Any tips for cutting 8/10 LF sheets to 5/7

[Jan Normandale]

@ Bill and X Phot.. thanks for those ideas. I think I'll start looking for a cutting mat and then set up some kind of jig. Are you doing this by "touch" in a darkroom with no light ?

[Jan Normandale]

Yep. When cutting film (normal & x-ray), I do this in total darkness. Using one cotton on one hand leaves the other hand free for the touchy-feely stuff. Once the film/paper is in a light-tight box, then I'll turn on the lights to change the cutter guide settings. For paper negatives I use the safe light for the whole process.

That's what I figured. Thanks

[Frank Petronio]

The hardest part is finding a 1x10 panoramic camera to shoot the leftover film with.

[gary mulder]

Here the same method as X.Phot. For marking the emulsion side I use a punch with some tape on it as guide. The punch makes a recess like the one left under.

[Valdecus]

The hardest part is finding a 1x10 panoramic camera to shoot the leftover film with.

The camera is not the problem: it is the 1x10 film holders that are hard to come by.

[Frank Petronio]

They just don't make the 1x10 holders like they used to, quality has really slipped.

[Jan Normandale]

The hardest part is finding a 1x10 panoramic camera to shoot the leftover film with.

I actually thought ... "wonder what you could do with that left over strip?" ;D

[Jan Normandale]

The camera is not the problem: it is the 1x10 film holders that are hard to come by.

Let me think about this...

[Jan Normandale]

They just don't make the 1x10 holders like they used to, quality has really slipped.

Wow... it's Horatio Alger time! I could be the one to make a better 1/10 holder. When I do the world will beat a path to my door. Success at last!
:-P
joke/humour

[Jan Normandale]

Here the same method as X.Phot. For marking the emulsion side I use a punch with some tape on it as guide. The punch makes a recess like the one left under.

Thx Gary, I was originally thinking of cutting on a mat with a Olfa blade but this sounds like I should go for a cutter. I'll keep your tip in mind when I start.