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16mm Movie Film to file

Complete pricing below.

16 mm movie film is 16 mm wide and has a ¼ inch square hole in the center of the reel.  16 mm B&W film was introduced in 1923 by Kodak on an acetate (safety) base for amateur use.  Kodacolor color reversal film was introduced in 1928.  16 mm film can have sprocket holes along both edges (no sound) or sprocket holes along one edge and may have optical or magnetic sound along the non-perforated edge.  Optical sound-on-film was in use by 1932 and was incorporated into Kodachrome (1935).  Optical-film has a ‘wavy’ optical stripe along the non-perforated edge of the film that is part of the photographic emulsion and sound is generated by passing light through the optical stripe.  Optical film is best used when many copies of the film will be made.  Magnetic sound-on-film had its practical beginning in 1948.  Magnetic sound has a magnetic stripe along the non-perforated edge of the film and sound is generated by electrical amplification methods.  Magnetic sound is suited for one-time use such as home movies and TV news reporting; it has less background noise and better sound quality than optical sound.  The 16 mm image frame size is 10.26 x 7.49 mm with an area of 76.85 mm2 and the film runs at 18 or 24 fps; sound film normally runs at 24 fps.


Prices:
16mm Movie film to mp4 flie: $0.25 per foot.  
16mm Optical or Magnetic sound: $0.30 per foot.
Film reel charge: $1 per reel.
USB FLASH DRIVE (Thumb drive) for file(s): $10 each (16Gb max).
Data folder charge: $2 per folder (when there are multiple folders).
DOWNLOAD files and 30 day Cloud storage: $10 per order (25Gb max).
DVD (DVDs are becoming obsolete): $15 each (2 hours max).
Splices: $2 each.
 
h264.mp4 is a very common and well supported file format; files on a USB flash drive will play in Windows and MAC computers and will plug & play in many modern TVs.  Other file formats available by request (avi, mov, etc).

 

16 mm film Length (feet)

100

200

300

400

800

1000

1400

2000

2200

16 mm @ 18 fps        (minutes: seconds)

3:42

7:24

11:07

14:49

29:38

37:02

51:51

74:04

 

16 mm, sound @ 24 fps           (min: sec)

2:47

5:33

8:20

11:07

22:13

27:47

38:53

55:33

61:07

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.5” hub width; Film diameter    (inches)

3.6

5.13

5.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.75” hub width; Film diameter  (inches)

4

5.25

6

6.25

 

 

 

 

 

2.5” hub width; Film diameter    (inches)

 

 

6.25

7

 

 

 

 

 

3.0” hub width; Film diameter     (inches)

4.5

5.5

7

7.75

 

 

 

 

15

4-7/8” hub width; Film diameter (inches)

 

7.5

 

8.5

10

11

12.4

15

 

16 mm film is 16 mm wide; image is 10.26 x 7.49 mm, 40 frames per foot.  27.03 feet/min@ 18fps.   36ft/min@ 24fps.

Example: A 16 mm film with a reel hub diameter of 4-7/8” and film diameter 10” will have a length of approx. 800 feet.

 Transfer home movies record save 16mm, 16mm with optical sound movie film reels to hard drive, flash drive, download web files, dvd.