Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adam: >Shooting pictures that I'm giving to family I get a complaint that >they are expensive to frame because they have to be custom matted and >framed. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?ci=1&sb=ps&pn=1&sq=desc&InitialSearch=yes&O=SearchBar&A=search&Q=*&bhs=t&shs=logan+compact+mat+cutter&image.x=0&image.y=0 For $85 plus shipping/handling, you can have yourself a nice mat cutter. This is the one that I have, but I bought it from a local shop for $109. I wanted it, wanted it now, and didn't want to wait for it to come to me. :) I buy lots of mats from my local shop. I found out that if I time it right, they have a 50% matting supply sale each year. Last summer, I stocked up on 40 sheets of almost white and 20 sheets of black. A sheet is 32x40. That way, I can cut any size opening I want for my "8x10s" and mat them out to fit in an 11x14 frame. 6x9? No problem. When I buy the board on sale, it ends up costing me about a dollar for 11x14. Not a huge savings over Aaron's link, but I have the ability to do small runs anytime I want and don't have to wait to get $100 worth together. :) -- Eric http://canid.com/