Professional Experts in
8mm Film to DVD

Super 8mm Film to DVD

16mm Film to DVD
 

We specialise in converting 8mm film, Super 8mm Film and 16mm film to DVD and can genuinely claim to offer the best Quality, Service and prices for Film to DVD transfers including sound. 

With over 30 years of experience in both 8mm, Super 8mm and 16mm film, you can rest assured that you've come to THE BEST place to transfer your precious home movies and professional productions. We're passionate about film media and I personally do every film conversion and transfer myself, so the buck stops here with me.

Just like Video and Audio, there's transfers and there's transfers, so Please read the all the Important information on this page to find out what you're really getting for your money and the pitfalls to be aware of.

Don't be fooled by some companies offering High Definition  transfers as some of them are just using a consumer HD camera to film the footage from a projector and mirror based recording system. Ask the hard questions and insist on the frame by frame capture, nothing beats it.
 

Here's how we Convert your precious 8mm, Super 8mm & 16mm Film to DVD and/or Blu-Ray:

We first check and clean every reel of film. The cleaning process removes mildew, dust, fluff and general build up of grime that has accumulated over the years. As this is a very delicate process and the cleaner very expensive, not many other facilities will do this. At the same time, we're checking for film damage and we repair any damaged or broken splices. If there are more than 8 x 50ft reels, we will splice them onto a NEW 400ft reel (including can) to make the scanning smoother and provide better protection for your film when it is returned to you.

Next, the film is captured frame by frame with a cool bright LED light source that cannot damage the film like projector based systems ( very hot 100 watt globes) and provides an even balanced light to the entire frame. Although some people use a budget consumer HD camera or lens for capture, we use a professional High Definition Cine Alta 1920x1080p lens which produces amazing crisp, vivid and colourfull images. As we are constantly monitoring the capture process, we adjust the exposure, contrast, colour, saturation and hue as we're capturing your film, one frame at a time.

Once all the individual frames have been scanned and digitised through our high end capture system, we then edit out all the blank bits and where ever possible, try to enhance the colour balance of your footage even more. We then add titles, chapters and some easy listening background music to give you an awesome professional presentation of your precious memories.

As a rough guide and to help you asses how many feet you have based on the diameter of your reels:

8mm and Super 8mm Film

3 inch reel (7.62 cms) = 50 feet (approx 3 minutes) @ 35 cents per foot = $17.50 per reel
4 inch reel (10.16 cms) = 100 feet (approx 6 minutes) @ 35 cents per foot = $35.00 per reel 
 5 inch reel (12.70 cms) = 200 feet (approx 12minutes)  @ 35 cents per foot = $70.00 per reel 
  6 inch reel (15.24 cms) = 300 feet (appros 15 minutes) @ 35 cents per foot = $105.00 per reel 
    7 inch reel (17.78 cms) = 400 feet (approx  24 minutes)  @ 35 cents per foot = $140.00 per reel 

Our scanner actually counts each and every indivudual frame captured and you only pay for how many feet you have.
As the conversion is off such high quality, we can only fit 2 hours max  (approx 2000 feet of film) onto each SD-DVD.
 

Prices to Convert Film to DVD.

Another Important Thing To Consider.

Most people are under the misunderstanding that DVD's last forever. It's true they don't wear out and can be played over and over without wearing out. But, recent tests by PC Magazine and admissions by many industry experts and manufacturers show that many DVD's can fail within a few years. We do our bit by only using the best professional quality certified discs. For DVD's to last, it is imperative that they they are stored in a cool, dark, dry place at normal room temperature and away from any magnetic sources such as speakers or TV's etc.

Because of this, Manufacturer's Warranties are worth nothing. It sounds good, but in reality, it's worth absolutely nothing because if and when the disc fails, they'll replace the disc, but what about your'e precious memories or data, nothing can replace that ! 

Your Best Option to Preserve Those Treasured Memories.  

Accepting the limitations of reality and wanting something more dependable, we have a few recommendations to you:
Always order a backup DVD to store away and never use, which you can get copied at any time in the future should your disc fail, you loose it or the relatives borrow and never return it. 

We have a few suggestions for you to choose from:

1. A backup disc using Taiyo Yuden (recognised as the world's best duplication DVD) for an extra $3 per disc.

2. The ulimate Premium Archival 24 Carat Gold reflective layer disc (rated at over 100 years), for an extra $5 per disc.

3. Have your treasured memories backup up onto MiniDV which is the highest quality and the most reliable at $25.00 per hour. 
    This has the added advantage that's it's still in it's raw high quality native DV format and hasn't been encoded and authored to disk.
    It is also of high enough quality to transcode to High Definition Bluray and other future formats.

Please phone or contact us to discuss converting your Treasured Memories.
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