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"I chose to cut myself the film from 8x10. This is done neatly with a Rotatrim Mastercut II, a rotary blade cutter, and while it sounds a delicate task at first, it is in fact very easy to do. I wouldn't use anything else, as precision is critical. One tip: I've found that it is difficult to align the film with minute precision, I cut slightly smaller than 5x7 to be sure there won't be problems to fit holders. Because of that, you'll need to cut a sheet of 8x10 three times to make two 5x7. If you use only one kind of film, it is not necessary to punch a new notch. I just keep the film emulsion facing the top of the film box. I have misloaded film only one time, out of more than a thousand of sheets cut. It takes me between 30 min to one hour to cut 25 8x10 sheets. It's not that tedious if you listen to music at the same time. The problem is that while you don't have to worry about finger marks which are washed away by the developper, you increase significantly the chance of getting dust on your film, which in turn can cause surface scratches as you are traveling.
With this method, you can use any emulsion which is available in 8x10. The cost of a sheet of color transparency film is $3-$4 if 8x10 is bought in boxes of 50. Personally, I located a large batch of out-of-date, cold-stored 8x10 Astia that I bought at a very low price, so I won't have to look for film for maybe one more decade. At this point, my main problem is that I have only 5x7 film boxes that date from the good old eays days when EPP and Velvia were available in the US, and although I have a large number of them, each year they get more worn out."