[Frameworks] What film out/film recorder services are available in the Toronto area?

[Nicholas Kovats]

Thanks for the observation, Jeff. I am a big fan of your practical
implementation of the "oversampling" theory of scans aka the Nyquist
theorem.

However bitworks.org is my local resource here in Toronto and this is
what I have access to relative to my film work and testing.

On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 8:18 PM, Jeff Kreines <jeffkreines at mindspring.com> wrote:
> Nicholas:
>
> The resolution and bit depth of your files are a bit low, IMHO.  The higher resolution the scan, the better the output, whatever res it is.
>
> Jeff Kreines
> Kinetta
> kinetta.com
> jeff at kinetta.com
>
> On Dec 2, 2012, at 7:15 PM, Nicholas Kovats <nkovats at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Scott,
>>
>> Thank you for the great insights and I am now convinced that the 16mm
>> film out is the way to go. Yes, Cinebyte was on my list but I was
>> initially leery of approaching them. But your specifics regarding
>> "...unattended transfer to color intermediate negative
>>> and then a one-light print.." is the way to go and I will "haggle" accordingly.
>>
>> Are you familiar with any of the staff?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Nicholas
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Scott Dorsey <kludge at panix.com> wrote:
>>> You will actually find the filmout to 16mm will look better than a filmout
>>> to the same super-8 stock will, regardless of the originating format.  In
>>> fact, you will find that a filmout to 35mm might even look better and not
>>> cost all that much more.
>>>
>>> In Canada, I think Cinebyte has an Arrilaser machine.   You may find some
>>> folks with the older one-line CRT systems which, if properly maintained,
>>> can actually look very good.  However, the speed of the Arrilaser means
>>> a lot of companies are willing to do small jobs very cheaply just to keep
>>> the machines running.
>>>
>>> Since all you need is an unattended transfer to color intermediate negative
>>> and then a one-light print, you can probably do some dickering on a small job.
>>> --scott
>>>
>>>
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