Sorry to respond so late to this inquiry. Kodak had a directory of approved labs for this, but I couldn't find it just now. In Massachusetts there was Audio-Visual Archives (that's me!) in Florence, CineLab in New Bedford, National Boston in Brookline, and Brodsky & Treadway in Rowley. Lots of other places do this as a sideline, and many places online of course. Some will get you great results, and others, I guess are hoping you have never seen the film or something. I see such a huge disparity out there because I also work with videotapes on a daily basis, and so have seen many other transfers, some of which I've had a chance to re-transfer. I just posted an updated comparison video of a re-transferred film along with a 1 page article that on this vimeo page for anyone interested. https://vimeo.com/63518439 There are a lot of things to consider, and some misinformation out there, so buyer beware. I enjoy discussing the possibilities with folks, and there are many of them. For example, the silent films can be a nice opportunity to narrate the who, what, where, and when of the images so that information is not lost to the next generations. This can lead to some deeper story-telling, maybe involving some stills or audio recordings thrown into the mix. So that's just a bit about what I do here. Cheers, Steve Unkles, Production Manager Audio-Visual Archives Media Production and Preservation www.MakeHistory.tv On Friday, January 17, 2014 10:22 AM, Tom Adams ~ Reelife Productions & Folktography <tomadams at gmail.com> wrote: Locally: Steve Unkles, AV Archives in Florence: http://makehistory.tv Regards, Tom Adams • Director/Owner Reelife Productions / Folktography Using Media to Educate, Entertain & Enlighten since 1996 • Cool Media Production...Not Boring or Dumb * (413) 575-9707 • Williamsburg, MA On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 9:19 AM, Jason Miranda <jason at sampw.com> wrote: ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > > >Hi Robin, > > >He's not local, but Perry at Gamma Ray Digital in Boston has an amazing machine for film to digital conversions. > > >He's been recovering and converting old film for a while. He just posted about some amazing footage he restored here: > > >http://gammaraydigital.com/blog/historic-footage-1963-birmingham-al-protests > > >Hope this helps. > > >Jason > > > > >On Jan 16, 2014, at 9:35 PM, Robin MacRostie <rmacrostie at gmail.com> wrote: > > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. >> ** If you did, we all thank you. >> >> >> >>I have a friend who wants to digitize movies that are on actual film. She doesn't know if it is 8 or 16 mm. >> >> >>Is there any one in the area that does that conversion? >>-- >>Robin MacRostie >>CHOREO Graphic Consulting and Design for Effective Marketing413.461.6655 _______________________________________________ >>Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net >>Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net >> >>You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. >>If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members >>page on the Hidden Tech Web site. >>http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > >_______________________________________________ >Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net >Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > >You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. >If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members >page on the Hidden Tech Web site. >http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > -- ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. ** If you did, we all thank you. _______________________________________________ Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members page on the Hidden Tech Web site. http://www.hidden-tech.net/members -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20140121/81827d67/attachment.html