Film Transfer Services
Your Industry Leader In 4K Scanning and Restoration
Professionally Transfer Your 8mm, 16mm and 35mm Films
We only use professional broadcast equipment and are one of just a handful of professional labs left in the entire USA. If you are looking for the best film conversion quality at a good price, you’ve found it. We do a wide range of work from amateur film to Government archives to Hollywood independent movies.We scan all film types including 8mm, super 8, 16mm and 35mm film. It doesn’t matter if the film is positive, negative, interpositive or internegative. We scan it all!
Leading Technology and Equipment For The Best Film Conversions
Film shrinks over the decades, So running your film today through a projector or film transfer machine that uses the sprocket holes will damage the film. We get several call a day about people damaging their film by trying to run it through a projector. Same goes for these low-end film transfer machines used by local camera and conversion shops and even big big box stores like Walmart, Costco and Walgreens. Make sure your film is scanned on a sprocket-less roller based film scanner (like our Pro HD, Pro 2K or Pro 4K process)!
Luckily Video Conversion Experts can help. Damaged sprocket holes? Shrunk film? No problem. These professional film scanners (Pro HD and above) are roller based so they don’t use the sprocket holes and havbe a laser frame alignment to get 100% of the frame no matter how shrunk it is.
Film Conversion Pricing
Choose Process
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Scan Resolution
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Quality vs. Film
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Restoration
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Type of Scanner
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Cost of Machine
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Can Damage Old Film?
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Sound Capture
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Delivery Options
Click here for 8mm and Super 8 scan resolution details.
Click here for 16mm and 35mm scan resolution details.
Click here for 8mm and 16mm scan resolution details.
Click here for 16mm and 35mm scan resolution details.
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Click here for complete transfer type details.
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SD
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SD (480 Lines)
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50-60% Worse
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Optional
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Frame by Frame
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$3-5K
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Yes
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Dual Track Magnetic
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DVD, MP4, AVI, MOV
This frame by frame machine is the only non professional machine we have. It uses a modified projector and camcorder setup.
8mm & Super 8 details
16mm & 35mm details
8mm and Super 8 film has around 900 to 1200 lines of resolution per frame. Given the equipment type it will only get around 40-50% of the quality compared to the film.
8mm & Super 8 details
16mm & 35mm details
Color Correction, Grain Elimination and Stabilization can be added when ordering. Click here for more information.
Click here for complete transfer type details.
We can get both audio tracks on Super 8 and 8mm film. Click here for more details.
We can make DVDs and 480 lines resolution AVI and MOV files from this process. Click here for more information.
Pro HD
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HD (1080 Lines)
This is a professional 1080P motion picture film scanner.
8mm & Super 8 details
16mm & 35mm details
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25-30% Worse
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Optional
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Motion Picture Scanner
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$100K
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No
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Dual Track Magnetic
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DVD, BD, AVI, ProRes
This transfer will produce quality that is much better than the SD process. It scans at twice the resolution and is a professional scanner compared to the SD machine.
8mm & Super 8 details
16mm & 35mm details
Color Correction, Grain Elimination and Stabilization can be added when ordering. Click here for more information.
Click here for complete transfer type details.
We can get both audio tracks on Super 8 and 8mm film. Click here for more information.
We can make DVDs and BDs, 480 or 1080 resolution AVI, MOV and MP4 files from this process. Click here for more information.
Pro 2K
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2K (1556 Lines)
This is a professional Hollywood DataCine 2K film scanner.
8mm & Super 8 details
16mm & 35mm details
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As Good**
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Optional
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Datacine Scanner
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$200K
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No
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Dual Track Magnetic
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HD/2K, MP4, ProRes, DPX
This process will get about 100% of the quality compared to the film. *Above picture includes our optional color correction*
8mm & Super 8 details
16mm & 35mm details
Color Correction, Grain Elimination and Stabilization can be added when ordering. Click here for more information.
Click here for complete transfer type details.
We can get both audio tracks on Super 8 and 8mm film. Click here for more information.
We can make DVDs and BDs; SD AVI, MOV and MP4 files; HD/2K AVI, ProRes and DPX files from this process. Click here for more information.
Pro 4K
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4K (3112 Lines)
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Better Then Film**
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Optional
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Datacine Scanner
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$500K
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No
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Dual Track Magnetic
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2K/4K, MP4, ProRes, DPX
This is a professional DataCine film scanner.
8mm & Super 8 details
16mm & 35mm details
This process will get 100% of the quality available on the film and will also allow for output to 4K formats. *Picture above includes our optional color correction.*
8mm & Super 8 details
16mm & 35mm details
Color Correction, Grain Elimination and Stabilization can be added when ordering. Click here for more information.
Click here for complete transfer type details.
We can get both audio tracks on Super 8 and 8mm film. Click here for more information.
We can make DVDs and BDs; SD AVI, MOV and MP4 files; HD/2K/4K AVI, ProRes and DPX files from this process. Click here for more information.
Film Order Process
Step 1.
Organize & Number
Number the boxes, cans or reels in the best order you can from 1 to X and we’ll follow that order
Step 2.
Choose Your Process
SD Scan
Produces 50-60% Less Quality Than The Film
ProHD
Produces 20-25% Less Quality Than The Film
PRO 2K
Scan Produces Video That Is As Good As The Film
PRO 4K
Scan Produces Video That Is Better Than The Film
Step 3.
Choose Your Format
DVD & BluRay
Good For Viewing On TV, Not For Editing
MP4
Good For Viewing Anywhere And Will Last Longer Then DVD/BluRay
AVI, HD-AVI & ProRes
Good For Editing Not For Viewing On TV
DPX
Professional Editing Only
Step 4.
Order Online & Ship
Order Online
Fill out the appropriate order form online and print the invoice.
**You’ll need to include a copy with the order**
Ship With Order Form
Ship film with the order form. We recommend using FedEx or UPS 2-3 Day Air Service
Common Film Transfer Questions
There are not a lot of good answers with the average age of film being around 50 to 70 years old. It’s not a good idea to play them in your old projector anymore. Over the years your film has become fragile, has shrunk about 1 mm and will get damaged by the claw in your projector that moves the film. We suggest either using a magnifying glass with some sort of light source to get a decent idea of the films content at the beginning of the reel or transfer your film and order streaming (MP4) or editing files so you can edit it on your computer once they are returned to you. Kodak used to make a editing machine that you manually fed the film through which didn’t use the sprocket holes but Kodak hasn’t made that machine for over 25 years. If you can find one most likely the rubber components will need to be replaced and you will need to purchase a new bulb. These unfortunately are extremely hard to find.
8mm and Super 8 film conversions are the most common services we perform. We can convert film to DVD and Super 8 film to DVD or BluRay but this is challenging because the frame size is so small. Our Pro 2K film conversion service is designed to get all of the details from a film to DVD transfer. For more information on super 8 film conversion to DVD and Super 8 conversion to DVD services, please contact us.
Our Promise
100% Satisfaction Guarantee
Our service is the best in the business and so is our customer support. If for any reason you are unsatisfied with our results please contact us to discuss any options. *Quality of film conversion and restoration is dependent upon the condition of existing film stock and/or videotape; severely deteriorated original materials may be beyond the reach of even the most sophisticated restoration methods.