Cost to convert to Sony HDCAM

[RyanMKincaid]

For film festival screenings, US festivals want Sony HDCAM tapes. Anyone have any idea what the average cost to convert to this media is? Don't need exact prices but for a film that's 2 hours long, I'll be providing the tape media, the movie will be a hard drive, what should I expect to pay on average?

Also, if you're in the NYC area, and have done this, what post houses have you used and what was your experience dealing with them?

 

[robmneilson]

Talk to Post Works pwny.com I believe is their website. In the past I dealt with Mona Jackson there, who was one of the nicest people on the planet. She would always cut me some sort of a deal with my film transfers. I haven't been to them for HDcam transfer, but she can probably cut you a good rate.

I remember though, right after the disaster went down in Japan there was a HUGE shortage of HDcam tapes, and post houses were hoarding them for their big shows. I'd assume that's overwith now, but the price of the tapes themselves may have gone up.