Prospective clients often think that their films of 5 and 6 and 7 decades vintage might have aged beyond any ability to duplicate to digital. The easy answer to that mode of thinking is, "Uh, I don't think so." As long as you don't smell a scent of strong vinegar on your films, you are pretty much ... Read More »
Movie Film
Fluid Motion from A Stills Series–Movies
The concept of motion pictures can be dated even before the invention of silver imaging otherwise known as photography. In 1832, drawings were mounted on the face of a twirling disc called a phenakistoscope. Thus, mankind was treated to the illusion of motion. When we compare the illusion of the ... Read More »
Can You Match the Legacy Media?
At the W. Cardone Productions booth at the Chelsea Community Fair of 2022 we had a contest that fair patrons were encouraged to play. On one table we had various forms of legacy media such as an audio cassette, a Betamax video cassette, and the list goes on. On the other table we had matching ... Read More »
My Film is Out of Focus!
Occasionally we see home movie films having portions that were originally exposed out of focus. In most cases, this was the result of holding the movie camera too close to the subject matter. Virtually all 8mm home movie cameras had fixed-focus lenses so that the initial cost of the movie camera ... Read More »
Frame-by-Frame–What is it, Anyhow?
Home movie film, of course, is merely a collection of hundreds of still pictures taken about 55 milliseconds apart or 18 frames per second (fps). When played back at that same speed, there is an illusion of fluid motion-preserving for future viewers memories from that event where the film was ... Read More »
A Film Cleaning Example
Typically only a few of the legacy 8mm family home movie films that come to us benefit from film cleaning. We have observed that film reels that have been kept in a cardboard box or metal film can through the decades will be in superlative condition. Cleaning will typically not benefit these films. ... Read More »
