Derek Diggler Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 I'm shooting a little 16mm thing on the side, just to enter in festivals and stuff. I'm in Michigan and having a really hard time finding any decent telecine or scanning services around the area. I found a couple "transfer your old memories to video" type places around Detoit and sent in a 100' reel just to test the quality. It came back looking like some kind of home video 1-CCD crap, and for some reason I couldn't remove the pull-down in Cinema Tools. Any suggestions for good digital transfers around the Great Lakes area? I read a lot of love on here for Cinelab in MA but that's a little far away and the minimum is $125 so I can't do my 100' test. :) Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Rodgar Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 I would try Film Workers in Chicago. There's a few others, but can't remember their names right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Diggler Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 Thanks! Is there a rate sheet or anything for them? I can't seem to find anything on their website about actually ordering services, but it looks like a really quality place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Burke Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Thanks! Is there a rate sheet or anything for them? I can't seem to find anything on their website about actually ordering services, but it looks like a really quality place! check out digital transfer services. they have a spirit set up for 16mm. I was going to use them but cinelab gave me a better deal. here is a link: http://www.digitaltransfersystems.net/Serv...elecine.HD.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot Rudmann Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 (edited) Hey Michael, try Nolo Digital Film in Chicago - www.nolodigitalfilm.com We scan 16mm/Super16mm film at 2k via an Arriscan, the quality of which will not disappoint you. Give our producer Joe a call sometime with the details of your project and he can work out a nice quote for you. We can also generate tape masters for festival distribution. Edited November 9, 2009 by Elliot Rudmann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Hepburn Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 I would also highly recommend Nolo www.nolodigitalfilm.com Great place, great service, quality transfer/scan. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Charles MacDonald Posted November 9, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted November 9, 2009 I have heard good things about Frame discrete in toronto, but have not dealt with them. it is run by a filmmaker called Justin Lovel. http://www.justinlovell.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Diggler Posted November 9, 2009 Author Share Posted November 9, 2009 Thanks for the excellent suggestions, guys! I'm definitely going to give these a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Harper Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 I've sent film to Pixel Farm in Minneapolis before: http://pixelfarm.com/ They did good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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