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Worst Methods:
Projector & Camera
Is just that. Projecting your film onto a wall or screen, then recording off the wall with a video camera.
Film Transfer Box.
Same as above, instead of a wall, it is achieved in a box with a mirror. Something you can find at a Wal-Mart.
Film Chain
Another device with a motion picture projector and a video camera. Usually a surplus RCA-TP66 from a local television station. Local TV stations used these to project movies, and filmed news stories from the 1950's to the late 1970's. They were failry reliable but never produced great pictures. All the TP-66s were replaced by the 1980's when television stations received all movies for broadcast on video tape. Those videotapes were much higher quality film transfers done on Rank Cintel telecines ususally in Los Angeles or New York.
Anyone who cannot explain exactly what they are doing with your films.
They may say it is a proprietary secret, but we would recommend caution. There is no reason why they cannot explain how their process works without giving you "secret" information.
Inferior Methods:
Frame by Frame
Very similar to Projector & Camera. Instead of running your film, each frame is projected, captured with a camera (hopefully digital), then linked together like a chain. If they are using a projector bulb, you risk damage to your film. The heat from the bulb can damage your film if it is left on too long, which can be only a few seconds.
Aerial Image System
Similar to a film chain.
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Rank Cintel Turbo Telecine
This is what Hollywood uses for their motion pictures!
All film is digitally scanned by an extremely high resolution electron tube/crt as it runs through the telecine. Unlike a film projector, there is no heat from a light bulb, no stopping and starting your film on each frame, no pressure plate that can scratch your film, and no unnecessary handling of your film. There is no camera. A highly sophisticated optical gate acquires the images from the film, which are then adjusted and refined digitally, pixel-by-pixel.
What makes PeggNet Computers the best?
We go even further. Your film transfer will be on a Rank Cintel Turbo 2 telecine with MetaSpeed and a Digital Deflection System. We offer a pixel-by-pixel film transfer. Additionally, you benefit from our newly designed High Definition Optics. Our skilled telecine operators or colorists, constantly monitor your film while it is being scanned, continually monitoring your light levels, similar to a scene-by-scene transfer. Our colorists use the High Definition Color Corrector to make the necessary color, and brightness adjustments to the red, green, blue, white, black, and mid tones (gamma) of your film. The level and depth of color correction that can be done as the film is being scanned is simply impossible with other transfer methods.
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All those small individual reels are combined onto a large film reel, in the order you provide, for long-term storage & film safety
Please Note: We strongly urge all of our clients to purchase MiniDV Master Tapes for the following reasons: DVD copies can be made from the Master Tape; MiniDV Tapes contain twice as much data, giving you more detail in your pictures; and any future editing on a computer will yield far better results.
8mm Film Reel Size Guide:
| Reel Diameter |
Film Length |
Pricing Reels |
| 3 Inch |
50 Feet |
1 (50' Reel) |
| 4 Inch |
100 Feet |
2 (50' Reels) |
| 5 Inch |
200 Feet |
4 (50' Reels) |
| 6 Inch |
300 Feet |
6 (50' Reels) |
| 7 Inch |
400 Feet |
8 (50' Reels) |
If your larger reel is not full, call us for the appropriate discount.
Each DVD holds up to 1 hour of transferred film.
We only use Premium DVDs (Philips, Sony, TDK, etc.)
Each MiniDV Tape holds up to 1 hour of transferred film.
Perfect Digital Master for editing or archiving your transfer.
We use Professional MiniDV Tape Stock (Panasonic)
Professional Super 8mm Color Negative Film - Must Add 10% for Transfer
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| Diameter Inches |
Length Feet |
Time Silent |
Minutes* Sound |
| 3.5 |
100 |
3 |
2 |
| 5 |
200 |
7 |
5 |
| 6 |
300 |
11 |
8 |
| 7 |
400 |
14 |
11 |
| 9 |
600 |
22 |
16 |
| 10 |
800 |
29 |
22 |
| 12 |
1200 |
44 |
33 |
| 14 |
1600 |
59 |
44 |
Times are approximate & may vary.
1 hour of transferred 16mm Film fills 1 DVD or 1 MiniDV Tape
Each DVD holds up to 1 hour of transferred film.
We only use Brand Name DVDs (Philips, Sony,TDK,)
Each MiniDV Tape holds up to 1 hour of transferred film.
Perfect Digital Master for editing or archiving your transfer.
We use Panasonic Professional MiniDV Tape Stock
1 hour of transferred 16mm Film fills 1 DVD or 1 MiniDV Tape
External Hard Disk Drive
External/ Portable USB 2.0 Hard Drive (at 25Mb/second data rate)
Each hour of film consumes between 13-14GB of hard drive space
Data can be saved as: .mov files (best for Mac) or .avi files (best for PC)
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What is uncompressed digital video?
The digital video signal used at the highest end of television production is uncompressed. Uncompressed digital video has no compression defects, so your film transfer will have much deeper color, greater detail, and will look more like the original film.
How big is the uncompressed digital video signal?
The data rate of this signal is very large - 270 Million bits per second or larger. Until very recently this signal was simply too big to record on a PC or Mac cost effectively. One hour of uncompressed video will require about 94GigaBytes of hard drive space. Computers that can work with this much data are Apple G5 systems and PCs with dual cores, other high end systems with 2GB of RAM or more may also work well too. Laptops/notebooks are not recommended for uncompressed video.
4:2:2 Uncompressed video on hard drive is:
54x larger than the average data rate for DVD playback (5Mb/s)
27x larger than the best data rate for DVD playback (10Mb/s)
10.8x larger than Mini DV, DV cam, or DVC PRO digital videotape (25Mb/s)
5.4x larger than DVC-PRO50 or Digital-S
2x larger than Digital Betacam
Equal in quality to 19mm Digital D-1 video tape
Uncompressed video will ALWAYS reproduce an image better than compressed video. Compression is used for convenience and cost savings. At some point in the future, compression will be unnecessary because we will be able to transmit and store nearly unlimited quantities of data. It is our belief that we will look back at compression as a very unfortunate endeavor that has damaged the faithful reproduction of historical images.
The very nature of motion picture film is uncompressed.
What are the benefits of transferring my film uncompressed to hard drive?
- Additional color correction - you will have the data to work with, not just color approximations.
- There is twice the color depth or color Information in 4:2:2 signals than 4:1:1 signals like MiniDV or DV Cam
- Printing stills (from film frames) will have much better results - there is simply more detail and color information.
- Upconversion to HDTV or future formats will have substantially better results.
- Transferred historical films can be sold for other applications due to their high image quality.
PeggNet Computers can even offer 10 bit uncompressed video to hard drive for the most demanding applications. Normal 8 bit digital video has 256 shades of grey between pure white and pure black. 10 bit video has 1024 levels between white and black. This eliminates stair stepping and banding seen in gradual color ramps.
How is uncompressed video delivered to me?
We supply USB 2.0 portable hard drives to record your films.
- 120 GB drives hold about 65 minutes of film.
- 250 GB drives hold about 2.5 hours of film.
- 500 GB drives hold about 5 hours of film.
- 1000 GB drives hold about 10 hours of film.
The 1000GB (1TeraByte) drive has USB 2.0, Firewire 400, and Firewire 800 interfaces.
Data can be saved as: .mov files (best for Mac) or .avi files (best for PC)
6. You may provide your own USB 2.0 portable hard drive. Your drive will be completely formatted (erasing all previous information on the drive) and is subject to a data loading fee of $100.
Attention: The reliability and integrity of client supplied drives is the SOLE responsibility of the client.
Our uncompressed video to hard drive using the Black Magic Design codec requires about 94GB per hour of film. Uncompressed video is in .mov format.
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