Good point Jeff

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On Dec 7, 2013, at 10:41 AM, "Jeff Kreines" <[email protected]> wrote:

> You have to be careful.  I have recently scanned S8 film that had been blown 
> up on a JK printer, and there was severe perf damage that entered the image 
> area.  This was caused by a slightly misaligned JK projector head.
> 
> These days I am not sure if 16mm blowups from S8 are the best way to go 
> unless you really need 16mm prints.  We have been doing a lot of 3.3K scans 
> from Super-8 for theatrical documentaries and the quality is excellent — much 
> better control over contrast, and better resolution because of the lack of 
> generation loss.  See OUR NIXON for an example.  2K isn’t really enough for 
> S8, as odd as that seems, and HD certainly isn’t enough (for the original 
> scan resolution).    See this for some examples:  http://db.tt/5SlAVkbT
> 
> Jeff Kreines
> Kinetta
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> kinettaarchival.com
> 
> 
> On Dec 7, 2013, at 8:35 AM, Jon Behrens <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hello Jerrett
>> I personally think you'd be much better off to do it yourself on an optical 
>> printer. Or maybe find a friend who uses an optical printer that can do it 
>> for you. I think having a lab do it might end up turning out to be very 
>> expensive. 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Dec 6, 2013, at 7:59 PM, "Jarrett Hayman" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello all,
>>> 
>>> Does anyone know if Colorlab in Maryland still does blow-ups from super-8 
>>> to 16mm? Their new website layout seems to omit this information, whereas I 
>>> remember reading as much on the old site. If not, are there any labs in the 
>>> US that will do 8 to 16 blow-ups?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> -J. Hayman
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