"You have to remember once film is struck it is struck, nothing else is needed really. AC does not cost the much to run, and sprinkler just sit there and get inspected by the fire marshal each year. " >>>Completely, utterly false. Temperature controlled storage vaults cost a FORTUNE to keep in servi...

Come on guys. Keeping film archived copies in a temperature controlled vault with sprinkler systems, ect is MUCH more expensive than keeping a SAN. Once the SAN is in place, the costs are minimal to the company, ANd the SAN can be used for many other kinds of Data storage, like backing up the networ...

Digital will always win out as the preferred choice for archiving because in the long run it IS cheaper. Making a digital copy of a digital master is FREE. Making multiple film copies is expensive. There is nothing wrong with using digital as an achiving medium as long as several rules are followed:...

Thank you very much, Ray.

I actually found one locally...but it needs a bulb. Can the bulbs be found for this model?

thanks,
Retro

Is there a Quiet, or relatively quiet 8 mm projector>? i had a Bell and Howell, but I could not stand the noise...it sounded like a railroad train!!

Is there anything like a box unit with a screen that allows one to watch 8mm films?

thanks.

True.....the "magic" of the technicolor is gone from the new Blu Ray.

I have a laserdisk made from the 1955 IB print , and it still has that technicolor glow.

thanks Bruce.

Actually, 8mm film (I think) will be available as long as 35mm film is.....as far as I know, all they do is take 35mm film and cut it into 4 strips, then punch the sprocket holes.

Wether you like it or not, Film is going away, in both Professional applications and amatuer applications. Its just the way it is, and you cant fight it. I have to say, I have seen some raw footage shot with the RED camera and it was incredible. It will never look just like film, but tastes change a...

Brooklyn, New York City. But I'd hardly call 6 reels "a collection.

Of course not!! Thats why I'd want the dye transfer DVD!!

Same thing with "The Wizard of Oz"...the IB transfers are magical. The Blue Ray is...................clean.

ok, here goes. I hate 8mm and 16mm projectors with all the loud noise, the reeling of the film thru the film path, manintenance, etc. But, I have a few 8mm and 16mm silents I'd like to watch. Is there something like the old motorized editors with a built in 6 inch screen that I could watch BOTH 8mm ...

What i'd like to know is if one can buy a copy of that Dye Transfer print on DVD?

Has anyone ever heard of a company called "Sports Films inc" out of Paterson NJ? They were around mostly during the 1960s.


Any info?

thanks!

The Restorations look magnificent. HighHat is correct, the "before" shots are way to bright and blown out. The contrast was completely off. And whats the problem with cleaning up the sound track?