I used AVC to record the memorial service of my wife, to post on my website for friends and family…read morewho could not make it to the event. Stu was easy to work with, and made a quality recording that captured the event really well. I got good value for the money I spent.

Stu is great! Very professional and courteous. Turnaround time is great. Product produced is very…read moregood. Highly recommend !

The photos from my event looked better than expected! Very easy to work with and delivered on time…read more Highly recommend

I had a good experience with Level 2 Productions. The service was professional, the quality was…read moregood, and everything was handled smoothly. Communication was clear and the overall experience was positive. I would be happy to consider them again for future projects. I also work on digital resources and online content. You can visit my website here: https://snaptubbes.com/

I needed to transfer an EP to WAV format, and after looking on YELP found the website for Vintage…read moreMedia Tranfer, which was informative and told me everything I needed to know, including his very reasonable prices. I emailed Robert through the website and he got back to me the same evening. I dropped off the EP the following night, on Friday, and on Monday (he's closed weekends) I received the results via Google Drive. They sounded good! I retrieved the EP the next day. Robert did an excellent job and should I need any future media transfers I'd definitely call on him.

Emailed Robert and said we had a bunch of old 8 mm and high eight tapes. He gave me a quote and…read moresame day I was able to drop it off and I got the stuff about a week later on a USB drive. All of it looks like great quality. Pricing was competitive with other services I checked Would use again and recommend

Chater Camera is simply the best place to rent video gear in the Bay Area. Everyone is…read moreprofessional, friendly, and accommodating. Their inventory is top-notch and meticulously maintained, and their prices are very reasonable. I am a small player in their world, working on small projects, but get the same treatment as big-budget producers. Highly recommended!

Is there anyone else worth renting from other than Chater Camera when it comes to the best customer…read moreservice and camera equipment in the Bay Area? Nope. If you want the best you call the best.

What a great space and a killer location. Athena Studios in Emeryville couldn't be any more…read moreconvenient for essentially the entire San Francisco Bay Area to get to. Right off of the very first Powell Street exit in Emeryville and boom, you're there. The staff is great and is very well connected in the VFX world with a specialty in stop motion animation, although there is a great diversity of talent there in a number of fields. For example, I've done both commercial and corporate projects on the stage and they know just how to dovetail into every level of production. I recommend Athena Studios to many of my clients and of course I'll be back myself time and time again!

Great small studio for doing greenscreen work - their pre-lit cyc is awesome. They have a good…read moresense of customer service and bent backwards to make our project work.

I had some old VHS videos with my childhood birthdays on them, that I wanted to get them digital…read morebefore they fell apart. I looked at several online solutions, but most of them seemed to destroy your videos by default and charge an expensive fee to return them. I wanted to keep my videos, in case I wasn't happy with something or wanted to try converting them again. Having Kino4U as a local option was very appealing for being local. I ended up getting my videos converted by Kino4U and am very happy with the results. The timeline for the process and communication was excellent. Andrew explained everything about the conversion during the finally dropoff and i am very pleased the quality of the digital copies. For something that you are probably only going to do once and you want it done well, Kino4U is a very trust worth source.

I am Russian living here in this foreign country and there are instances (actually many) when I…read morebecome so nostalgic and want something that will remind me of the time I was back home....movies that I grew up with, holiday concerts and silly TV shows - this store makes it possible for me. I am not one of those people that downloads movies, I like to go rent my DVD out and enjoy a peaceful time at home over a glass of vino. They have a great selection, stellar customer service and many other services that would be helpful for you. I love their staff and helpful approach in my movie selection - they keep me up to date with best films, shows and concerts.... Oh, and much more...they do transfer private recordings (tapes, films) to DVD, making possible to view old and awkward formats on american television sets via DVD. I've done a couple of those, some old VHS copies that I had from old family gatherings and they put it on DVD for me...how great is that? It was done in no time....coolness :) Definitely highly recommended; thank you guys for making my nostalgia disappear from time to time ;)

The customer service here is abysmal. I called this place 4 times in the afternoon (well after…read moreopening hours) to inquire about film processing because their website is unclear on their services. No one picked up every time, they even just sent me straight to voicemail. I end up just driving over to find the place is not busy at the slightest. They just ignore calls. I decided to make the drive out here and just talk to them in person. I've never met someone more dismissive in my life. The owner cuts off everyone who speaks to him. Right in front of me there was a sweet old woman who noticed there was a cash discount that was posted on the well after she handed over her film, she kindly asked to pay in cash for the discount and the owner told her "Nah I already typed in your order I'm not changing it." Shoo's her away after that exchange, and then says goodbye calling her by her first name. Which tells me this is a regular customer that he treats like trash. I'm next, I pull out my super 8 film and before I can even ask a question he says "nah we don't do those you have to go somewhere else" Which is fine. Not everyone processes super 8 (even though the website says they do,) which is an old medium. But the delivery and customer service were horrible. Someone should have answered the phone in the first place so I wouldn't be here "bothering" this guy on his very busy day of sitting around doing nothing. Also, This guys website shouldn't be coded/designed like a 6th grader did it, so that way the information can be clear and easy to read. Their website explicitly says "We transfer 8mm and 16mm film" which makes me believe this owner is just lazy and chooses not to work. It's sad really, the film medium is a dying industry and there are very few people who can be there to revive this medium and unfortunately this one in the Bay Area can choose to help this art form, but instead they choose to be a lazy business owner who has disdain for people who want to support his dying business. I've received better customer service from fast food chains than this place. If/when his business fails it's not because of a lack of customers or demand of services. But at the fault of a pathetic and bitter business owner who does not deserve it. To everyone reading I recommend looking for mail in film transfer. They are much more accommodating than this pathetic place.

I have used Audio Video Workshop several times to transfer Super 8 home movies, cassettes, and…read morereel-to-reel tapes to computer files. They have always done a great job and the orders were ready when promised. One of my recent orders was especially challenging. It was 30-year old cassette tapes of me interviewing my 98 year old grandmother over the phone. My voice was too loud and hers too faint. But they managed to improve the balance and remove much of the tape hiss. I can now enjoy my grandmother's stories of growing up in the early 1900's.

Alan is amazing. My dad passed away and most of his siblings live out of state and abroad. It was…read moreshort notice but Alan was able to livestream the viewing and the service. The quality of his work was so good, that my relatives out of state and abroad said that they felt like they were at the service. Thank you Alan for facilitating us and allowing our international family to be present to celebrate my father's life.

Alan and his team is a very professional video service crew. Alan helped our family through a very…read moretough time during the pandemic by performing a live funeral service via Zoom. We were only allowed 10 people inside the mortuary, but he and his crew was able to broadcast to an additional 100+ viewers. We were impressed by the quality, the equipment, and the communication throughout the site visit, the setup, and actual live event. In addition, the final edited video quality was superb! Thank You Alan!