Evan Ferrario Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 I am looking for a transfer house in the New York City area to telecine Regular 16mm footage. The project I am transfering is just under 2 hours of footage shot on Fuji Eterna 250D. The film is being mixed with footage from a sony V1U HDV camera which was shot in 1080i. The film is being entered into several festivals and I am hoping will be played on a few theater screens. I want to get as much quality out of the transfer as possible so it will look good when played on the big screens. I was hoping to get a HD transfer direct to hard drive. I am relativly new to working with film and I do not know what kind of results I can expect. My budget is around $1000 for the transfer. I had the film processed with cinelab and they have been great to work with but currently, they only offer sd transfers i believe. I am still considering doing a SD transfer with them but I wanted to know what other options I have. Also, since I am working with a low budget, I have also been looking at 5-blade 16mm projectors on ebay. The pluses I see to doing this is that I could use my V1U with the projector to transfer the film into the same format as my digital footage. I know this is not highly regarded as a good method for transfer, but I have been considering all the options. My first choice would be to go with a professional transfer and I just wanted to know if anyone could recommend a place. My goal is to get the film in a digital format that will be as good or better than the HDV footage. I will post a few screens from the digital footage for comparision in a few days when I have access to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Featherstone Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 Hi: Try talking to Ed Walther at Mind's Eye Media, 212-905-6463. - Rob Featherstone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Gross Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 I don't think Min'd Eye can do HD unless he's upgraded since I last talked to him (it's been a while). Try Postworks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Sponsor Robert Houllahan Posted August 12, 2007 Site Sponsor Share Posted August 12, 2007 I don't think Min'd Eye can do HD unless he's upgraded since I last talked to him (it's been a while). Try Postworks. Try Calling Rich Torpey at Rhinoceros Post in NY They have a Sony Vialta which supposedly is s machine which rivals the Spirit and maybe he can cut you a deal, tell him I sent you. Their number is 212 986 1577 I don't know if they direct to disk which is what you want I think. -Rob- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Brian Wells Posted August 12, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted August 12, 2007 Whatever you do, avoid the Shadow Telecine. It is not truly hi-def (at least not from my K3 footage). In fact, the Cinelab transfer of the same footage (using a Rank Turbo) looked about 90% as good/sharp in Standard Def as the Shadow looked in DVCPro HD, at 1/4th the cost. I am not saying the Rank is a great telecine, more along the lines of that the Shadow was a huge disappointment. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk DeJonghe Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Are you sure the Shadow was properly focused. I run a Shadow and it is a great machine, I would put it between the Spirit 1 and the Spirit 2K in resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Sponsor Robert Houllahan Posted August 13, 2007 Site Sponsor Share Posted August 13, 2007 Whatever you do, avoid the Shadow Telecine. It is not truly hi-def (at least not from my K3 footage). In fact, the Cinelab transfer of the same footage (using a Rank Turbo) looked about 90% as good/sharp in Standard Def as the Shadow looked in DVCPro HD, at 1/4th the cost. I am not saying the Rank is a great telecine, more along the lines of that the Shadow was a huge disappointment. Hope this helps. We just had a different tube put in and a complete tuneup because of a 35mm anamorphic dailies job we are doing so the Turbo 4 is looking better than ever. I get allot of comments about the Shadow and many people are not pleased with it. I regularly use a C-Reality and a Spirit in NYC and I have never seen anything come from a Shadow which I found to be equal to either of these in HD. I find that the machine has a hard plastic look, sorry. -Rob- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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