to your health.
Lamb shoulder
A half shoulder of lamb, X-Rayed with my heavily modified Scanmax 20.
My X-Ray machine started life as a mailroom scanner in a bank. It's about the size of a filing cabinet. When I got it the resolution was pretty poor - it used a standard video camera to make the images. So I tinkered with it (making sure I didn't affect anything that was involved with safety of course). I replaced the original high brightness, low definition phosphor with a Kodak Lanex Fine screen (less sensitive but much higher resolution), then replaced the video imaging system. First, I used a Nikon D3100 I had floating around, remote controlled via DigiCamControl. More recently, as noted above, I've upgraded to a Nikon D700 that became spare. DigiCamControl is what makes it possible for me to remote-control the camera safely and get images directly into the computer via USB.
Please, please, please don't think that you can just get an X-Ray machine off eBay or wherever and safely start making images like this. Without proper shielding and other precautions, ionizing radiation such as X-Rays can be seriously hazardous to your health.