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Our Process:
Main topic of questions referred to us:
We use an aerial method of sorts, through sprocketless flickerless telecine film transfer units, captured by 3ccd Canon XL2, auto iris settings, channeled through color correction units & video signal enhancers, firewired to computer hard drives / DV tape decks or DVD burners. The result is fantastic! ( Dependant on your original film quality of course)
8mm & 16mm film transfer is simple in idea. The challenges lie in the correct use of technology in order to capture detail in a medium that is still holding a lot of detail and making that detail reappear on a digital format with no loss, and a slight gain, at an AFFORDABLE PRICE!!!
Our pricing is LOW compared to frame by frame, which we have tried and tested to no significant difference, only in the immense amount of additional labor, i.e more cost for complete par quality.
Check out our samples, these still images are our own transfers, the video will load when you click on the pictures, keep them small size, and wait about 20secs with high speed connection, you'll be impressed!
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8mm / 16mm Film Transfer
1.) So, firstly, you have this lovely shoebox / metal container full of 8mm / 16mm movie films desperately wanting to be transfered & converted, some starring you, some starring who knows who!
Collected by yourself or loved ones from years ago, Now you have the task of finding out what is intailed in getting these small & some large 8mm / 16mm film reels transfered over to a managable format that you are either wanting an outcome to simply put a finished DVD in your player and away you go, or dabble in some video editing maybe?
2.) What do you have?
The typical size reels, are small 3inch reels, that's how they came back in the day, they fit in the palm of your hand. Those small reels were sometimes spliced together onto larger reels, usually measuring 5inches across (same diameter as a CD/ DVD disc, some were 6inch and the larger were 7inch. If you have 16mm, they go all the way upto 14inch.
3.) Make an inventory sheet.
Gather all the sizes & quantities of your 8mm & 16mm film you need transfered to digital. This will help you organize a straightforward quote.
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4.) While you are counting, take a look to see if there is an order to the reels. Scrap pieces of paper may lay inside the films metal cases with hand written notes, or writing on the outside of the 8mm / 16mm film reels plastic cases, or the yellow boxes.
5.) Grab a marker and write on the reels 1 thru 25 or however many reels you may have, even better, sit down at your computer, and start a documentation sheet of the titles. This is your families history, any information available can make this project that much better to work with and offer greater viewing pleasure!
This will help tremendously in keeping a somewhat chronological & informational order to your film collection, making a dvd that will flow through the years in order! If you are editing, this will greatly cut down on editing time!
We can make scene selection menus for your films, a sort of index page with chapters for each reel, which is extremely cost effective, and if you are editing, each index/chapter point represents a separate file, an editors dream!
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