Light & Shutter is a content restoration and media repair Buisness operated by Jamie Bassett-Cann. The basic services for media conservation can be found in the offerings bellow. There is a tremendous amount of respect for memories and maintaining the methods through which they have been captured, Light & Shutter serves the pursuit of saving that old box of slides and reels from the attic or basement so it can live on in digital format for generations to reflect on.

If your curious what we can do for you, we can conserve and maintain your memories of a lifetime for the next generation.

Super 8mm and 8mm Reel conversion

Price per reel: $15 for the first 50feet(15.24 Meters) of the reel, an additional $.25 per foot(0.3 meters) after the first 50 feet(15.24 Meters).

Your 8mm or Super 8mm reel will first be assessed for present condition and where necessary(almost always) an anti static wipe down with a microfiber cloth to clear any small hairs, or dust that may have collected on the reel.

Once the reel has been cleaned it will pass through a specially modified projector that has been built to capture the video and audio(super 8mm only) directly from the projector. Allowing for better synchronization between video and audio as well as cleaner quality audio then can be found at traditional camera shops or Costcos.

Tapes(8mm/VHSc/Mini dv/VHS)

Price per Tape: $15 for the first 1.5 hours of content, 5 dollars for every half hour of footage beyond the first 1.5 hours.

I make sure your cassettes are clean before running them through my equipment which is cleaned regularly to maintain the best quality transfer I can provide.

Media Repair and Recovery

I restore and repair damaged digital files. ive seen some weird things, send me a hard drive or link me a copy to your corrupted or damaged content. I have successfully repaired 100’s of hours in video footage off of SD cards so please let me help where I can.

$5 per file under 10 gigs

$10 per file under 25 gigs

$15 per file under 50 gigs

anything bigger then that is going to require some time and consideration so lets Talk!

Data Recovery

I try my best to figure out what the problem is with old devices, where necessaryy it becomes evident storage devices of all kinds can get pretty tired and in some instances stop working in a manner that we understand. If you send in a hard disk drives/computer/any digital storage device I will do my best to extract all relevant data to current and functioning hard drive or digital download.