How to get Super 8 Film today

From time to time we get asked were someone can buy Super 8 Film
today. The people who ask us where to get it are usually wanting to
get into professional film making by starting with Super 8 film,
shooting on it for a few years then moving on to 16mm film and then
finally moving on to 35 mm film.

 

Other people who have an interest in saving their family memories for
generations to come. Although it is important to have memories in
easy to use format like a DVD it is even more important to have them
on a durable media that can be archived like film.

 

When I shoot Super8 film I buy it from Kodak and you can read more at
this link below:

 

http://motion.kodak.com/US/en/motion/Products/Production/Spotlight_on_Super_8…

Vinegar Syndrome

We get asked frequently what to do if film smells like vinegar.

Of course the most important thing is to get your film to us so we can begin to clean your film.  The first thing to do though is to seperate any film that smells like vinegar from the rest of your collection, and then read this manual.

We at Treasure Coast Film specialize in restoring film with Vinegar Syndrome.

actionplan.pdf

https://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/webfm_send/308

Film Preservation – Initial Posting

Hi, thanks for stopping by the new Treasure Coast Film blog. I won’t
bore you with a lot of details about what this blog will be about as
we will both learn as time progresses, and I want to jump right into a
very important topic.

Over the years of me transferring 8mm film I have had lots and lots of
people calling me who act like all they are needing is something like
a color copy. You stick the film in one side, and out comes discs out
of the other. I always beg to differ, as the reason someone is coming
to me is to preserve their family memories. One step of this
preservation is to have the film transferred onto DVDs. The more
important step is the cleaning and preservation of the actual film.
However, the most important step is the client education.

So, I will leave this first post short and sweet with a link to a nice
primer on archival storage and preservation.