Posted by Derek Gee on 04/27/06 02:39

<chris@groupinfo.com> wrote in message
news:1145298244.888796.196680@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com...
> Hello:
>
> I know this is a highly discussed topic, and I have done a lot of
> reading up to this point so far. I am interested in capturing some old
> Super 8 film movies with sound on my PC (to AVI files for encoding and
> burning to DVD later). I am looking for more feedback at doing the
> capturing part myself instead of taking the film in somewhere. I have
> found some posts of people that have been able to successfully capture
> their old films, but I haven't seen much information on capturing Super
> 8 with sound (I have seen mostly articles on capturing films without
> sound).

How much film do you have to transfer? Ask yourself if it's worth buying
$1100+ worth of equipment from Moviestuff to do so even remotely acceptably.

I have reservations about Moviestuff's "speed change transform" software
based on my experiences with other professional video software. There is a
definate limit as to how much transforming you can do before weird things
begin to happen.

Unless you have a ton of film, it's simply cheaper to a let a professional
transfer place do the work. If you want the finest quality transfer for
your film, it's simply not possible to use the do-it-yourself stuff that
Moviestuff and Tobin Cinema Systems are selling. The Rank and Grass Valley
systems beat them hands down.

Derek

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