Equipment

The transferring equipment we use is the same equipment used by the Academy Film Archive. It is the most technologically advanced and will provide you with the highest quality available.

Our equipment will transfer both super 8 and regular 8mm film in one. It uses a built-in broadcast grade 3-CCD camera for direct, frame-by-frame scanning off the enlarged gate for access to 100% of the film frame. Unlike other transfer units that crop the image and shoot off the softer, base side of the film with a single, 1/4 inch CCD, ours scans off the sharper, emulsion side of the film with 3 jumbo, 1/2 inch, hi-res CCDs for maximum clarity. The built-in camera bypasses the condenser lens and mirror assembly for increased resolution and a smaller footprint. A diffused light source reduces the appearance of scratches, and fewer optical surfaces to keep clean means less maintenance and increased productivity. Our equipment comes with a super bright, ultra-cool LED light source that will protect the film from burning or warpage.

Our equipment performs TRUE frame-by-frame scanning. It offers 100%, totally flicker-free playback at any speed desired, including 9, 10, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20 and 24/25fps and outputs both PAL and NTSC. The sprocketless drive protects your film from the potential damage typically found on other sprocket driven projectors and transfer devices.

Our units offer the advantage of placing each frame of film on an individual frame of video, prior to selecting the playback rate. With the total frame discretion that comes from TRUE, automated frame-by-frame scanning on our units, accurate playback rates can be quickly determined on the computer after the film has been transferred. Automation then creates new files with hyper-accurate playback rates.

With our units, we aren't limited to just 1 or 2 playback rates built into our projector. ANY playback rate can be achieved, smoothly and automatically. The resulting footage can then be more efficiently edited and color corrected on our computer's edit program.