8mm Reel-Reel Conversion

[Freis968]

Anyone have this done lately and that can recommend a company that does a good job at a fair price?

 

[Alucardx03]

Anyone have this done lately and that can recommend a company that does a good job at a fair price?

I too am looking into 8mm film conversion. I've been doing some research on the internet over the last few days, and found this place:

http://www.videoconversionexperts.com/

They seem to be a little on the pricey side, but it looks like they do quality work. They detail their entire film conversion process and even offer some example shots. Also, a lot of film conversion sites out there seem unprofessional, while this one seems great.

If I get enough money in the near future, I think I'll give them a go.

 

[Freis968]

I too am looking into 8mm film conversion. I've been doing some research on the internet over the last few days, and found this place:

http://www.videoconversionexperts.com/

They seem to be a little on the pricey side, but it looks like they do quality work. They detail their entire film conversion process and even offer some example shots. Also, a lot of film conversion sites out there seem unprofessional, while this one seems great.

If I get enough money in the near future, I think I'll give them a go.

Thanks for that! With my 60 reels of 3" tape and the options I want it would cost me close to $900.00!

I found a place similar that was cheaper by about $500.00. If I find the link I will share it with you. I was seeing if anyone had any "concrete" work done already and could recommend a place.

 

[Flynnstone]

The best way and most expensive is to use , I think its called "telecine" equipment. Basically they scan each frame and assemble at correct frame rate.

I, being cheap, did a poor mans conversion.
I used a projector, a very white sheet of paper and a miniDV camcorder.
I projected onto the white paper on a wall, used the camcorder to record the film. One big issue is that the movie film is at 16 to 18 frames per second. So I varied the projector speed to minimize strobing. Then used FCE to correct the speed.
Results were acceptable.

 

[Freis968]

The best way and most expensive is to use , I think its called "telecine" equipment. Basically they scan each frame and assemble at correct frame rate.

I, being cheap, did a poor mans conversion.
I used a projector, a very white sheet of paper and a miniDV camcorder.
I projected onto the white paper on a wall, used the camcorder to record the film. One big issue is that the movie film is at 16 to 18 frames per second. So I varied the projector speed to minimize strobing. Then used FCE to correct the speed.
Results were acceptable.

I was going to do this as well although you were a little more fancy in your method than I was going to get. I was just going to film it using my DV camcorder as well, not doing all the speed correction, etc.

Did you do any kind of restoration work at all?

 

[Flynnstone]

Did you do any kind of restoration work at all?

I did some color correction in FCE.

 

[misterpasta]

8mm Conversion try this first

Costco. yes Costco will convert 8mm to DVD. Three 3-minute reels for just $20. I tried it and my movies from the 1970's came out very very well.

I would give them a few tapes and see how they come out before sending to a high-end processing lab.

Note a 3-minute reel is 50 feet.

 

[Freis968]

Costco. yes Costco will convert 8mm to DVD. Three 3-minute reels for just $20. I tried it and my movies from the 1970's came out very very well.

I would give them a few tapes and see how they come out before sending to a high-end processing lab.

Note a 3-minute reel is 50 feet.

Will they only convert it to DVD? You cannot have them save it onto a hard drive? I want to do some editing of the footage.