I have a pile of 8mm, many of them 30 years old to 60 years old and I wanted to capture them into modern format but I need advice. I thought about using projector and my camera but none of my camera will do 12 fps or equal multiples without lots of messy artifact, dark frames (in between film frame), or incorrect playback speed. I even tried using my camera in PAL setting (25 fps) but it's still not quite synced with the film at 12/24fps
It looks like I'd need professional equipment to do a clean capture and transfer but they don't come cheap and I don't want to keep any equipment around after the film's converted so I think I'll send the film to reputable source.
I tried to Google for 8mm film conversion service and even tried "8mm film conversion -tape" but got lots of hit for service that are doing 8mm magnetic tape. Whoever the idiot that made the 8mm term popular with magnetic tape needs to take remedial history because the term 8mm was used for film a few decades before magnetic media was invented and a good ~50 years before 8mm tape was invented. :confused:
Who would you suggest that can handle 8mm film at reasonable cost? The one service I did find is doing $1 per foot, which means I'd be playing about $50 per 3 minutes reel or $2500 total for the whole set. That seems pricey compared to just buying a pro film to video converter equipment, then selling it slightly used
EDIT: preferably in USA
It looks like I'd need professional equipment to do a clean capture and transfer but they don't come cheap and I don't want to keep any equipment around after the film's converted so I think I'll send the film to reputable source.
I tried to Google for 8mm film conversion service and even tried "8mm film conversion -tape" but got lots of hit for service that are doing 8mm magnetic tape. Whoever the idiot that made the 8mm term popular with magnetic tape needs to take remedial history because the term 8mm was used for film a few decades before magnetic media was invented and a good ~50 years before 8mm tape was invented. :confused:
Who would you suggest that can handle 8mm film at reasonable cost? The one service I did find is doing $1 per foot, which means I'd be playing about $50 per 3 minutes reel or $2500 total for the whole set. That seems pricey compared to just buying a pro film to video converter equipment, then selling it slightly used
EDIT: preferably in USA