Video Transfers

VIDEO TRANSFERS

Keep your home movies safe

Video Transfer Services

Why risk mailing out your irreplaceable memories? All of our transfer services at Milford Photo are performed in house right here in Milford, CT! Transfer your VHS, VHS-C, Mini DV, 8mm cassettes, Beta +¾”, European Formatted VHS + VHS-C (PAL) or 8mm, Super 8, and 16mm reel film!

Preserve Your Memories Before They Fade

Ways to play videotapes and reel film are quickly disappearing, the last VHS deck was made in 2016, and parts for reel to reel projectors (including bulbs) are difficult to find. In addition, both magnetic tape media and reel film emulsions are breaking down, destroying the image and/or over time, even if they are stored well! Act now to convert these precious memories to DVD or digital forms to condense storage space, preserve, rewatch with ease and share them with your friends and family. Please note these are transfer services only, any defects and imperfections in the original will be present in the copy. The sooner they are transferred, the less potential there is for imperfections to occur in the original media!

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Videotapes Transferred

Want to Watch DVDs Through a DVD or Disc Drive?

Up to two hours of video fit on a single DVD. Each tape* to a DVD: $19.95 (5 or more tapes only $14.95 each)

Want to Have a Digital File (.mp4) to Watch on a Smart TV, Computer, Share Easily or Edit?

Each tape* comes with a DVD and a 2nd disc with an .mp4 file: 24.95 (5 or more tapes only $19.95)

Flash Drives can be purchased at time of order instead of discs, or feel free to provide your own form of external memory drive.

*Limited to one 2-hour tape transferred per disc. Tapes running over incur an additional charge.

Additional disc copies at time of order: $7.99 ea.

Orders ready in approximately two weeks, time may vary depending on the amount of orders received.

We can sometimes repair damaged tapes as well! To do so the tape is opened, the bad portion is cut away, and the tape is spliced back together. The charge for a successful repair is $20.

Movie Film Transfers

We use a Buhl Multiplexer with collimating lens and double split field lens. This is widely recognized as the best method of film transfer. This optical system forms an aerial image that is sharp, bright, and distortion free.

Screens are never used during film transfers. Any grain you see is the actual grain of the movie film and is dependent on the ISO at the time it was shot.

Pricing

20¢ per foot (8mm / Super 8)

3” reel = 50 feet = 3.5 minutes = $10.00 + setup fee*

5” reel = 200 feet = 14 minutes = $40.00 + setup fee*

6” reel = 300 feet = 21 minutes = $60.00 + setup fee*

7” reel = 400 feet = 28 minutes = $80.00 + setup fee*

(50' reels will be spliced together. Your film is returned on new 400' reels.)

*$24.95 setup fee includes 2 hours of content on a DVD AND a digital version. Each DVD can hold up to 1700 feet of 8mm/Super 8 (Silent or Sound) and 3400 feet of 16mm (Silent or Sound).