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Old 8mm projector tapes - Parade and Cherry Tree late 1960's
Slide Scanning Services - Preserve Photos and More the Smart Way !
Those special photos, negatives, slides, videos, photos, and more you've acquired over the past years , could be totally lost forever if you don't do something to preserve them . Through slide scanning services all these things can be digitized so you can preserve these memories forever, or as long as CDs and DVDs are in use . Take a minute and think about it, do you want to lose all those memories due to the film or paper deteriorating ? You are probably answering "No" right now . Let's take a look at what slide scanning is able to do for you.
You can have your slides digitally converted to both DVD and CD formats . Just think of how delicate slides are . This provides you with an excellent way to save your slides in case something happens to the original copies . They can be viewed on the computer easily this way too . Depending on the plan you go with, different adjustments can be made .
You'll find that negatives can be quite fragile. It only takes one tear or mark and no more pictures ever from those negatives . You're also able to digitally put negatives on CDs and DVDs. The negatives are actually turn into positive images that are digital .
The paper photos you have can be scanned in and adjustments of different levels can be made. You can enhance the color on faded photos, they can be cropped , the contrast can be changed , and image rotation can also be done. Photos can be made ready for print or video if they're not already too faded .
Film in super 8mm or just 8mm can be transferred to MPEG4 files, AVI-xvid, Blue-Ray, DVD, or MJPEG files . They are carefully done frame by frame . This way you no longer have to drag out the projector you can use your computer or television to watch them .
A few other things that your slide scanning services can do include digital repairs and restoration, video and audio tape transfer, and a whole lot more. By using these services you can safely and digitally save memories for good .
With the available image organization , you're able to see the scans before your final product is done. This lets you identify the order of things for the transfer that is done finally to DVD or CD formats. Scans you're not a fan of can be rejected . This also makes it easier when you send in photos to have this service done . Just get them all together and mail them. Then after they have been scanned they can be viewed on the web where it is much easier to rearrange and organize the digital copies of them .
Now you can see how easy and convenient it can be to save memories from photos or film for years to come ! Just mail your memories off today to one of the slide scanning services and you're sure to love how they turn out . You will no longer have to worry about your memories getting faded or damaged due to exposure to light, air, or just plain aging .
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Jimmy Dawkins suggests that even though price is a consideration when choosing slide scanning services, you also need to make sure the services available are professional and complete. Slide scanning services that provide restoration and color correction will be able to preserve your images for generations to come.
What equipment is needed to copy old home movies filmed in the 1960's to a DVD?
I think they are 8MM movie film. Need to know what machine I would need to get to play the tapes on. These films used to be played on movie projectors. These movies are not from camcorders. Would prefer to do it myself since there are about 50 movies. Need advice on how to get started.
Funny thing... I have a box of single-8mm films (there are two kinds of 8mm... single-8mm, with holes along one side, and double-8mm, with holes along both sides) and an ancient projector here somewhere in my computer room. When I was a little kid, my Dad used to take these films, 6 minutes per roll, in the days before autoexposure, autofocus, and zoom lenses (at least for regular consumers).
You're going to need some kind of projector... single 8 or double 8.. it's not any more complex than that. I have seen these from time to time at yard sales and flea markets -- most people just want to get rid of them. First thing you need to do is figure out which kind you have.
So, with that, there are two basic methods for transfer. Once is I guess fairly obvious: you set up your projector and hopefully a real movie screen (screens have highly reflective bits in them, so you get a better picture than you would with the usual fallback, a white wall). You set your camcorder up, frame it on the projector, and show movies.. that's it.
The other means is essentially the same, but with extra gear... a telecine box. This is a device that routes your projected image onto a bit of diffuse glass or plastic.. kind of in the way rear-projection TVs work. You can get these (or used to be able to, anyway) with camera mounts, and so, you would mount your camera securely in front of the screen, start the projector, and there you go. This is likely to do a better transfer, because it's transmissive.. the light you're recording comes directly from the projector, it's not reflected back, as in the case of the movie screen.
I put an eBay link for a telecine device below.. they're all over eBay. I don't know how well they work, but I rekon better than taping off a screen. If you're lacking the projector, you can find them there, or as I suggested, yard sale/flea market, if you're not a rush.
Finally, if you're interesting in streamling this even more, you could use your camcorder in camera mode, and connect the analog output (if you have one) to a dedicated DVD recorder. Knowing my Dad's results on 8mm, I would want to maintain reasonable editing options, so I would use my camcorders and tape, but I figured I would mention this.
