[Frameworks] Advice on archival workflow and hardware for Super 8 and 16mm

[Jeff Kreines]

Always scan at the highest resolution possible — especially with small-format film. 

This old test (made when 3K was our highest res vs. our current 6.5K) shows why. Page 9, especially. 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/stkxngoftc656vq/Memoriav%20Dossier%20--%20a%20response%20-%202012.pdf?dl=0

As far as capturing the entire dynamic range of even contrasty film, Barbara Fluekiger’s Timeline of Historic Color Processes group tested high-end scanners. The Kinetta was superior in scanning the most difficult material — Technicolor IB prints. The report is pretty dry, and doesn’t mention the fact that after testing all of these machines, they bought a Kinetta. 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zr48xz1nnrjfuiu/Diastor%202018c%20%20flueckigeretal_investigationfilmmaterialscannerinteraction_2018_v_1-1c.pdf?dl=0

In the US you can get Kinetta scans at Colorlab, the Chicago Film Archive, Movette Film Transfer, the USC Hefner Film Archive, among others. 

 


Jeff Kreines
Kinetta
jeff at kinetta.com
kinetta.com

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> On Apr 6, 2021, at 10:18 AM, Rick Prelinger <footage at panix.com> wrote:
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> While it is certainly oversampling, we have found that the Scanstation makes much better scans from 8 and S8 in 4K as opposed to 2K. If you are talking about a small collection it will fit on a single drive. We keep three copies in different locations. And I echo the thought that scanning is not a one-time affair; there will always be reasons why one wants to go back and rescan in the future, especially as sensors become able to capture elements of the image that contain visual or other information.
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