Eli5 how do x rays work?

Question

I am very confused how x rays work. How does the radiation get into the camera?

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Answer 1

x-rays are high frequency of electromagnetic radiation. Light is also electromagnetic radiation but at a lower frequency.

So, in principle, x-ray “photography” captures the image like how a camera takes pictures except the film used is sensitive to x-ray rather than light.

Since x-rays are a very high frequency, much of the soft tissue of humans is transparent to x-ray which allows the image to show structures like bones etc clearly. Just like how you can look through a glass bottle and see what’s inside.