for scheduling and more information, contact: Jeff Blauvelt ......email jeff "at" hd-cinema.com
Los Angeles 310 434-9500 or in NY/NE 212--691-3561 or in Westport, CT 203 221-0233

Post Technoogy info for Producers and DPs

HD Cinema™ Digital Service Bureau for transfers to/from HD video and data

HDCAM SR transfers and mastering. also SRW-5800 rentals

check back for more details, but call 310-434-9500 for all questions and rates

Digital Dailies ....we can capture your HDCAM tapes as Apple ProRes 422 files for you to edit on your own MacPro Intel based system. We deliver them to you on your firewire drives. Or if you only have have a dual not a quad Mac G5 so you can't utilize ProRes 422, we can capture both HDCAM and DVCPro HD using the DVCPro codec also on your hard drives. DVD screeners available.

Special $ 150/hr rates

HD Downconversions and transfers with 30 frame and 24 frame t.c. window options

from HDCAM to DigiBeta with matching and/or window time code
$ 105 per HDCAM field tape with client supplied tape stock

from Sony HDW-F500 HDCAM to DVCAM
$75 for each HDCAM field tape with client supplied tape stock

add $10 for a DVD copy run at the same time, media price included

Panasonic Varicam DVCPro HD to DVCAM downconverts
$50 for each 30 minute, $75 for each 45 minute DVCPro HD field tap; with client supplied tape stock

"Rush Dailies" can often be accomplished, drop off tapes by 12N, they can be available that night, or first thing in the morning, extra rush charge may apply

Dailies options:
16:9 widescreeen mode .......your viewing monitor or projector must have a widescreen setting, otherwise the image will be "squeezed" when viewed on a 4:3 standard television
Letterbox .... the entire width of the 16:9 original is shown, but there are black panels horizontally above and below the picture
4:3 crop.....or "center cut", the sides of the 16:9 picture are cut off but the 4:3 frame is filled, we can pan and scan the wide image if needed

New Rates ......HDCAM and DVCPro HD conversions $ 150/hr

HDCAM to DVCPro HD digital capture for compressed HD editing

DVCPro HD to HDCAM 1080/24p or 1080/60i

Non-linear HDCAM and DVCPro HD editing, compositing and efx - $250 per hour, or $200/hr for long-form projects

HD Cinema™ has cost effective yet powerful HD 24p workstations running Apple Final Cut Pro 6in High Definition. We are using AJA Kona 3 HD cards in Apple MacPro Intel Dual Core 3GHz towers and high speed HD capable disk arrays and other integrated components to create a system that captures, processes and outputs FULL UNCOMPRESSED high definition digital video. This system works in both 1080/60i and 1080/24p progressive and matchframes perfectly back into a Universal Master

Auto-conform your EDL, insert effects for $250/hr, e-mail us your edl for an estimate

Color Correction using Apple Final Cut Studio Color $ 150/hr

link to Apple Color site

Rental of HD non-linear editing systems using Apple Final Cut Pro 6.0

call for pricing and system specifics

Sony JH3 rental HDCAM player with downconverter Rate card $ 300 per day amd $900 per week

Panasonic AJ-HD1400 DVCPro HD vtr rentals Same features 1200a below but also insert edits. $ 300 per day $ 900 per week

Panasonic AJ-HD1200A DVCPro HD vtr rental special rate now $ 275 per day and $ 825 per week
includes AJ-YAD 120G 1394 Firewire board and AJ-YA 120G HD-SDI board and SD downconverter board

Capture DVCPro HD video via Firewire using Final Cut Pro and a Mac G5 or MacPro.

Sony HDW-F500 HDCAM vtr rental
with 501A downconversion and 507D 3:2 pull down cards

Screen dailies in HD, create proper downconversions in NTSC or PAL for your off-line edit, use the vtr to digitize into your HD non-linear system for final conforming and output to a Universal Master, or clone HDCAM camera original tapes to save expensive insurance charges.

new lower rates $475 per day $1,425 per week

Sony DSR-1500 DVCAM vtr rental $300 per week

Sony SRW-5800 HDCAM SR vtr rental

Rate $800 per day $ 2400 per week

Sony SRW-5500 rental - feature comparisons:
Both the 5800 and 5500 are dual link 4:4:4 capable. A fully loaded model 5500 allows recording and playback of both HDCAM SR and standard HDCAM. However the 5500 cannot play 880Mbs tapes or play/record Dual-Stream (3D) recording modes.

more notes soon......

This SR deck is uniquely suited for high end digital intermediate workflows. With the new HKSR-5804 file transfer option board, users can transfer DPX files over Gigabit Ethernet networks, allowing for easy importing and exporting of 4:4:4 RGB content. This board will allow data recording of up to 4K full aperture (4096x3112) images.

all rates are subject to change without notice

We also offer camera rentals

Sony F900/3 and F900R rates package rates as low as $2100 per week

Panasonic HDX-900 DVCPro HD camera package rates as low as $ 1650per week

Last modified: April 30, 2009