Thanks Eric, this project is being funded by a third party. Digital Revolution can transfer the Digibeta and Digibeta SP tapes, what a dumb, expensive, format digibeta seem that seemed to be in the past.
Dominic > On Apr 9, 2019, at 11:44 AM, Eric Theise <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Dominic, > > If you have time and a number of tapes I'd encourage you to look into BAVC's > Preservation Access Program. They accept applications twice yearly and the > spring cycle is open until 21 April. I was accepted into the program a year > ago and they were able to recover a variety of work for me on MiniDV and Hi8. > It is expensive even with ~70% of the cost covered by the Mellon Foundation > and the backlog is such that it might be 9-12 months before you get your hard > drive back. But they seem to have equipment for every format known to > humankind and super skilled & passionate people working there who'll do a > great job for you. > > Info at https://bavc.org/preserve-media/preservation-access-program > <https://bavc.org/preserve-media/preservation-access-program> > > They're also set up to do one-offs outside of PAP but you'll face the same > backlog. > > At the time I was looking to recover that MiniDV work this other place was > suggested to me: > Express Media > 2225 Palou Avenue > San Francisco, CA 94124 > PHONE: 415-255-9883 > https://expressmedia.tv/post-production/duplication-and-graphics/ > <https://expressmedia.tv/post-production/duplication-and-graphics/> > > Others may wish to chime in here but I'm under the impression that Digibeta, > while good for the time, is an inferior format if you have film elements and > are able get a contemporary scan. > > Related to contemporary scans I'll toot my own horn and say that I was > fortunate to be a recipient of one of those Interbay Cinema Society > Lightpress Grants that Jon Behrens posts about. Previously, the only scan I > had of my cameraless film, Hojas de Maíz, made in the days when previewing > was via snail-mailed VHS tapes, was Digibeta and that pretty much left the > film in limbo. But now that there's a lovely scan available > (https://erictheise.com/films/hojas-de-maiz/ > <https://erictheise.com/films/hojas-de-maiz/>) it's got a new lease on life, > and I was gratified when Stefano Miraglia almost immediately curated into it > the Moving Image Catalog project. > > Eric > > > On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 6:18 AM Dominic Angerame <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Does anyone know of a great lab here in San Francisco who can digitize > Digibeta HP tapes. > > Thanks > > Dominic > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > <https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks> > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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