Best way to cut 35mm film to 2 x 16mm film?

[xkaes]

But you still didn't explain what you do about cutting the film to length, which is so much better than a strip of wood or aluminium.

When I have a roll of cut film of any width -- it might be 5 feet or 25 feet -- I simply pull out how much I need. How long that is depends on it it's 16mm, 17.5mm, 9.2mm, etc. It also depends on the camera and how many exposures I want to have on that roll. For example, if I'm loading a Minox cassette, with a pair of scissors I cut depending on the # of exposures I want the strip this long:

15 -- 13"
30 -- 20"
36 -- 23"
50 -- 30"

 

[Dustin McAmera]

And how do you measure that, in the dark?

 

[xkaes]

I have a few markers. The one I use the most are simply pieces of tape on the side of a cabinet -- that I feel with my fingers -- and SNIP. Nails, tacks, whatever would serve the same purpose.

 

[Dustin McAmera]

Or maybe a stick of the right length would do, at a pinch...

 

[xkaes]

There are lots of ways to do it. Since my purpose is mainly submini rolls, the lengths are almost always under two feet -- very simple, even in the dark.

 

[cannotShootStraight]

Goathill sells it.

I don't see them selling any 16mm films. They just list a bunch of films with prices that are no longer available.

 

[Europan]

Made this slitter for a client ten or eleven years ago.

 

[cannotShootStraight]

Made this slitter for a client ten or eleven years ago.

So you are cutting 1.5mm from left and right instead of 3mm from the center? Very interesting

 

[xkaes]

Some people LOVE sprocket holes in their photos.

 

[xkaes]

I don't see them selling any 16mm films. They just list a bunch of films with prices that are no longer available.

I have no idea what you are looking at but this GOATHILL page has lots of 16mm film.

http://www.subclub.org/sponsors/goathil3.htm