Premium Member Nathan Milford Posted March 14, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted March 14, 2006 Howdy, I have a client who wants to shoot a sequence for a commercial in Super 8. This commercial is being posted in HD (I'm not sure if it's HDCAM or DVCPROHD) and he wants to process and transfer the footage to HD. So, where can this client get his stock (probably negative) processed and is there anywhere that is setup to transfer it to HD? Thanks, Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Pytlak RIP Posted March 14, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted March 14, 2006 Howdy, I have a client who wants to shoot a sequence for a commercial in Super 8. This commercial is being posted in HD (I'm not sure if it's HDCAM or DVCPROHD) and he wants to process and transfer the footage to HD. So, where can this client get his stock (probably negative) processed and is there anywhere that is setup to transfer it to HD? Thanks, Nathan The Kodak lab directory lists Cineric Lab as offering Super-8 services: http://www.kodak.com/cgi-bin/US/en/motion/.../labLocator.cgi PacLab offers Super-8 reversal too. Cineric Inc 630 Ninth Ave, Suite 508 New York, NY 10036 212-586-4822 phone 212-482-3744 fax http://www.cineric.com PAC Lab, Inc. 37 East 1st Street New York, NY 10003 212 505 7797 phone 212 475 6211 fax http://www.pac-lab.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Nathan Milford Posted March 14, 2006 Author Premium Member Share Posted March 14, 2006 Yeah, I remember Pac-Lab from back in my early college days. I called Cineric and they don;t process or transfer S8, but they blow it up. Onwards and upwards... I'll call Pac-Lab, but from what I remember it's a small little basement so I'm not sure if they'd be able to transfer it to any format the client would need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Pytlak RIP Posted March 14, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted March 14, 2006 Yeah, I remember Pac-Lab from back in my early college days. I called Cineric and they don;t process or transfer S8, but they blow it up. Onwards and upwards... I'll call Pac-Lab, but from what I remember it's a small little basement so I'm not sure if they'd be able to transfer it to any format the client would need. Thanks. Kodak depends on labs and transfer houses to send us information to keep our directory up to date on the services offered: http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/support/....1.4.17.4&lc=en http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/support/....1.4.19.4&lc=en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Goldfarb Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Pac-Lab does does S8 neg film and can do transfer, but I have only used them for reversal film (B&W and E-6), and it is a little basement outfit, so I'm not sure what range of transfer services they are offering now. Their website is not current, so it is definitely worth calling them or sending an e-mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Serrins Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 If you're looking for high quality, I would transfer at Forde Labs in Seattle, which handles a lot of super 8 neg for telecine, and then use Technicolor in the city for the HD scan. Check out this link. This film probably has a similar post path to what you're considering. http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/s8mm/light.jhtml Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest santo Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Avoid HDcam for film transfers if you have other alternatives. Way too much compression, only 3:1:1 colour, 8 bit instead of 10. Best suited for TV news gathering. I know it's a commercial, but I've seen film transfered to HDcam for edit/finish projected on a big screen and it is awful stuff. It's just like DV only with more pixels and less colour. Kind of defeats the reasons for shooting on film. DVCPro HD has a lot better specs (though still only 8 bit) and is a Final Cut native format. Go full uncompressed HD if you can, obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlo V Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 AVOID PAC LAB AT ALL COSTS!!! I used to use them and they were pretty good, but the last 2 jobs they did for me were nothing short of sabotage. They do not know how to process film without getting dust, dirt, chemical dyes and hair everywhere. The main scenes from my film were all unusable and when they went to re-clean them and telecine it only made things worse. The film looked like it went through a trash can. I can not see this place staying open for much longer unless there are serious changes. I have a load of film from them with free processing and will pay to process it else where. I used them for 8mm and 16mm color and b&w and all lines were terrible. I can not believe this place. They also did the worst telecine job ever.. I am certain they did not set the color at all, even when asking for a monitored recording. But if a lab can not keep there film clean then what the heck are they doing in the business. DR5 in Denver are the best proceser of film ever, but he only does 35mm now, however if he gets enough orders he will consider 16mm and 8mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Will Montgomery Posted October 29, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted October 29, 2006 Forde in Seattle does a great job with all types of Super 8 & 16mm (probably 35 although I've never sent any there). I also really like The Lab @ Video Post & Transfer in Dallas, TX although they only do 16mm and 35mm. The Lab @ Video Post & Transfer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Sponsor Robert Houllahan Posted November 1, 2006 Site Sponsor Share Posted November 1, 2006 Check us out: www.cinelab.com I feel we have top quality S-8 processing for both B+W and ColorNeg (No color reversal unless you want cross process) plus we have good Rank-Cintel transfer at a reasonable price. Or go to technicolor for HD, we have processed S-8 color neg for that route in the past. We also have a NYC drop at the standby program: www.standby.org -Rob- Robert Houllahan Filmmaker VP Cinelab Inc. www.cinelab.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Nathan Milford Posted November 1, 2006 Author Premium Member Share Posted November 1, 2006 Check us out: The client went on to shoot something else... But on a personal note, I was actually just about to give you guys a call. I'm going to roll some S8 during my wedding in a few months and intercut it with some S16 and HDCAM. My Fiancee is bemused. I'm more concerned with how the wedding is lit than with who sits where and what they're fed... C'est la vie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Sponsor Robert Houllahan Posted November 1, 2006 Site Sponsor Share Posted November 1, 2006 The client went on to shoot something else... But on a personal note, I was actually just about to give you guys a call. I'm going to roll some S8 during my wedding in a few months and intercut it with some S16 and HDCAM. My Fiancee is bemused. I'm more concerned with how the wedding is lit than with who sits where and what they're fed... C'est la vie. That is funny, I was at abel yesterday picking up parts for my LTR. feel free to give me a call or PM me about whatever you need. -Rob- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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