We transfer 8mm, super 8mm, 16mm to: dvd, mini dv, dvcam, beta sp, svhs, vhs
Ours is a broadcast quality transfer. A partial list of longstanding clients includes: The National Film Board of Canada, CBC, CTV, CITY TV, TVO and the AGO as well as universities, film co-ops, archives, commercial production houses and independent filmmakers across North America.
Because we use a real time aerial telecine system we are able to accommodate fast turnaround times, the quickest being same day processing and transfer. However, we also offer a 48 hour turnaround, free of rush charges, and an inexpensive
1 week turnaround for the budget conscious. Students and co-op members get a 10% discount on the 1 week turnaround price.
Even though we’re able to achieve fast turnarounds it’s never at the expense of quality. The recording equipment we use is professional grade Sony brand and our multiplexer/projection equipment has been modified for our specific requirements by technical wizards KCK & Wags. An experienced technician is with the transfer for its entire duration, making colour and exposure corrections as needed. All film is hand cleaned and assembled prior to transferring.
Lately a few questions have arisen in the film community about frame-by-frame transfers and how they compare to our telecine transfer. Feedback from our clients who have tried both is that there is no difference in quality, but ours is faster and considerably cheaper than transfers offered by the frame-by-framers.
A lot of frame-by-frame transfer units are simply inexpensive, claw-driven machines that are constructed using old projectors and consumer grade cameras. Film is run at 6fps on the transfer unit and later colour corrected on a computer. It’s a time-consuming process, but it doesn’t necessarily follow that that makes it better quality. The excruciatingly long turnaround times on these transfers are not the result of special care being taken but of how slowly the unit runs.
Motion picture film is designed to run in real time.
We’ve purposely decided not to show samples and comparisons of our transfer on our website. We’ve viewed samples on other websites that have been manipulated on a computer to look ‘bad’ and find the whole process insulting to the viewer’s intelligence. If you’re interested in seeing a sample of our transfer feel free to send us an email with your name and address and we’ll ship you our demo dvd.
We've developed a new system that makes video
to film transfers affordable to independants. We're really excited about the quality we are able
to produce. Videotape to film transfers allow you
to have a completed film version of any videotape
on Super 8, 16, or 35mm film. The image quality
of our transfer system exceeds that of any conventional
Kinescope that we have seen and is offered at a
very small fraction of the cost of work done on
a film recorder. On Super 8 & 16mm you can expect
high colour saturation and virtually no discernable
pixel patter or scan line. Due to the higher resolution
of 35mm, a pixel pattern may be apparent. The end
image quality depends, of course, on the integrity
of your original tape.