I'm not making fun of you;I'm using normal scissors, longer than the negative width so, I can do it in one cut. IME, the only way to cut straight.
I'm not making fun of you;I'm using normal scissors, longer than the negative width so, I can do it in one cut. IME, the only way to cut straight.Are you just making fun of me, or do you really use normal size scissors.?
I see two members have mentioned the slide cutter, i never would have thought about that.
I realize this might sound like a stupid question, most people probably just use whatever scissor is available.
But i know some of you guys have done this Professionally/For A Long Time, so i thought there might have been (at one time) some kind of "Special" scissor made for neg cutting.
Thanks Again
And most cameras are designed for those with right-dominant eye--witness the viewfinder on any Leica RF camera.One of the reasons that Hasselblads and I don't get along well, whereas many Mamiya cameras seem so well suited to my needs, is related to how profoundly left handed I am.
I use the same Matin cutter.The Matins cutter I've referred to elsewhere: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DMR8OII/ref=ox_sc_mini_detail?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A11ONN57JFWEZB
The wheel doesn't work any more on mine, but it truly doesn't matter.
Some sort of backlighting really helps.
One of the reasons that Hasselblads and I don't get along well, whereas many Mamiya cameras seem so well suited to my needs, is related to how profoundly left handed I am.
But this means you can focus using your right hand. In most cases I can't.So am I. The Hasselblad rests in the left hand with the index finger on the trigger. The right hand focuses.
But this means you can focus using your right hand. In most cases I can't.
Left handed enlargers.It is my understanding that 14% of everyone in the world is left-handed, me included and using left-handed scissors is a joy to use so why am I using "right-handed" scissors in my darkroom? Because left-handed scissors are not easy to find in a right-handed world, along with left-handed drill-presses, punch-presses, etc. Want to have some fun, watch a right-handed person try to use left-handed scissors. Not on my negatives, however.........Regards!
Or an enlarger you can approach from the side.Left handed enlargers.
I'm not making fun of you;I'm using normal scissors, longer than the negative width so, I can do it in one cut. IME, the only way to cut straight.
But this means you can focus using your right hand. In most cases I can't.
And is one reason, of many, why everybody should handle a camera or any other photographic equipment (if at all possible) before they invest in it.And that is a real problem that is not restricted to you alone. Some have the problem with the left hand.
And is one reason, of many, why everybody should handle a camera or any other photographic equipment (if at all possible) before they invest in it.
Including Hasselblad cameras.
The Matins cutter I've referred to elsewhere: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DMR8OII/ref=ox_sc_mini_detail?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A11ONN57JFWEZB
The wheel doesn't work any more on mine, but it truly doesn't matter.
Some sort of backlighting really helps.
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