[Frameworks] Digibeta to digital

[Francisco Torres]

The only video tape format people seem to be fond of is pxl-2000

2019-04-11 17:23 GMT-07:00, Christopher Ball <cbifilms at gmail.com>:
> Yep, tape was a real step backward in so many ways.  It's poor performance
> is really why film lasted so long.
>
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 12:36 PM Francisco Torres <fjtorrespr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Digibeta, the last video tape format. Good riddance.
>> https://obsoletemedia.org/digital-betacam/
>>
>> 2019-04-09 14:50 GMT-04:00, Dominic Angerame
>> <dominic.angerame at gmail.com>:
>> > Thanks Eric, this project is being funded by a third party. Digital
>> > Revolution can transfer the Digibeta and Digibeta SP tapes, what a
>> > dumb,
>> > expensive, format digibeta  seem that seemed to be in the past.
>> >
>> > Dominic
>> >
>> >> On Apr 9, 2019, at 11:44 AM, Eric Theise <erictheise at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi Dominic,
>> >>
>> >> If you have time and a number of tapes I'd encourage you to look into
>> >> BAVC's Preservation Access Program. They accept applications twice
>> yearly
>> >> and the spring cycle is open until 21 April. I was accepted into the
>> >> program a year ago and they were able to recover a variety of work for
>> me
>> >> on MiniDV and Hi8. It is expensive even with ~70% of the cost covered
>> >> by
>> >> the Mellon Foundation and the backlog is such that it might be 9-12
>> months
>> >> before you get your hard drive back. But they seem to have equipment
>> >> for
>> >> every format known to humankind and super skilled & passionate people
>> >> working there who'll do a great job for you.
>> >>
>> >> Info at https://bavc.org/preserve-media/preservation-access-program
>> >> <https://bavc.org/preserve-media/preservation-access-program>
>> >>
>> >> They're also set up to do one-offs outside of PAP but you'll face the
>> same
>> >> backlog.
>> >>
>> >> At the time I was looking to recover that MiniDV work this other place
>> was
>> >> suggested to me:
>> >>   Express Media
>> >>   2225 Palou Avenue
>> >>   San Francisco, CA 94124
>> >>   PHONE: 415-255-9883
>> >>   https://expressmedia.tv/post-production/duplication-and-graphics/
>> >> <https://expressmedia.tv/post-production/duplication-and-graphics/>
>> >>
>> >> Others may wish to chime in here but I'm under the impression that
>> >> Digibeta, while good for the time, is an inferior format if you have
>> film
>> >> elements and are able get a contemporary scan.
>> >>
>> >> Related to contemporary scans I'll toot my own horn and say that I was
>> >> fortunate to be a recipient of one of those Interbay Cinema Society
>> >> Lightpress Grants that Jon Behrens posts about. Previously, the only
>> scan
>> >> I had of my cameraless film, Hojas de Maíz, made in the days when
>> >> previewing was via snail-mailed VHS tapes, was Digibeta and that
>> >> pretty
>> >> much left the film in limbo. But now that there's a lovely scan
>> available
>> >> (https://erictheise.com/films/hojas-de-maiz/
>> >> <https://erictheise.com/films/hojas-de-maiz/>) it's got a new lease on
>> >> life, and I was gratified when Stefano Miraglia almost immediately
>> curated
>> >> into it the Moving Image Catalog project.
>> >>
>> >> Eric
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 6:18 AM Dominic Angerame
>> >> <dominic.angerame at gmail.com <mailto:dominic.angerame at gmail.com>>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> Does anyone know of a great lab here in San Francisco who can digitize
>> >> Digibeta HP tapes.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >>
>> >> Dominic
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