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Transfermagic offers a variety of cine film transfer services to professionally convert your vintage media. We can convert your 16mm, 9.5, Super 8 or Standard 8mm cine film to DVD or to USB or hard drive and aim to provide the highest level of quality. Preserving your memories by professionally transferring your old cine films to DVD, Blu-ray or hard drive.

Our Cine Film Transfer Process

All films are sympathetically examined for damage, cleaned and repaired if necessary.

Your 16mm, 9.5, super 8 and standard 8mm reels are scanned emulsion side up frame by frame directly from the gate in full 1080p High Definition on our dedicated cine scanner. Specialised software then assembles the frames together and prepares the digital video for encoding to DVD, Blu-Ray or on to a hard drive. This process guarantees the highest quality results achievable.

Your film will be handled with great care every step of the way. The transfer system uses a cool LED light source to avoid burning the films and a sprocketless drive ensures no damage to your footage.

After your film is digitised it is either encoded to DVD, Blu-ray or transferred to a USB, hard drive ready for editing or sharing.

We can design and print colourful covers and disk graphics.

We can add music from our own library but if you wish to have specific music added please provide us with a CD or MP3 on disk or portable media.

Transfer prices to video file.

The smaller 50ft reels are charged at £10 but the larger reels are charged by the foot as they are quite often not full. All prices and options are on the order forms.

16mm, 8mm Film (Minimum order £20)

  • 50ft -  £10
  • 200ft - 14p per/foot
  • 400ft - 14p per/foot

9-5 Film (Minimum order £35)

  • small pathe reels  -  £15
  • 200ft - 20p per/foot
  • 400ft - 20p per/foot

Playable Disc Formats

DVD, first copy - £50

- DVD, copies with cover - £7.50

Data Video Files

USB sticks from - £12.50

'WeTransfer' uploads - £5 (20GB)

Hard drives from - £50

Ready to order?

Get started on building your digital library by clicking the button to download the order form. Fill in the details and send it alongside your originals.

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Testimonials

  • 5
    "The service from TransferMagic was very fast and efficient. My Super-8 films were taken good care of and the digitised content was supplied in several different file formats. Bob was very friendly and helpful and communication was good. A first-rate service."
    Karolyn Wellings
  • 5
    "Many thanks to Bob at Transfermagic for putting my old Super 8 cine films from the 1970's on to memory stick. Good, quick and friendly service enabled me to see my memories again after all these years on my TV and laptop. Many thanks"
    Brian
    Edinburgh
  • 5
    "Thank you for doing such a wonderful job in transferring my relatives 50 year old slides to DVD this week. The images look as though they were captured yesterday, with perfect clarity. I had been nervous about handing the slides over to someone I didn’t know, but I needn’t have worried. Bob McDougall, owner of transfermagic was very helpful, and professional, and even with a busy workload managed to fit in our slide transfer with a quick turnaround time. I would highly recommend this company and plan to hunt out all our old films for transfer to DVD by transfermagic"
    Lorna Hill
  • 5
    "We had our family videos transferred onto DVD and hard drive. I found Bob's advice really helpful. He was able to guide us on what would be the best format to transfer to for all the family to access. It is great for our whole family to be able to watch our wedding, old holidays, birthday and Christmas videos on the computer and on tv. It was quick and easy to deal with Transfermagic and I would thoroughly recommend them to anyone."
    Mr D Swanson
    Balerno
  • 5
    “Just wanted to say thanks for the great job of converting the old cine films to DVD. My Mum and Dad are absolutely delighted with the result and love the music too. It has brought back so many fantastic memories for them and we can now hand them down through the generations never to be forgotten.”
    Lynn and Paul Bannon
  • 5
    Thanks I’m thrilled with dvd etc.... .wow!
    Sue Robinson
  • 5
    "I thought you might welcome some ( glowing) feedback on the work you undertook on behalf of the Gordon family in transferring my late mother’s cine films to DVD format. All three brothers now have their copies and all, like me, have commented on the excellent job you have done : the “menus” on each DVD and the music were unexpected extras that really help navigate the films. We are thrilled with your service, start to finish and have already recommended you to others. Sincere thanks for the way you have preserved invaluable childhood memories for all of us, for your efficiency and professionalism throughout."
    Diana Nelson
    London
  • 5
    “Recently I rediscovered some early cine film that I had taken, it has lain unwatched in my loft for forty years. I learned that it can be transferred to DVD. The result has been that I’m now able to watch my late wife as a young woman, something that has proved to be very emotional and pleasurable. I’m pleased that I found the cine film, I’m pleased that the work was done to such a high standard by your company. I will end now, I’ve a DVD of a young woman to watch”. Many, many thanks.
    Edward Skelly
  • 5
    "Thanks so much for the DVD's! Brilliant work. Really quick & professional service. The scanned images and discs look brilliant, and all over the space of a weekend! I'll spread the word."
    Dr Michael Norbury
    Edinburgh
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