Transfer Your Old 8mm & Super8 Movies

We specialize in transferring 8mm, Super8 and 16mm film into a digital format. We are also one of the few companies that can transfer Super8 and 16mm film with sound flicker-free. Also take advantage of our one-of-a-kind compatibility guarantee. We will make sure that your DVD will play in your home DVD player, or we’ll buy you a new one.

Supported Formats:

8mm Super 8 16mm

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Pricing and Basic Info

Competitive Transfer Premium Transfer
Per Foot 19¢ 34¢
Per Reel $0 $0
Transfer to DVD $30 Master
$10 Addtional Copies		 $30 Master
$10 Addtional Copies
Transfer to Hard Drive $50/2 hrs $50/2 hrs
Minimum Order
(per type of film)		 $70 $70
Includes
  • All film cleaned and lubricated
  • Film spliced onto new 400' reels
  • 100-year archival DVDs
  • Compatibility guaranteed
  • All film cleaned and lubricated
  • Film spliced onto new 400' reels
  • 100-year archival DVDs
  • Compatibility guaranteed
  • Frame-by-frame transfer
  • Real-time manual back-lighting control
  • Scene-by-scene color restoration in post-editing

User-Recommended Upgrades

Transfer to Hard Drive

This is recommended if you are going to edit your footage. If you'd like your files split by reel in increments of less than 400 feet, please add $2 per split. Click here for hard drive pricing...

Music!

Add a soundtrack to your old movies to make them sing! Ask your transfer technician for more information.

Edit your old home movies!

Do you want to have a little more say-so in your custom movie? We now have time-slots available for you to come in and work with one of our experienced editors one-on-one.

Geek Corner

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Film Transfer - San Diego

The Competitive Transfer

The first step in a film transfer order is the cleaning and repair procedure. Bad splices will be re-spliced to ensure the smoothest transfer possible. Depending on the age, condition and type of film stock being transferred the cleaning process will differ, but we really do clean every inch of the film. This initial inspection and cleaning process can sometimes take longer than the actual transfer which is why we usually ask for 2 weeks to complete your order. The cleaning process is something that many companies do not perform but is essential for this type of service.

Once the film has been prepped, it is time to perform the telecine transfer. Film is projected directly into the lens of a broadcast quality 3-CCD camera.

NOTE: When comparing film transfer companies, always ask for the method of transfer. There are many companies out there which simply project your film onto a screen and record that image with a camcorder. This is not a quality transfer method and you will lose detail in your film.

Please contact our film transfer technician if you would like to view a full quality demo reel.

Premium Frame-by-Frame Transfer

The Premium frame-by-frame transfer is by far the highest quality film transfer available today, as each frame of film is individually transferred.

Our retrofitted projector is one of the few in the world that has a manually adjustable brightness control which can make under or overexposed scenes look much better. The transfer technician will watch your film on a standard monitor as well as a waveform monitor and adjust the back-light brightness accordingly. This type of brightness adjustment is not available at most other companies.

The Premium transfer also includes scene-by-scene color correction. Almost all film will shift in color over time (usually to blue or red). The film transfer technician will go scene-by-scene (a very time-consuming process) to correct all discoloration. Please note that severely discolored or extremely dark film is nearly impossible to bring back to the original color vibrancy, but we can get as close as humanly or digitally possible.

If you have 16mm film, or Super8 film with sound, you can still pick the Premium Transfer, but the film cannot be transferred frame-by-frame.

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