There are 8mm home movie film conversion and transfer service providers that use sprocketless movie projectors and claim superior performance. Reports we have seen are that they are inconsistant and problematic. They can sometimes cause the movie film to “vibrate” or “jitter” or “blur.” While the ... Read More »
Techniques and Practices
Judging the Condition of Your Films
Often times our clients tells that their films have been sitting in a closet somewhere for decades without having been touched. The home movie films, 8mm or 16mm, may have been from a family collection put together by a now long since deceased mom or pops. It is only natural to wonder about the ... Read More »
What About Cleaning Films?
Before beginning a conversion and transfer process of home movie film to DVD we consider cleaning our client’s 8mm movie films using a process developed especially for movie film. We only do so when it looks like the movie films would benefit from it and we are certain and confirm that the given ... Read More »
Splicing Dozens of 3″ Film Reels to 7″
There are some home movie transfer to video service providers that will accept your shoebox full of 3” movie reels and splice them onto much larger reels. We don’t think that this is a kool idea for a variety of reasons. From the business standpoint we must maintain our profit margin if we are to ... Read More »
DIY Film to Digital Considerations
With the advent of very doable consumer video editing it seems ashamed to have to send your family legacy 8mm home movie films out to a pro shop to be converted to modern digital media and DVD. It would seem that you should be able to do the conversion yourself. In its simplest form, if you can ... Read More »
16mm Transfer to DVD Nuance
We are presenting a continuing series to explain what effects, phenomenon, and peculiarities one should look for in evaluating the quality of a home movie film conversion and transfer to DVD. Many of these considerations are applicable to regular 8mm, Super 8mm, as well as 16mm film conversion and ... Read More »
