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| Pro8mm Newsletter
May 2008 |
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New Website Under
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New Price List On The Way |
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HOPEFUL TO
LAUNCH THIS
SUMMER
We are trying to get our new site up to serve you better as quickly as possible. We know you will agree that it was worth the wait, with fantastic on line demo clips of our stocks, cameras and scanning systems. Our new work order form is posted on the current site under forms and downloads and has the new prices.
New Blu Ray demos with samples of HD and down converted dvd demos will also be available soon.
NEW PRICE LIST
Available in print around June 1st. Email us if you want one mailed to you info@pro8mm.com |
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Announcing the Canon 1014-XLS MAX 8 Camera Modification:
Give your Canon 1014-XLS a giant leap forward by having us convert it to MAX 8, a 16 x 9 widescreen format. This is the second super 8 camera we have introduced with a widened gate (Classic Professional MAX 8 in 2005) so that filmmakers can be HD ready. Widescreen images are essential for remaining competitive in a HD world, and shooting super8 in the modern 16 x 9 aspect ratio allows you to edit your super 8 images with other widescreen formats. The exposed film is then transferred on our custom modified widescreen gate, available on our M2 Scanner or Y Front Ursa Diamond Scanner, giving you 20% more image on the super8 frame.
The Max 8 1014-XLS conversion includes gate modification, the adding of 16 x 9 framing lines to the viewfinder, removing the internal 85 filter which causes image degradation, increasing the take up torque so that the modern, thicker film stocks are less likely to jam, as well as recalibration of the exposure system so that all Pro8mm film stocks will accurately read the exposure from 50-500 ASA. This complete modernization package is available for $995.00. We currently have some MAX8 1014 XLS' in rental only for $300 a day, or $250 with any all inclusive film package.
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PRO8/ 85 NOW Available in limited quantity!!!
One of our more popular film stock, Pro8/85 (100 daylight ektachrome reversal) is currently available in limited quantity. The price is $35.00 for stock and processing, or can be added to any all inclusive film, processing and scanning package for an additional $5.00 per roll. Pro8/85 costs more than our other Pro8mm stocks due to the cost of the original 35mm material. If you love this stock, don't wait! When we have it, it typically sells out very quickly.
Super8/63 Black and White Hi-Con is back!
Our lab gurus here at Pro8mm have made tremendous strides in pushing the quality of our black and white processing to yet an even higher standard, and in celebration of this, we have brought back the very popular Pro8/63 Hi Con, ASA10 ,black and white reversal film. This stock looks phenomenal scanned on the M2 to high def,yielding some of the crispest images we have yet to see!
The Plus X and Tri- X black and white stocks are also looking very sharp these days. Kodak has made improvements to the film which includes a coating that keeps the film cleaner.
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Pro8 HD Update Check out these new services!
The move to HD continues to move forward with the addition of even more services this month.
Dual Support with Expanded Platform for both MAC and PC users
We now have in place the capacity to provide files that are .MOV and .AVI.
Mac users editing in Final Cut can get Quick Time Files as either compressed files .MOV in standard def with dv compression, or uncompressed 10 bit Standard or High Definition. PC users editing with Avid can get, .AVI files uncompressed 10 bit in either standard or high definition.
Down Converting with Dual Masters
For filmmakers who have a project that they will show in Standard Definition today, but need or want an HD version for future use, Pro8mm is now offering Down Converting and dual masters of scans in both high definition and standard definition on the M2. This gives the filmmaker ultimate flexibility and creative options for having both 16 x 9 HD images and 4 x 3 standard definition images that can be center cut, matted, or anamorphically squeezed. This is absolutely the way to go, giving you an HD Cam Master, and Digibeta Master, as well as a DVD for quick screening with the capacity to do whatever you need to in the future if you do not have HD playback capacity today.
Blu Ray
Our HD scans on Blu Ray disks will one day become the standard for HD mastering of home movies. Anyone wanting HD quality with DVD convenience should consider getting a Blu Ray copy of their work to play on a Blu Ray player, or in their computer with Blu Ray player or Playstation 3!! Blu Ray also makes the perfect demo format because you can use consumer equipment to display high definition images.
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No Subtitles Necessary a documentary of Hungarian filmmakers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond will premiere as an official selection of Cannes Classics at the 61st Annual Cannes International Film Festival on May 22. The documentary tracks a 50-year journey with Kovacs, ASC and Zsigmond, ASC, beginning with their arrival in the United States as political refugees from Hungary in February 1957.
"There is poetic justice in this film premiering at Cannes," says producer/director James Chressanthis, ASC. "Laszlo shot Easy Rider, an ultra low budget, counter culture film that was a favorite with critics and fans at Cannes in 1969. That was the film which finally opened doors for Laszlo in Hollywood. I am overjoyed that our film will screen at Cannes. It is a perfect return to the place that launched the career of Laszlo Kovacs and then, in turn, his artistic brother Vilmos Zsigmond. They became legends in their own time."
Pro8mm was honored to be entrusted with some of the Super 8 processing and scanning for this film. Chressanthis used our services for previous projects such as Brian's Song and the Dale Earnhardt Story. Chressanthis traces his inspiration for this project to 1984 when Kovacs conducted a seminar following a screening of Paper Moon at the American Film Institute (AFI). Chressanthis subsequently interned with Zsigmond during the production of The Witches of Eastwick in 1986. Chressanthis has worked on documentaries in the past, but he is primarily a narrative film cinematographer. He currently is filming and directing episodes of the hit TV series The Ghost Whisperer. The film will screen during Cine Gear Expo at the Universal Studios Back Lot on Saturday, June 21st. | |
Long Beach Community College writes
"On behalf of the entire Filmmakers Association, we greatly appreciate your amazing contributions to the students and our festival. We can't tell you enough how your donation, these both years, makes our students so motivated to shoot film and advance their skills as filmmakers. We will always promote your business in our community of filmmakers, and we'll make sure we keep you up to date with all of our events, activities, and progress. If there is anything that we can do as an Association for you, let us know. We are always looking for service projects and lab hours.
Thank you Rhonda, and everyone at Pro 8mm
Keep up the Great Work! "
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WANT TO SEE HOW GREAT PRO8 HD looks? COME SEE US AT CINE GEAR EXPO on Friday June 20 (10:00 AM-6:00 PM) and Saturday, June 21, (10:00 AM-5:00 PM) Universal Studios Backlot, booth 176. Register at www.cinegearexpo.com
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Visit our my space at www.myspace.com/pro8mmburbank and have us add you as a friend. We want to promote ethical social networking among filmmakers and would be happy to add your Pro8mm work!
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