[Frameworks] super-8 to 16mm blow ups?

[Jeff Kreines]

You have to be careful.  I have recently scanned S8 film that had been blown up on a JK printer, and there was severe perf damage that entered the image area.  This was caused by a slightly misaligned JK projector head.

These days I am not sure if 16mm blowups from S8 are the best way to go unless you really need 16mm prints.  We have been doing a lot of 3.3K scans from Super-8 for theatrical documentaries and the quality is excellent — much better control over contrast, and better resolution because of the lack of generation loss.  See OUR NIXON for an example.  2K isn’t really enough for S8, as odd as that seems, and HD certainly isn’t enough (for the original scan resolution).    See this for some examples:  http://db.tt/5SlAVkbT

Jeff Kreines
Kinetta
jeff at kinetta.com
kinetta.com
kinettaarchival.com


On Dec 7, 2013, at 8:35 AM, Jon Behrens <bolexman at msn.com> wrote:

> Hello Jerrett
> I personally think you'd be much better off to do it yourself on an optical printer. Or maybe find a friend who uses an optical printer that can do it for you. I think having a lab do it might end up turning out to be very expensive. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Dec 6, 2013, at 7:59 PM, "Jarrett Hayman" <jfhayman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> Does anyone know if Colorlab in Maryland still does blow-ups from super-8 to 16mm? Their new website layout seems to omit this information, whereas I remember reading as much on the old site. If not, are there any labs in the US that will do 8 to 16 blow-ups?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> -J. Hayman
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