“… had difficulties getting a clean capture of a fifty-year old reel-to-reel tape, I was introduced to John at Lifetime Heritage. John almost instantly produced a vastly better recording that we had been able to procure. It was revelatory and alone was useable with minor tweaks. However, when we noted a small intermittent issue he reviewed and concluded it needed to be improved. He and his team recaptured the piece repeatedly and noted that the issues weren't always in the same place. This meant we could blend his versions to create a perfect digital file. Yet even that was not enough for John. He decided to try recording the tape backwards and then reversing the digital audio file. When very minute clipping was found in those, he then retrieved a different reel-to-reel player and capture it what by then easily could have been the TENTH time. And lo and behold, he rendered improvements everywhere yet again (when the quality of the very first pass was beyond our dreams to begin with, even with its tiny quirks!)

I so rarely experience this kind of commitment and professionalism that I insisted he invoice me more than he wanted to! And it still is not enough! …. They're simply amazing!”

- Jef Sewell, Austin, Texas,
Producer/Director
Two Birds Film

Here’s a note from a very happy customer that had us digitize their Super8 film reels…..

“Just wanted to send you a huge thank you for your work after taking a look at the scan results of the film reels.

 Your digitization of my family's reels far exceeded my high expectations. I’ve never seen them like this before. You two guys do a fantastic job. Keep up the good work, and I hope to see you again!”

- Andrew Haddock, Chilliwack

“Lifetime Heritage Films did a wonderful job scanning my Super 8 film into HD.

I had previously overpaid a company to do low-res video transfers using outdated telecine techniques. The results were akin to someone projecting my film onto a dirty bath towel, and then videotaping the projection with an early 90's camcorder. Having never shot Super 8, I just assumed that's what it was supposed to look like. Wrong.

Suffice to say I was blown away when I got my scans back from LHF.”

- Kieran McGreal, Vancouver

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"Just want to say thank you very much for all your efforts getting the transfers done in time for Christmas. It was by far the highlight of our Boxing Day open house. I really appreciate it."

- Teresa H., Port Coquitlam

"Thanks for enabling us to preserve and share the memories of Michael with our family and friends.  Thanks to your personal dedication to deliver a great experience."

- Gloria Cuccione, Vancouver, of the Michael Cuccione Foundation

"Thank you so much for transferring my old 8 mm films to a flash drive. It was wonderful to see the films of my parents and older siblings. I'm sure my family had not seen these since the 1960's! What a treat! I will be sure to recommend your film transfer services to my friends who want to see their parents old home movies."

- Cathie Cleveland, Vancouver

"Everything looks great! You do great work, thanks!"

- Lucien, Vancouver

Thrilled! That's how I feel after seeing 500 pictures of friends and family I thought were lost forever. Thanks John, great work. You have moved up on my hero's list.

- Gerald Hobbis, Vancouver

"Watched a few more of the films and wish to let you know that we are very happy with the end result. The colour, clarity etc is awesome and we can't wait to sit down and go through all of the videos. Thank you so much for completing them in time for Christmas. I texted my daughter and told her she is going to receive the best Christmas present ever when she views them with us..... "

- Lucille and Jim Arnusch, Grand Forks

"The slideshow that you produced to help my father be inducted into the Basebase Hall Of Fame welled up emotions in all of us especially my dad. We are extremely grateful for the magical slideshow, the expert scanning of a myriad of materials and the extremely quick delivery on such short notice." 

- Elizabeth J Photography, Port Moody