'rgb' asks: >What do you think a MaxiVision duplicate would cost, then? I'm not familiar with MaxiVision, though from the name I'd guess that it is a large-screen special format, possibly based on 70mm/15 perf technology. Again, there are variables. Are you making a one-off dupe or a set of release prints? Is the purpose of duplication for preservation, for distribution, or both? If you're aiming for distribution, how many copies (release prints) are you planning on making? Is the film b/w or colour? What sound formats (if any) are involved? How long is this film? And what generation of element are you starting with to make the dupes (e.g. cut camera negative, CRI, dupe neg, fine grain pos or release print)? All of these factors have an influence both on price and the quality of the dupe(s) you end up with. An unusual format pushes the price up enormously ('unusual' meaning anything other than 35mm four-perf), because labs are dealing with smaller quantities of material and therefore the economies of scale in both materials (raw stock and printing/processing equipment) and labour are less favourable than for bulk, contact-printed 35mm release prints which are banged out by printers and developing machines which can process up to a million feet per day. For example, one figure I heard was that the single 70mm release print of '2001' that was rereleased here last summer cost UKP£20,000 alone. Yes, that's right, 20 grand just for a single projection print! My advice would be to indentify and contact a lab that deals with MaxiVision. There may only be one or two - I can't find any mention of this format in John Belton's 'Widescreen Cinema' so it must be very new, very specialised or both. Discuss your project with the lab contact and ask him or her to come up with a proposal for the post-production work as a whole and a quote to go with it. I would then budget for that quote plus 25% to cover contingencies (e.g. unexpected benchwork is necessary, or you reject an answer print). Hope this helps Leo Dr. Leo Enticknap Director, Northern Region Film and Television Archive School of Arts and Media University of Teesside Middlesbrough TS1 3BA United Kingdom Tel. +44-(0)1642 384022 Fax. +44-(0)1642 384099 Brainfryer: +44-(0)7710 417383 ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]