Best widescreen transfer to HD in the US

[Will2]

Also check out http://www.Cinelicious.tv. This is a new company in Hollywood that's doing transfers on a Davinci Diamond Clear HD.

Have you worked with them? Very good pricing... I'd like to see some of their Super 8 work.

[adamgarner]

I've used them for one project. I'm actually still in the middle of said project because of a few honest glitches they had with the telecine. I won't go into detail other than I've had to send the footage back once for a re-do. I've also got some minor "quirks" with the new-redo footage.

All this being said, they've been helpful at fixing any telecine issues they've made. The results are nice. The upsample concept is new to me, but looks reasonably good. I think it seems a little less vibrant than a full Pro8 M2 scan. But it costs 1/2 as much for transfer, and the results are very nice. It's a good cost to quality ratio.

Some footage is on my site : http://super8films.trigger-studios.com in the films section. Beth and Johnny's wedding is what they transferred. Jay and Jessica is a Pro8 transfer. The last one is an off the wall transfer.

See if you can tell the difference. These are only 400x225, which is pretty small, but you get the idea.

[Rick Palidwor]

Update:
The company that hired my friend had already decided to use Pro8 64D.
He shot about 9 rolls. Three of them came out black. One had intermittent fogging throughout. He asked me if the black film and fogging could be from the camera malfunctioning. I said not likely since most of the rolls were fine and suggested he ask Pro8 what they are loading into the carts!!!
Rick

[MoonstruckProductions]

Rick Said:
"The company that hired my friend had already decided to use Pro8 64D."

That would have been the first clue that something was wrong.

[Rick Palidwor]

Rick Said:
"The company that hired my friend had already decided to use Pro8 64D."

That would have been the first clue that something was wrong.

Is it something about the 64D in particular? I just warned him against pro8 in general.
Rick

[MoonstruckProductions]

Sorry, I'm an idiot. I didn't realize Pro8 was repackaging Fuji Stock. I thought they had made up their own daylight 64. Or took 64T and just changed the label.

I hope Pro8 is helpfull and at least refunds them the telecine charge. I recently sent a roll of negative stock to Cinelab for processing and telecine and the entire roll came back with a streak down the center. They didn't charge me for any of it. Good guys. Sucks about the film but good guys none the less. Now if they would just call me back about my roll of 100D....

[Justin Lovell]

....Why didn't they use Frame Discreet...

Hey guys,

I spoke with the fella shooting for discovery a while back and gave him some recommendations on film stocks and processing options. He was planning on having a transfer setup with me here @ Frame Discreet. When the rolls didn't show up here, I called him back. It turns out the production house didn't follow his instructions and their initial test transfer was done using a film chain method by a different processing/transfer lab here in Toronto.

It's too bad... I was really looking forward to working on that project with him.

That's the last I heard from him.

[Will2]

Sorry, I'm an idiot. I didn't realize Pro8 was repackaging Fuji Stock. I thought they had made up their own daylight 64. Or took 64T and just changed the label.

Everything is what you're used to and personal preference, but I haven't really liked Fuji's 64D when compared to Kodak V2 50D or the older EXR 50D (these two stocks are very different from each other as well). I'm sure there are times when you want the Fuji 64D look but it doesn't cut well with Kodak stocks without work.

Pro8mm is a crap shoot. I've had really good results and really bad. Never had film fogged to the extent you're describing however. It's too bad, it would be a great resource if you could count on their quality.

[teadub]

Also check out http://www.Cinelicious.tv. This is a new company in Hollywood that's doing transfers on a Davinci Diamond Clear HD. It's an upsampled SD telecine, that they upconvert. It costs 1/2 as much as pro 8, and you get about 97% of the HD as Pro8. They also understand modern workflows and can get your footage to you in a variety of formats including ProRes, which is very handy and space saving!!

I second Cinelicious, they have done 3 projects for me and I couldn't be happier. They did my telecine for Broadcast for There May Be Pleasure distributed by Ouat! Media in Toronto, my recent Los Cabos footage, and a music video I am currently working on.

All three projects were SD, super8 to Prores 422, and I got tape out locally to dBeta.