Film Transfer
8mm, Super8 & 16mm Film
8mm & 16mm films, by today's standards, are a thing of the past, but the memories they hold do not have to be! We can transfer those old home movies to digital format using only the best in transfer equipment. We literally transfer your films frame-by-frame, providing a high resolution, flickerless movie for you and your family to enjoy!
The Process
The films are first individually hand cleaned so they are free of lint & debris. They are then slowly scanned at 6 frames per second in order to not stress the older, more fragile films. This process is consistently monitored as lighting is adjusted in under or overexposed scenes. Also, non-viewable frames are not captured as we see no point in you paying for images you cannot see. The full frames are then digitally transferred to our editing suite where your new home movie is then built the way you want it & the project is arranged in the order you see fit!
Most importantly, this entire process is done in-house! Your films NEVER leave Memory Lane until you pick them up.
That Personal Touch
We would be happy to help you make your story make sense! If your reels remain a mystery to you, we will be happy to text or email you with frames from them so that you can hopefully identify the people, time frame and/or event. That info will then help to put your reels in chronological order. ***This service is at an additional cost of $2 per 50 feet of footage.
8mm & 16mm Film Digitization
Reel Size & Approximate Footage
3" Reel - 50ft
5" Reel - 200ft
6" Reel - 300ft
7" Reel - 400ft
Transfer Cost Per Foot: $0.19
Includes hand cleaning, scanning of each and every frame, mild color correction and adjusted lighting in under or over-exposed scenes.
If you would like music added from the time frame of the reels, we can place those tunes appropriately at a rate of $15/hour of footage.
