"David Nebenzahl" wrote in message
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On 6/9/2009 5:31 AM Garry spake thus:

Anyone care to offer an informed opinion on the best cutter for sheet
film?
My only experience was way back in the day where the studio I worked
at as a young buck bought 8x10 buy the van load and yours truly would
use a guillotine(non rotary) cutter to cut to the required size. Do
rotary cutters work better?

Based on my experience cutting various things, I'd say the standard paper
cutter would be the best. (Not a guillotine, which would consist of a
vertical-moving blade; only big paper cutters, like the ones printers use,
have that.) Results in the least handling and potential scratching of the
film stock.


I think that a "true" guillotine would probably be best, because they
usually clamp down on the item before the blade makes the cut. But I'd be
willing to bet that the OP probably doesn't have one of those in his
darkroom!
I agree with David N that a standard paper cutter would be best, especially
if the blade handle is gently pushed toward the baseboard as the cut is
made. I think that a rotary cutter might tend to push the material in the
direction of the cut, possibly scratching it against the baseboard.