8mm, Super8 and 16mm or slide transfers

Video has replaced 8mm and super8 or 16mm films. But the old films contain precious family memorabilia. Over time, they lose their colours and, depending of preservation temperatures, become dry. We can transfer them on a DVD or a VHS cassette. Now you can keep these precious memorabilia and look at them whenever you wish on modern readers.


Transfer prices for 8mm and super8 films
50 to 500 feet
500 feet and more
0.18 per foot
0.15 per foot

on DVD or VHS
on DVD or VHS
on Mini DV (add $9.00 for a 62 minute cassette)

 
5000 feet and more 0.12 per foot on DVD or VHS  

For your file settings:
.AVI - .MOV – MPEG Files

20.00 per DVD maximum 20 min. per DVD in .AVI technical info

Transfer prices for super8 (audio), 18 or 24 images/second) films
50 to 500 feet
500 feet and more
0.20 per foot
0.17 per foot
on DVD or VHS
on DVD or VHS
on Mini DV (ad $9.00 for a 62 minute cassette)
 
5000 feet and more 0.15 per foot on DVD or VHS  

For your file settings:
.AVI - .MOV – MPEG Files

20.00 per DVD maximum 20 min. per DVD in .AVI technical info

Transfer prices for 16mm (silent) films
100 à 400 pieds 0.25 per foot on DVD or VHS
on DVD or VHS
on Mini DV (ad $9.00 for a 62 minute cassette)
 
400 pieds et plus 0.20 per foot on DVD or VHS
on DVD or VHS
on Mini DV (ad $9.00 for a 62 minute cassette)
 

For your file settings:
.AVI - .MOV – MPEG Files

20.00 per DVD maximum 20 min. per DVD in .AVI technical info

Transfer prices for 16mm audio films
100 to 800 feet 0.25 per foot on DVD or VHS
on DVD or VHS
on Mini DV (ad $9.00 for a 62 minute cassette)
 
800 feet and more 0.20 per foot on DVD or VHS
on DVD or VHS
on Mini DV (ad $9.00 for a 62 minute cassette)
 

For your file settings:
.AVI - .MOV – MPEG Files

20.00 per DVD maximum 20 min. per DVD in .AVI technical info

Chromatic Correction

Our film transfer technique allows us to correct the colours and improve the sharpness
of the image.
Your films are always monitored and corrected to attenuate the colour dominants caused either by film deterioration or colour dominants in some films
(ex: Kodachrome was redder, Ektachrome had a blue dominant and Agfachrome
had a green dominant)



Please look at the following example to see the difference.

 

DVD MENU CREATION (click to enlarge)
(1)
(2)
(1)The basic access interface is included in the price of all transfers
(2) Cost for a personalized menu: $35.00

 
Impression of the disc face

FREE printing of the face of your DVDs with the title requested on the purchase order

A colour jacket allows you to write the title of your DVD, which is then sealed in plastic


PERSONALIZED FORM If you wish one of your photo; add $2.00

Video editing Service

We can digitize your films, set them up by sequence, keep only the important sequences and create an access menu.
Hourly rate: $35.00

Our digitized set-up room:


 

Adding music

To complete your presentation, we can add music;
we offer two choices:
We select music that fits the period of your films

OR
you provide the music you want

Cost: $35.00 per hour.
       

FILM IDENTIFICATION
-The 8mm standard was created at the beginning of the 50s.
-The Super 8 appeared on the market in April 1965.
The 9,5 mm film was the ancestor of the amateur cinema formats. Created in France in 1922 with the Pathé-Baby, it has practically disappeared from the general public market today.
-The 16mm was used by professionals; this type of film is still used today.

The 35 mm format is a perforated photographic pellicle, with a width of 35 mm. First created for cinema, it was later introduced in silver halide photography, under code 135 (this is why it is often called pellicle 135 or 135 film) where it has become the dominant format.
Length and duration of the films
200 feet
400 feet
800 feet
3:30 min. (apprx)
15 min . (apprx)
30 min. (apprx)
50 min (apprx)
3 in. spool diameter
5 in. spool diameter
7 in. spool diameter
12 in. spool diameter

Transfer prices for 35mm slides (in .jpeg format)
Digitization Technique (on CD or DVD*)
100 to 500 slides 1.00 each on DVD or VHS  
500 slides and more 0.80 each on DVD or VHS  
   
Projection Technique (on CD or DVD*)
100 to 500 slides 0.50 each on DVD or VHS  
Minimum $25.00
*Add $35.00 for creation of a slide show on DVD
 

Audio disc support transfer 78, 33 et 45 revolutions, cassette audio,
magnetic tape on CD AUDIO

78, 33 et 45 revolution discs, audio cassette (approx 45 min)
Without tracking: $ 20.00
With tracking: $ 25.00
Please listen to an example of a transfer of a 33 LP on audio CD
CLICK ON THE EAR
ear

 

Magnetic tapes: (tracks 1,3 et 2,4 i.e. conventional stereo)
Without tracking: $ 20.00
With tracking : $ 30.00/hour

 
Transcoding

DVD Zone

The globe has been divided into 6 zones. This concept designed to assure protection of the film rights. Consumer must make sure of buying only DVDs belonging to the same zone as your reader, or using a "multi-zone" reader.
DVDs without ownership rights can normally be read on all machines.
Zone 1 : North America
Zone 2 : Eastern and Western Europe + Japan + South Africa + Israel + Lebanon
Zone 3 : South-East Asia
Zone 4 : South America + Australia
Zone 5 : Russia + Africa
Zone 6 : China
Zone 0 : all zones

We transcode from or to PAL standards (European)
or NTSC from a DVD or VHS.

VHS to VHS (120 min.) $20.00
DVD to DVD (no menu) $35.00
For longer films, please call us.


 

We transfer your video cassettes on DVDs
DVD XP Mode length (1hour) SP Mode (2hours) LP Mode (4hours) EP Mode EP (6 hours)

Video cassette format accepted for transfer on DVD.

Rate:
First hour: $15.00
Additional hours: $8.00

For several cassettes, a discount may be granted.

 

 

Betacam and Betacam SP cassettes
$25.00 per 20-minute cassette.

 


Our service includes
(the DVD, ink jet colour impression and the DVD black box)

$4.99/each.




 


*WE OFFER FREE PICK UP IN MONTREAL-SOUTH SHORE-LAVAL
($100.00 minimum order)

Or

You can bring your films to our studio





POSTAL ORDERS ACCEPTED
You can send to us by XPress Post or Expedibus,
click on the icons for the rates




 
     
Return of your films

We will return your films with the DVD(s) by Canada Post
Please allow 10 days to complete your order.
You may also pick up your films at the studio.

Payment      
You can pay by cheque when you get your films, pay upon delivery. Cheque or cash only.

After his college studies, P.A. Mc Neil became interested in photography. He followed a course with Jean Letarte, of Radio-Canada, with whom he
has cooperated since. He continued his studies and obtained diplomas in commercial photography, portraiture and in colour finishing techniques at the School of Modern Photography in Montreal; commercial and advertising photography at the School of Modern Photography in New Jersey, and finally received a diploma in audio-visual technique from the New York Institute of  Photography..He attended several stages in specialized workshops, in industrial and architectural design, lithography, medical photography, and others.
Pierre Mc Neil’s interests first went to press photography, he worked as a freelancer for the Daily Commercial News. He also obtained important publicity photography  contracts for Molson,Lactancia, Lippens, Lavo, Rona, Nutrite, Evian, Nestlé, Datagram, Produits VH and Dunkin Donuts. He also created the graphic design for several cover pages in les Éditions Québec-Amérique, les Presses de l’Université du Québec and les Métiers d’Art du Québec.
Always looking for new techniques and wishing to enlarge his field of action, P.A. Mc Neil has specialized for several years in the restoration of old photographs.
A professional photographer, P.A. Mc Neil is also a pedagogue ; he is the author of a course of initiation to photography, published at Éditions Brault & Bouthillier. He has participated in several shows, including the most important, at the Maison du Québec in Boston, and another one in Bilbao, Spain during the Arteder show, where he won first prize as a Canadian photographer.

Today, P.A. Mc Neil  offers  video services (corporate setting, shooting of shows etc), as well as video settings of your cassettes or digitized photographs, reproduction and DVD transcoding  Concerning film transfers and slides, Pierre Mc Neil is aware that people look more and more for professionals when making memorable transfers and video settings, and he has set-up a studio designed exclusively for this purpose.

 


Productions PM Multimédia
(in business since 1969)

P.A. McNeil
271 Francois-Seguin
Boucherville (Quebec)
Canada J4B 1L6



450.655-3321
1.866.802.3321
(Toll Free in Canada and the USA)



www.pmmultimedia.com


Additional Technical Information

Système de capture vidéo
EIA standard (525 lignes, 60 fields) NTSC signal couleur
4:3: 720x480 pixels effectifs 270,000 pixels (250,000 pixels effectifs)
NTSC DV (Amérique)
720X480
(29.97 ips)
525 lignes de résolution
PAL DV (Europe)
720X576
(25 ips)
625 lignes de résolution
Compressions:
.MPEG-2
720X480
le plus populaire et moins lourd
.MOV
640X480
utiliser principalement sur MAC
.AVI
720X480
la meilleure qualité mais très lourd

Note concerning 8mm double films
The 8mm films were sold under the Double 8mm name. In practice, they were 16mm films that were filmed on both sides. People who remember this era know that the spool had to be turn on its side in the camera. As a result, 25 feet became 50 feet during processing. .
 

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Pierre McNeil multimedia creator- 2005
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