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In 1994, Romed Wyder has set up a tape-to-film-system for his documentary “Squatters”. During 10 years, it was steadily developed and improved. However, an upgrade to HD didn’t make sense, since our prices would have been only slightly lower - because of the expensive 35mm negative - in comparison to other labs. But our machine still works flawlessly for SD source material!
Technical procedure
The pixels of the video picture are multiplied by interpolation, in order to make them invisible on the film stock. To keep costs lower, we don’t transfer to 35mm negative-film, but to Super16mm (or 16mm). The laboratory will then obtain the 35mm print using the direct blow-up procedure. This operation doesn’t impair the image quality of the transfer, because the resolution of Super16mm is higher than the one of Digital Beta. Compared to other tape-to-film transfers, the grain of the Super16mm-stock becomes visible on the 35mm-print, which helps to hide the electronic origin of the images...
Test
A 35mm sample-roll (approx. 4 min.) obtained from images shot on digital beta, DVCAM and DV is at your disposal. We can organise a screening for you in Geneva or Zurich or lend you a print of the sample-roll if you prefer so.
For a lump sum of CHF 500. - we provide you with a 35mm test-roll with your own images (from a Digital Beta tape with max. 2.5 minutes).