Super 8 conversion

[I Simonius]

I want to convert some Super 8 video film to digital format so the whole Family wherever they be can watch me gooning around as a kid, but I have no idea how to do this. I have about 60 Super 8 films, and I guess I need to get them all 'scanned' even though there may only be a few seconds of interesting material on some of them ( lots with interminable shots of the same landscapes etc yawwwn.:rofl )

All (polite:wink ) suggestions gratefully received!:lust

- Do I need to buy some equipment to do it?
- Should I pay an online service to do it for me?
- I have read that super 8 to DVD is NOT the way to go as DVDs are not an archival medium
- Needs to be a UK service

thanks:thumb

[clemensphoto's]

If you have the super8 player/camera you could you Dazzle by Pincle or something similar. I've used the first one and it works pretty well.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8853797&st=dazzle&type=product&id=1209166068373

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8853822&st=dazzle&type=product&id=1209166068566

[Andy]

- Should I pay an online service to do it for me?

Yes. Find one locally and have them made to Digital, then put 'em on SmugMug :thumb

[I Simonius]

Yes. Find one locally and have them made to Digital, then put 'em on SmugMug :thumb

Good - Thats what I have been thinking would be the best course of action:thumb

[aj986s]

Hmmm......are you talking the old Super 8 film movies?? If that's the case, the converters mentioned above would only work if you had a projector with digital audio & video outputs. AFAIK, the old Super 8 stuff only played via a projector with bulb outputted to a screen.

If that's the case, you need a Telecine Film Transfer box.
http://www.projectormovies.com/telecine/telecine%20box/2008-09-23%20Goldbeam%20Producer%20II%20film-to-video%20transfer/Goldbeam%20Producer%20II%20film-to-video%20transfer%20004.JPG

You project the Super 8 movie into the box, and record to a digital recorder via at the other end. Not hard to do, but can be time consuming. Once recorded to a digital format, then you can convert & manipulate on a PC. I did some family Super 8 movies to VHS many moons ago, and it worked pretty well. The Super 8 projector fortunatly had an audio output which we could connect to the VHS camera, which kept the sound decent. If each of your "movies" is a 3 minute reel, you got about 3 hours of video to do. Compare the cost of buying/renting a transfer box to paying a lab to convert.

[I Simonius]

Hmmm......are you talking the old Super 8 film movies?? If that's the case, the converters mentioned above would only work if you had a projector with digital audio & video outputs. t.

thansk I have decided to use asn online service:thumb