8x10 Film Holders...

Another item that can really help is to lightly wax the dark slides----helps them to insert and draw easier. A spritz of Pledge on an old t-shirt works fine.

Thanks, I'll try a book bindery, I never though of that.

I'll second John's recommendation on waxing the dark slides, although I just run the edges through a slab of beeswax and the buff them with an old t-shirt. I have nothing against Pledge...the beeswax just happened to be handy the first time I tried this, and it worked so well that I've never tried anything else. I re-wax the dark slides about once every three to four months and have had no problems with binding.

Like others here, I find the old black wooden Graflex holders to be a personal favorite. They're generally inexpensive, light, and I've not had one yet that needed a serious repair when I received it...I think I have ten of them. Just some re-taping and a thorough cleaning, and they've been good to go. I have some ancient Kodak holders (unpainted), but they're more difficult to repair and the failure rate is much higher than with the black Graflex holders.

Onestopdown,

Just curious, what films do you use that are thinner than others? I know aerial film is pretty thin, but which commercially cut films should I suspect will cause a problem?

I'm a Graflex/Kodak wooden user. The style with the aluminum top and aluminum plenum. Light, cheap and most importantly in 8x10, they don't warp; they hold film flat.