Thank you Dennis for your quick and through response. This is all very helpful information. I will check out the link to the Supplier Directory.
Best, Lawrence On 7/31/14 10:50 AM, "Dennis Doros" <milefi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Lawrence, > > The first and foremost thing is that the Association of Moving Image > Archivists website has a brand-new Supplier Directory > <http://www.amianet.org/sites/all/files/Supplier%20Diretory%20-%202014.03.pdf> > that lists many of the resources anyone needs for the preservation of your > materials. It's being updated constantly. > > Secondly, you should have a plan for what you are doing. > > If you are thinking preservation, you have to do 2K or 4K scanning rather than > HD transfers. You should ask for copies of the digital DPX files in both the > raw scan and "fixed" scans if you are doing any timing or cleanup. Then you > should also have them deliver the final uncompressed or FinalCut Pro files for > your use. The files should be given to you on both hard drive and LTO-6 tape > (if you can get it -- if not, LTO5 would be fine.) They should both be > migrated every four or five years. For my hard drives, I always buy a very > large drive (usually 8TB to 12TB) for one or two films since you will want a > mirror raid on it. For extremely expensive projects, I put them on two hard > drives. Yes, it sound very OCD, but this is about preservation and redundancy, > not about expediency. > > As for a film at 18fps. You should first scan it at 24p and keep that raw > scan. If you are doing any dust and scratch removal, it has to also be done at > 24p and be kept. That will be your preservation master. Then, the lab can > create a 18fps umcompressed or FCP file and synch it to sound. > > I'm working with Jack Rizzo's Metro Post now and they are doing a very good > job. I've worked with ColorLab many times and I trust them implicitly as well. > It would also be a matter of doing your research and seeing what the best > transfer would be for your material. I always ask what scanners and software > they will be using and read the recent papers that are coming out of the new > research on scanners, etc. > > > Best regards, > Dennis Doros > Milestone Film & Video > PO Box 128 / Harrington Park, NJ 07640 > Phone: 201-767-3117 / Fax: 201-767-3035 / Email: milefi...@gmail.com > > Visit our main website! www.milestonefilms.com > <http://www.milestonefilms.com/> > Visit our new websites! www.mspresents.com <http://www.mspresents.com> > , www.portraitofjason.com <http://www.portraitofjason.com> > , www.shirleyclarkefilms.com <http://www.shirleyclarkefilms.com/> , > To see or download our 2014 Video Catalog, click here > <http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0150/7896/files/2014MilestoneVideoCatalog.pd > f?75> ! >> >> Support "Milestone Film" on Facebook >> <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Milestone-Film/22348485426> and Twitter >> <https://twitter.com/#!/MilestoneFilms> ! > > See the website: Association of Moving Image Archivists > <http://www.amianet.org/> and like them on Facebook > <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Association-of-Moving-Image-Archivists/86854559 > 717> > AMIA 2014 Conference, Savannah, Georgia, October 8-11, 2014 > <http://www.amianet.org/> > > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Lawrence Brose <lawrencebr...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> I¹m not sure if this original email came through. I might have sent it to >> the wrong address for this group (I apologize if this has already been >> posted). >> >> Lawrence >> >> I have a number of 16mm film prints that I would like to get transferred to >> digital format. I know that there has been much discussion on this and I¹ve >> gone back and read some of the postings but I haven¹t found a direct answer >> to what I would like to know. >> >> I would like to know what is the best quality transfer I should be looking >> for. I have a quote from ColorLab in Rockville, MD and another one from >> Metro Post. Metro Post is cheaper but it is not telecine (just says ³hi-def >> film scan²). So before I go any further I thought that I should ask for >> suggestions from all of the great people here. >> >> These are all finished films in good shape (unfortunately the original >> negatives and Mag sound were thrown out by WRS). I don¹t want to say that >> cost is no issue but if I am going to preserve these films I¹d rather end up >> with the best quality, even if I need to space it out over time due to cost. >> >> Also, one of the films runs at 18fps (sound is on separate tape). Is this an >> issue? >> >> I really appreciate any suggestions or feedback. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Lawrence Brose >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> > > > > _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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