Experience with Cinelab

Post by Ed » Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:55 am

Hi Steve. Thanks. I had thought Cinelab was cheaper than cinepost. I used Cinepost a while back actually. I was happy with transfer, however I had asked for the film to be transfered to a dvd data disc with the raw video file so I can edit on the computer, and instead I got a normal dvd to play on the dvd player. They straightened it out through. But it all cost me about $150 for only 150 feet.

Cinelab charges .25 a foot, with a $75.00 minimum, and since I only have about 200 ft. to have transfered, it should only cost about $75.00 if I'm figuring it right. Plus I had a couple of rolls to get processed, and it would be nice to have it all done at the same place. 8)

Website · Post by **BigBeaner** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:25 am

Cinelab charges .25 a foot, with a $75.00 minimum, and since I only have about 200 ft. to have transfered, it should only cost about $75.00 if I'm figuring it right. Plus I had a couple of rolls to get processed, and it would be nice to have it all done at the same place.

I was under the impression that you are a student, there's a $50 minium for students. I'm assuming you're talking about super 8 rates which are:

.25 Super 8 Telecine Transfers (best light)
.18 Super 8 Telecine w/color correction
.14 Super/Reg. 8mm film chain transfers

I don't understand why best light is more than color correction. Whatever. It's cheaper to transfer 35mm and 16mm.

Post by Ed » Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:31 am

Its actually a mistake on their site. Its .32 a foot for the transfer with color correction. :lol:

No I'm not a student, but even with those prices, I think Cinelab is cheaper than cinepost, however I'm been know to figure in a wrong estimate before.

Post by **super8film** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:30 am

Don't forget about CineLab's film stock-process-transfer packages as advertised on their main page:

The full lineup of Kodak Super-8 products with attractive Film-Process and Transfer bundles!

S-8 Color negative or S-8 Ektachrome Cross Processed Stock, Process and Telecine transfer $43.00 / cartridge.

S-8 B+W Reversal Stock Process and Telecine transfer $35.00 / cartridge.

4 Cartridge minimum, tape and shipping extra.

Looks like a great deal to me and a fairly inexpensive way of shooting color negative and having it transferred.

Post by **camera8mm** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 5:55 am

their processing is great.
they can even do the vision super 8 and b/w stocks.
dont bother with their transfer.

Post by Ed » Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:43 pm

Well can anyone recommend a place to get super 8 transfered with similar prices, and a decent turnaround time? :?

Post by Ed » Tue Oct 17, 2006 3:16 am

I may give the cinelab transfers a try anyway. For the people who have had their super 8 transfers done there, were they the best light transfer or the one with color correction? I'll probably go with the color correction, maybe it won't be that bad.

Post by **Evan Kubota** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 3:29 am

Scene-by-scene corrected is what I used.

Do me a favor and ask for *no grain reduction* on the order form. I'd be very interested to see how your transfer looks, assuming the footage was reasonably well-shot on a decent camera. Mine was quite soft, and I suspect it's due to excessive grain reduction...

Post by Ed » Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:04 am

I'll do that Evan. I don't have a problem with grain anyway. Maybe the transfer will be a little better this way. 8)