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"West to California" Demo Tour Update: Feb 2, 2010
E-mail requests for a stop!
flashscanHD 8mm/S8 and flashstransfer 16mm, Now through March 4 or later
Now-Feb. 9: New Jersey, New York City, Connecticut,
Next: Philadelphia, Maryland, Washington, DC,
Then: VA, NC, SC, FL, GA, TN,
MO, IL, WI, MN,
SD, KS, OK, TX, NM, AZ
and other points along the way to Los Angeles and San Francisco, California
NAB Las Vegas, NV, April 12-15, 2010
AMIA & IASA Joint Conference Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 1-6, 2010
NEWS
Hands on comes to you!
Who 'd benefit from getting hands on and up close?
Archives that need in-house transfer efficiencies, security, control.
Service Providers that want high quality transfers and simplicity of operation, high-tech, high value for moderate investment.
Post-Production Facilities that have SD equipment and need HD, or have "Big Iron" scanners but need a more moderately priced system to do volume work or simpler projects.
Home Movie Transfer Houses that need equipment and workflows that work, and can cover the cost by transferring around 400' of film a day at 18 cents a foot. At faster than real-time, it's a ten-minute transfer!
Take a look. Book a demo on our "West to California Tour" today!ON-SCREEN MONITORING OF SHRINKAGE METADATA NOW ON LSD
MWA Nova's tool for sprocket-free transfer of fullcoat magnetic film (SEPMAG) now features on-screen monitoring of shrinkage in real-time, with graphic displays of the shrinkage in percent along with other metadata. Data can be saved to files for customer reports and in-house condition records.
Mounted on the renowned MB51 transport, the LSD enables up to 4% shrinkage to be corrected in real-time during the course of the transfer, keeping picture and sound in sync. This feature enables one-pass transfers to other media, without a side-trip to a Digital Audio Workstation for laborious hand-syncing. Wow and flutter are also addressed.16MM 1920 x 1080 HD TRANSFER SYSTEM ADDS 35MM CAPABILITY
MWA Nova introduced a concept 16mm native 1920 x 1080 HD transfer system at IBC in September.
The flashtransferHD 16/35mm dual gauge design was motivated by comments from IBC attendees. The three-CCD 1920 x 1080 system can transfer optical and magnetic film, silent film or camera original negative or positive, and can output a variety of HD and SD formats. Deliveries are expected to start in May. Orders may be placed at anytime.
Click here to request preliminary information and to be advised of new developments.ONE flashscanHD REPLACES FOUR PROJECTORS, 20 COMPUTERS, EMPLOYEE
Brad Hinkle was looking for something to seriously advance his company’s capabilities, and end reliance on modified home movie projectors that weren’t designed to handle long days of transferring film.
Hinkle compared the cost of purchasing a flashscanHD with what he was spending to run the aging, slower than real-time units, computers, softwareand staff required by that workflow. Hinkle determined he could replace four projectors, 20 computers and an employee with one MWA flashscanHD from flashscan8.us.
His analysis showed he could recover the expense in six-months to a year.
A major reason to buy is that a 400’ reel of silent film could be in the computer and ready to clean up in ten minutes instead of 40 minutes, Hinkle says.Nearly 30 flashscanHD 8mm/Super8 units have been delivered to users since March, 2009.
Preparing a Budget for 2010?
Ask us for information and pricing on the range of MWA Nova and other products we represent.
We can help you identify potential cost-saving work flows for HD and SD film transfer, optical and magnetic sound recovery and digital to film output for picture and sound via flashrecord 35mm film recorder and LLK5 Laser Light Camera for optical sound tracks .
See our full line brochure for product details
GRANT RESOURCE FUNDING LIST:
Click here to learn more about this resource.RECENT PURCHASES via flashscan8.us:
The Media Preserve near Pittsburgh, PA, used the 16mm flashtransfer to help several PBS member stations as part of the PBS/CPB “American Archive” first phase. Read more here:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09359/1023531-67.stm
San Francisco Bay Area TV Archive at SF State University is using its new 16mm flashtransfer to make its extensive newsfilm collection available as digital files. A $50,000 LSTA grant paid for most of the purchase. The flashtransfer replaced an Elmo, and added true broadcast quality transfer capability. flashscan8.us integrated the new flashtransfer with existing BetacamSP, 3/4" equipment, and supplied a refurbished/calibrated Textronix 1720 waveform monitor and 1730 Vectorscope for full-time QC monitoring and color correction.AV Geeks, LLC, Raleigh, North Carolina has been using its 16mm flashtransfer to transfer a major North Carolina university film library. flashtransfer replaced a Bosch FDL-60 for 16mm work.
"I'm happy! It's a joy to use," says head Geek Skip Elsheimer. "I can use it before my morning cup of coffee kicks in! I'm getting more done!" he reports.
See Skip’s complete comments at http://www.flashscan8.us/images/flashtransfer-SkipTestimonial-UsersList.pdf
WORLDWIDE NEWS:
A major global post-post production provider is purchasing four 16mm flashtransfer systems to transfer one of the largest commercial television newsfilm libraries in the world. Details forthcoming.We're updating the website with new products, as scrolling down this page will tell you.
If you have questions or a problem with the website, click here to E-mail Ted
Grant funds for equipment, projects
List of potential funders can help find money to start, match or fully fund
To help you get started (or maybe finished) we've begun a list of grant funding sources that may be helpful.
It's an ongoing commitment by flashscan8.us to help our clients and potential clients find money.
Some are government sources, others are foundations or charitable trusts.
Click the link here to request our Grant Funding List
MWA film transfer tools are a great value. Buy now while the exchange rate is dropping. The Euro to Dollar exchange rate has been affecting the cost of flashscan, flashscanHD and flashtransfer packages. That hasn't changed the value of these tools, but has made them something to purchase now, before the cost goes up again. A change in the exchange rate can add—or subtract—thousands of dollars from a purchase. After peaking at more than $1.60 per Euro in April, 2008, the exchange rate dropped to as low as $1.25 in December, 2008. Click here for today's rate. If you've been thinking about making a purchase, now would be a good time to do so, before the unsettled economy causes an un-necessary increase in what you'd pay. |
Leasing offers practical approach to purchasing
Leasing can be a way to acquire the tools you need at an affordable monthly payment, especially if banks aren't lending.
Many leasing companies can arrange payments of $1,000 to $1,500 a month on a four-year lease of $50,000, or lower payments for longer terms.
You can own the equipment at lease end for a small amount, often $1.
And there have been Section 179 Federal tax benefits that may be extended by Congress for 2010.
We can connect you with leasing companies that have funded purchases for our customers, and are versed in leasing media related technology. Click here for details.
Matrox MXO2 and
The Matrox MXO2 and new MXO2 RACK provide broadcast-quality input/output, monitoring, and up/down/cross conversion... and it's all in one system. You are not limited to using a single codec as with some other I/O devices on the market. The MXO2 captures to a variety of codecs - Apple ProRes 422 HQ, 10-bit uncompressed HD and many more, so you can choose the format appropriate for your archive or project. We use it to capture 10-bit Uncompressed files from the flashtransfer via SDI during demos, and to play out the resulting files via Final Cut Pro via SDI in SD and HD to our 24" JVC Verité LCD monitor. Users can benefit from file-based workflows with native support for XDCAM, XDCAM HD, XDCAM EX, and P2. Works with MacPro desktop and MacBookPro laptops on AC or battery power. At $1,599 MSRP, MXO2 is less expensive than other well known products. Works great as part of a flashscanHD, flashtransfer SD or HD package. Get more details here from the Matrox MXO2 website, then click here to see us for your MXO products. |
LLK5 laser optical sound recorder
Quietest optical sound in the world
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Until the LLK series of laser optical sound cameras came along, optical sound on film was recorded with equipment designed way back in 1947.
MWA Nova developed the first major improvement in 1996, using lasers to create the quietest analog stereo optical sound tracks in the world.
The LLK5 will soon be able to write the digital sound track information at the same time!
An investment in the easy to use LLK5 is a more productive use of resources than continuing to use ribbon technology.
It's putting Bollywood's biggest studio ahead of the competition!
Latest user: US National Archives and Records Administration as part of a film to film restoration package.
Learn what MygarFilm Labs, EuropaSound and the biggest studio in Bollywood say about the LLK here or get a product brochure by clicking here.
Moving made easy with Using patented designs, BigFoot Mobile Carts are a great way to make a mobile system with MWA Nova equipment at the heart. Put the ancillary equipment into a BigFoot Mobile Cart and you can put the package where the work needs to be done... in the vaults, customer's location, or around your own facility. Designed to get video equipment around uneven football and training fields for the Oakland Raiders, BigFoot's pneumatic tires now roll out a diverse line of safe, sturdy carts that hold rack mounted equipment, computers, LCD screens and desktop control surfaces. Special pricing as part of a flashscan or flashtransfer package. See more examples here on BigFoot Mobile Carts website and then click here to tell us what you need! |
Need to convert Standard Definition video to High Definition? HD to SD?
Change aspect ratios and fit images into pictures of a different aspect?
Monitor picture and sound in an SDI stream?
Turn analog into SDI or SDI to Analog or HDMI?
It's easy with the small, easy to use cross-converters from Ensemble and Cobalt.
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The BE Series has front panel controls, and control software for Mac or PC that connects through a USB port.
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The Cobalt Digital lineup includes cross-converters, distribution amplifiers, and more.
Some BE and Cobalt products can even convert NTSC to PAL or PAL to NTSC. They're full of surprises!
Let us help you get the 411 on turning 4:3 into 16:9! Click Ensemble or Cobalt for details then click here to tell us what you want.
SD transfer is alive and well
flashtransfer speeds 16/35 film into digital realm
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Gentle, high resolution transfers are what you'll get with the easy to operate flashtransfer!
It's priced well below new "big iron" telecines and is very competitive with aging used "big iron" machines that take an engineer to maintain.
flashtransfer offers more film safety and operating flexibility than low priced units based on modified projectors.
No pull-down claws here! Just smooth, continuous motion, sharp, colorful pictures and crisp sound from magnetic and optical tracks.
Shrunken film is generally no problem.
flashtransfer's integrated color correction is helpful when de-pinking faded color film, especially when coupled with computer based tools like Apple Color, or when connected directly via SDI to high-end tools like daVinci and Digital Vision.
You can do real-time transfers to tape, DVD or non-linear editors, for workflows that meet your needs.
We use the Matrox MXO2 to demonstrate uncompressed SD and HD captures with Final Cut Pro. You can use other capture cards, computers and software.
Learn more about the flashtransfer here or click on the flashtransfer link on the left.
flashrecord:
35mm LED/D-ILA HD to Film Recorder
w/ 2K-4K upgrade
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- Faster than an ArriLaser.
- Way less expensive.
- Comes completely ready to run and
- Doesn't require expensive maintenance.
- Oh, and can do real-time HD recording at 24fps or
- Even higher quality at 10fps!
- Smaller footprint than most systems.
Click here or the flashrecord link to read all about it then click here to get pricing and other details!
Safe, Speedy Storage
from CalDigit
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CalDigit's RAID arrays help you sleep at night when they're set up as RAID 5 or RAID 6.
See which sizes and models fit your needs.
24" FSI LM-2470W Monitor
10-Bit LCD Panel
LED backlight
1080p & 4:4:4 support
Waveform/Vector/RGB Parade/Audio Meters
The FSI (Flanders Scientific, Inc.) LM-2470W is FSI's top of the line 24", Native 10 Bit LCD Panel, RGB LED Matrix Backlight, Multi-Format Broadcast Monitor.
With its native 10 Bit LCD Panel capable of producing over 1.073 Billion Colors and RGB LED Matrix Backlight the LM-2470W offers superior color reproduction and white uniformity. The LM-2470W is designed for your most demanding color critical applications and delivers performance on par with other reference grade displays costing 2 to 3 times as much.
Waveform, Vector Scope, Picture and Picture, Audio Disembedding, and Audio Level Meter features. The LM-2470W also features instantly adjustable Gamma & Color Temperature Presets and true Multi-Format support ranging from NTSC/PAL to HD and 2K.
Get details: Click here to request information about this and the other Flanders monitors we integrate with our film transfer systems.
The flashscanHD units can now be equipped to include 8mm/Super8 AND 9.5mm Pathe!
This option may be useful for archives and transfer houses that encounter this unusual French center-sprocket hole format. The option is at a higher price than 8mm/Super8 units due to additional equipment and engineering to make this possible.
Get details: flashscanHD product information sheet.
Matrox has released several new products,
including the Matrox MXO2 RACK, MXO2 Mini for MAC and PC, and CompressHD Accelerator Card for faster than real-tme H264 HD file creation on Mac and PC. That technology's been incorporated into the MXO2's.
Our demo systems use the MXO2 as the input/output for SD and HD capture via SDI.
is a Front Porch Digital reseller, and can provide a full range of migration, storage and content management tools for film and video.
Demonstrated with great interest at NAB 2009, flashtransfer systems are now available with
SAMMA Solo archiving systems for easy transfer and access to 16mm and 35mm film. Click here for a press release about the pairing.
JVC Verité monitors:
Flexible, great pictures, price
New monitors feature 4:4:4 ten-bit processing, SDI inputs for HD and SD, DVI computer inputs, a host of other features and great pictures! Three sizes: 17", 20" and the 24" which does full-screen HD.
Click here to learn more!