Film cutter for 110 format (16mm)

• Free choice of film for your pocket camera: From 35mm or 120 film you cut 16 mm wide strips and are not dependent on the few ready-made 110 varieties; with the combination module, Minox strips too.
• Safety cover protects your fingers: The pressure cover holds the film flat against the guide and protects you from the exposed blades.
• Manual pull-through: You pull the film through the blades by hand, without a crank or gears.
• Arrives ready to use: The double-edge razor blades are installed at the factory; replacements are standard blades available everywhere.

Compatibility

The cutting modules produce unperforated film. Many 110 cameras stop the film transport at the perforation hole or only unlock the shutter release through it, so it depends on the camera:

• Pentax Auto 110: works. You advance as usual with two strokes of the lever. Because no hole stops the transport, the spacing between frames gets larger towards the end of the roll. Bob Janes (35mmc) got 21 shots from one 120 strip.
• Pentax Auto 110 Super: works if you break out the lower break-off edge on the cartridge. If it stays in place, the shutter release is locked with the cartridge loaded.
• Canon 110ED: works. If the shutter release locks with the cartridge loaded, break out the lower break-off edge.
• Minox 110S: not confirmed by us, test your camera first (see below).
• Rollei A110 & E110: transport the film when you close and open the body and stop it at the perforation hole. Without a hole there is no stop, so for unperforated film we recommend the Pentax Auto 110.
• Agfamatic and other cameras with a transport gear: break out the lower break-off edge, otherwise the gear jams. We have not tested them with unperforated film.

Also for 16mm subminiature cameras: The unperforated strip also runs in classic submini cameras whose transport works without perforations, loaded into the respective camera cassette (e.g. RADA):

• Edixa 16 (all models, including Wirgin Edixa 16)
• Alka 16 & Franka 16 (RADA cassette)
• Fotex MiniFex
• GaMi 16 (Galileo)

Not suitable for the Voigtländer Vitoret 110 EL (its shutter does not fire without perforations) and the Rollei 16 (it requires perforations for film transport).

How to test your camera:
Open the back (without film), operate the film advance, and press the shutter release. If it locks up, your camera requires perforations. If it fires, that is a good sign, but not yet proof: some cameras with a push-pull advance only lock once a cartridge is in the chamber.

What's included

All versions are supplied with the razor blades already installed, so you can start cutting immediately. You will also need empty 110 cartridges, for example our refill cartridge, and a changing bag or a dark room: cutting and loading take place in the dark.

Basic: 35mm

• 1x film cutter base
• 1x safety pressure cover
• 1x 35mm cutting module (cuts 1x 110 strip from the center)
• 4x razor blades, already installed

Combo: 35mm (including Minox)

• 1x film cutter base
• 1x safety pressure cover
• 1x 35mm combo-cutting module (cuts 1x 110 strip + 1x Minox strip)
• 5x razor blades, already installed

Pro: 120

• 1x film cutter base
• 1x safety pressure cover
• 1x 120 cutting module (cuts 3x 110 strips from the center)
• 4x razor blades, already installed

Technical details

• Material: engineering plastic
• Blade type: standard double-edge razor blades, included and installed at the factory (standard replacements)
• Output format: 110 (16mm) or Minox (9.2mm)
• Perforation: No (produces unperforated film)
• Operation: manual pull-through

Description

Ready-made 110 film is only available in a few varieties. With the film cutter, you cut the 16 mm wide strips yourself from 35mm or 120 film and can use common 35mm and roll films in your pocket camera; with the combination module, you can also cut Minox strips.

The system is modular and designed with safety in mind. Insert the film, put on the cover (which gently holds the film in place), and pull the material through the blades by hand. The result is clean-cut edges without expensive specialist tools.

The cutter is part of our 110 pocket film system and our Minox 8x11 subminiature system: cut film, load cassettes, develop and scan—everything from one source. Learn more in the 110 System overview and the 110 Guide, as well as the Minox 8x11 overview and the Minox Guide.

Put to the test

Bob Janes tried out both cutters for the British magazine 35mmc, the one for 35mm and the one for 120 film. From one 120 strip he got 21 exposures in his Pentax Auto 110. He cut in a changing bag and writes himself that it is easier in a dark room. Read the review on 35mmc (in English)