120 Film - Do You Cut it 4 strips of 3 images or 3 strips of 4 images?

I was cutting 3 strips of 4 negs each, because that was the size of my negative sleeves. Then I got a film scanner, and it only holds a strip of 3 negs long. UGG.
I have found negative protection sheets (fits in 3 ring binder) that holds 4 strips of 3 negs each and I am going that route now.

 

Three strips of four because that fits in the PrintFile plastic sheets.

 

The Print File sheets I have take 4 strips, so I do 4 strips of 3 frames for square cameras and 4 strips of 4 images for the 645 ones.

 

3 across, x down ( depends on the camera and format )

 

I do:
1) 4 horizontal strips of three for 6x6;
2) 3 vertical strips of 5 for 6x4.5;
3) 3 vertical strips of 3 plus another page for 1 for 6x7;
4) 4 horizontal strips of 2 for 6x9.

 

Three strips of four because my Kenro A4 neg sheets have four rows, each of which accommodates four negs. And seeing as I can get thirteen shots out of my Mess-Baldix 6x6 folder (by advancing past 12 and winding on a teensy bit more to stop overlap), the bottom row accommodates this orphan image.

But before I got the A4 sheets I cut four rows of three, simply because I kept my negs in a plain brown envelope!

 

Strips of 3x3 with an orphan at the end get the job done for me. The spare space in the last row is where I slip a piece of card which contains information on location, exposure and upcoming printing notes.
My cutting tool is a pair of Fiskars shears with precision pointed blade bought 20+ years ago. Ultra-sharp Fiskars are not something you would want to have a slip-up with, and the shearing motion can lead to tearing of the film so it is slooooooowly all the way. Any scissors -- like nurse's scissors, can also be used (they might even be safer!).

 

The labs I used cut and ship them 3-3-2-2 in plastic page or separate plastic sheets holding four each. They're 6x7's though.

 

5 strips of 2 images for 6x7.

 

Which fits better on an 8x10 sheet of paper? I think it is 3 x 4, so that is what I use in order to get a proof that I can get information from ala Fred Picker.........Regards!...I only chemically proof in a darkroom.

 

Ditto, 6x7 pages that hold 12 frames (3 frames, 4 rows ) is what I use for 6x7. These pages are too big, kind of a pain

 

For square format I use 3 strips of 4 frames á la Printfile sleeves. For other formats I play whatever tetris is needed to get it all to fit.

 

4 x 3 images for 6x6

2 x 3 + 2 x 2 for 6x7

 

With 6x6 it is 4 strips of 3 images ever since for me. This is also how the lab cuts my slide film.

 

For 6x6, four strips of three frames each.

For 6x9 four strips of two frames each