Transfer comparisons

Below are some still frames comparing a typical '5 bladed shutter' realtime transfer to our 'frame by frame' transfer.

Another filmmaker brought us this footage to re-transfer after she was thoroughly unimpressed by the original transfer done somewhere else. This was shot on COLOUR NEGATIVE 500T (7218) Super 8mm. The original transfer was washed out, missing all colour information and had no sharpness. (Check out the hands on the watch). Appears more like low grade VHS rather than super 8 beauty!

In this image you can notice notice how much sharper our image is. Particularly look at the how the grain shows up much sharper in the sky. Also look at the "50" road sign and metal guard rail. The detail and sharpness is completly lost in the typical transfer method
(thank you to Nicolas Renaud for k40 images).

The above image shows how much more contrast can be gained from frame by frame scanning. We are particulary pleased with these results. Many clients have come to us because the typical telecine method leaves their footage looking too 'flat' and 'washed out'. Also take note of how sharp the image is around the henchman poking in the fire.

This is the motion blur that comes with a typical transfer. As the video camera records the projected image, sometimes it catches information from 2 of your frames of film at once, giving you a blurred softer image. This can seemingly give you a smoother looking transfer but in turn sacrifices image sharpness, detail and contrast. If you are shooting Pro footage and understand your camera's shutter angles, then a typical transfer method is unacceptable and will ruin any type of sharp shutter effects you are trying to create.

Frame discreet is the way to go to resolve these issues get as close to the original image as possible.