How is film transfer done? Are my films just projected on a screen and then taped with a camcorder?
We use industrial quality equipment specifically designed to ensure high quality video transfer. The film chain consists of an optical multiplexer coupled with a broadcast quality camera and a telecine projector. The telecine projector compensates for the frame rate (speed) difference between film and video. The multiplexer enables the movie film image to be focused between two field lenses in mid-air…. this ‘aerial’ image maintains exceptionally high quality as compared to other methods where the image is focused onto a screen where loss of light and image distortion can occur. The broadcast quality camera provides a far higher resolution video signal than would be generated by consumer level camcorders.
