Posted by Bill Van Dyk on 08/29/05 19:37

You need to locate a service that uses a scanner rather than a projector
to convert the film. Look at http://www.moviestuff.tv/transfers.html/

I recently had a few hours of old super 8mm and regular 8mm film
transferred -- the results were outstanding. I used a company in
Kitchener, Ontario:

http://www.foreverondvd.com/

The cost is higher, yes, though I did not find it unreasonable. And
frankly, if your footage is at all worth keeping, it's worth the money.

Z Man wrote:
> <gaikokujinkyofusho@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1118602959.096565.172690@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
>>Hi, My folks have a bunch of 8mm Super8 (or that is what they call
>>them) film that is dying and they want to put it onto DVD. There are
>>some local places that will do this (for a kings ransom) but i was
>>wondering if anyone knew of online places (US) that can do this (for a
>>bit less). Any help / suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
>
>
> I did it the old fashioned way. I went through the yellow pages and found a
> local guy. Obviously, the films are not replaceable, and I was scared of
> round trip mailing, even using FedEx. The guy I found did a credible job,
> but I was very disappointed. I don't think it was his fault, but I found
> that 8MM and Super8 film transfer poorly to DVD. Both picture quality and
> sound quality are roughly D-. I suppose that's better than simply keeping
> the film until it degrades so much that it is unwatchable, but I did expect
> better. Let me know how yours shapes up.
>
>

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