SUPER 8mm
The second coming of Super 8 has materialized in all realms of the film world. The format is being utilized in music videos, commercials, extreme sports films, documentaries, and feature films.
Lightpress is one of the few facilities in the country offering Super 8 to HD scans on a Shadow high-def telecine featuring diffuse illumination which is vital for the natural artifact-free optical reduction of the effects of dirt and scratches.
Vacuum Tube (CRT ) light sources found on Rank Cintel machines such as the URSA Gold use collimated light which actually accentuates the blemishes resulting from dirt and scratches, usually necessitating multiple passes through a film cleaner and hours of electronic dust busting in post.
Our S8 transfers benefit from the same noise reduction and Da Vinci 2K+ color corrector used for our S16mm/35mm transfers. We have a lot of respect for S8 and we think it shows. One client put it this way: "They treat super 8 like it was 35mm."
Seattle offers one stop shopping for Super 8mm film makers with the best processing in the country available at Alpha Cine Labs. Alpha Cine offers processing of Plus-X, Tri-X, Ektachrome 64T, Vision 200T, and Vision2 500T, and is one of the few labs to offer ultrasonic cleaning of Super 8mm film.
Click on the images below to see more examples of our Super 8mm transfers.
 Born Ruffians "I Need A Life" |
 Citibank |
 Andrew Bird "Imitosis" |
 Seattle Children's Hospital |
 "A Letter From Middle Europe" |
 Guy Maddin "Brand Upon The Brain" |
EQUIPMENT
We use a DFT Shadow Telecine for Super 8 transfers. Color correction is done using DaVinci 2K+ color corrector. We use a Teranex noise reducer for HD transfers and a Digital Vision noise reducer for SD transfers.
TRANSFER
1/2 Hour minimum telecine time. Time rounded to 15-minute increments thereafter.
Unsupervised Scene-to-Scene color correction is guaranteed a 3:1 transfer ratio. Working at a 3:1 ratio we can complete 8 rolls per hour. We offer transfer to drive or tape in SD or HD.
Tape Formats we transfer to: DV/DVCAM,DBeta,HDV,DVCPRO HD,HDCAM,HDCAM SR
For transfer to drive we can deliver any file format you need.
The capture file size can be determined by using the AJA Data Rate calculator.
(Mac link - PC link) or go to: http://www.videospaceonline.com/
PREP
To prep film for telecine we must have the footage on a 400ft Super 8 reel with 12ft leader head and tail. We prefer cement splices for leader and each roll. We can run tape splices but the the last few frames of each roll before the splice will not be steady. We use Alpha Cine Labs in Seattle for prep and cleaning. If your film needs to prepped for telecine send it directly to Alpha Cine Labs, they will prep the film and deliver it to Lightpress.
Alpha Cine prep charges:
Prep specifications are 12 feet leader at each end, film mounted on a 400 foot Super8 reel(s) with ultrasonic cleaning. Customer rolls are spliced together, up to seven rolls per 400 foot reel.
| One roll (50 ft) | $ 8.00 |
| Two rolls | $ 8.00 |
| Three rolls | $ 10.00 |
| Four rolls | $ 12.00 |
| Five rolls | $ 14.00 |
| Six rolls | $ 16.00 |
| Seven rolls |
$ 18.00 |
| Eight rolls |
$ 20.00 |
For more than eight rolls - return to one roll rate and start new reel. Alpha Cine Labs provides processing of Vision 200T, Vision2 500T color negative. Plus-X, Tri-X black and white, and Ektachrome 7240 color reversal.
Billing for film prep or processing will be directly from Alpha Cine.
Alpha Cine
9800 40th Ave South
Seattle, WA 98118
206/682-8230
206/682-6649fx
http://www.alphacine.com
FILM TRANSFER ORDER FORM
Download the film transfer order form for stand-by projects here
Please click the image below to determine if you have Regular 8 or Super 8..
