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It's Time To Transfer Those Reels

Movie Film Transfers

Most reels never leave our hands. We transfer 8mm and Super 8 ourselves at West Bloomfield — drop off at either store and we'll get it there — and your original film comes back to you when we're done.

Film with a soundtrack, 16mm, or anything that needs the full treatment goes to a specialist partner we've worked with for years. They handle sound, 4K scanning, wet gate cleaning, and color correction, which needs equipment no local lab keeps in the building. Either way, you're dealing with us the whole time, and your reels come home.

All of our movie film transfers are cleaned first and then hand processed on an LED scanner for the best possible results. Your finished film comes back as MP4 — the one format that plays on everything, from a phone to a smart TV to whatever editing software you might open in ten years. And we charge only for usable content, so you'll never pay for leaders or the blank space between splices.


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How it works:
  • Drop off your reels to be digitized at our store.
  • Choose from DVD, Blu-Ray, USB drive, or cloud delivery.
  • Your memorabilia is cared for by our trained archiving experts, who will treat your materials with the utmost care.
  • About a week later, return to pick up your the DVD, Blu-Ray or USB drive containing your footage.
  • Your items never leave our property or get shipped away.
  • We return all original media to you after the process is complete.
Who else needs a copy?

The best way to share your renewed video and movie footage is by getting family members their very own copy. It’s no fun to pass the same DVD or USB drive around to family across the world, and the digital movie files are too large for online sharing. As you’re embarking on your project, think of grandparents, parents, siblings, cousins, children and grandchildren who may appreciate a copy today (or when they’re grown up).


Film Sizing Guide:
Film reel sizing guide
Silent vs. Sound
8mm and Super 8 film is done in-house, while 16mm and any film with sound it outlabbed. We return all original media to you once the process is complete.
Film reel sizing guide

© COPYRIGHT NOTE – Our policy is to make every effort possible to protect the rights of professional photographers. Work that is clearly copyrighted will not be scanned without the written permission of the photographer/creator.

Keeping your memories safe + local.

Hite Photo + The Print Refinery® has been professionally preserving memories for over 100 years. Using a trusted local expert is the safest way to protect your one-of-a-kind family memories.
Digitizing services are completed inside both our Bloomfield Hills and West Bloomfield, MI facilities.

For more information, please contact us.

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