At $.50 a foot, that's a costly rescan. PLus, I;ve already made videos with music, title, credits, annotations, and all the editing to remove the garbage. To do it all over again just to make it a little better wouldn't be worth it for me.
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Current scans can probably equal the actual resolution of the film for a frame the size of Standard 8 or Super 8 -- a DSLR (either high-pixel or with stitching) can do it for 35mm now. They're unlikely to get any better in the future, but the equipment to feed 8mm of either flavor through the scanner might vanish. Anything would be better than VHS -- effectively 255 lines, and wearing away the information every time it's played, plus long term loss of signal from thermal effects on the oxide. Film wears out, too, when viewed, but film from after about 1970, kept on the spool, ought to last a century or more before the images aren't recoverable. I'm in complete agreement -- get old film scanned professionally, but keep the original in good storage conditions for the future.
I've bought some film cleaner, cement, leaders and a splicer.
I'm going to rewind them all to get the alignment correct, cleaning while I do so. Then I'll let them sit for a week or so on the reels to try and correct the curl. I'll cement long leaders onto them and I should be good to project.
An interesting development - no one recognises who the people are in the first film I projected, we're now wondering where these films originated!
I'm going to rewind them all to get the alignment correct, cleaning while I do so. Then I'll let them sit for a week or so on the reels to try and correct the curl. I'll cement long leaders onto them and I should be good to project.
An interesting development - no one recognises who the people are in the first film I projected, we're now wondering where these films originated!
Hello, I am new to this thread and this forum. I have an 8 mm Kodak film, projector and lots of super eight and regular 8 mm film. My sister and I spent a whole day and finally figured out how to use the old projector and it seems to be working fine but only on certain films. It does not seem to be a super eight or regular 8 mm film problem.
We finally after much trial and error figured out that the tiny sprocket holes on different films are different sizes and perhaps we have the wrong projector for half of our movies. My question: how do I find out which type of projector fits which sprocket holes? The ones I have are two different sprocket sizes.
I would be happy to take pictures and show them and post them with anybody who could possibly help me. Much appreciated. Hate to lose the old movies from 1950s and 60s. God bless you, Cyndi.
We finally after much trial and error figured out that the tiny sprocket holes on different films are different sizes and perhaps we have the wrong projector for half of our movies. My question: how do I find out which type of projector fits which sprocket holes? The ones I have are two different sprocket sizes.
I would be happy to take pictures and show them and post them with anybody who could possibly help me. Much appreciated. Hate to lose the old movies from 1950s and 60s. God bless you, Cyndi.
Welcome to Photrio!
It would probably be better to start a new thread than piggyback in on a very old one (and the forum moderators may move this posting just to keep things more up to date), but here's a website that gives some information on the differences between Super 8mm and Regular 8mm film.
nostalgicmedia.com
There were projectors that could play BOTH formats with the flip of a switch near the lens, but they are less common than ones that only play one format.
If you want to post pictures, I could tell you the difference, but in a nut shell, the film with a smaller perforation (sprocket hole) is the Super 8mm and the film with the larger perforation is the Regular 8mm.
Super 8mm was introduced in 1965, but Regular 8mm continued to be available as well, so you can't definitively date the age of a Regular 8 film, but a Super 8mm film has to be no earlier than 1965.
In fact, you can still buy BOTH types of film for movie cameras to this day.
Hope this helps.
It would probably be better to start a new thread than piggyback in on a very old one (and the forum moderators may move this posting just to keep things more up to date), but here's a website that gives some information on the differences between Super 8mm and Regular 8mm film.
Ultimate Guide to Film Types: 8mm, Super 8, and 16mm Film
At the start of the 20th century, the advent of more economical motion picture film formats, namely 16mm, 8mm, and Super 8mm film, allowed millions of people to capture home videos and amateur movies. With digital video long ago replacing these aging film formats, families have been left looking...
nostalgicmedia.com
There were projectors that could play BOTH formats with the flip of a switch near the lens, but they are less common than ones that only play one format.
If you want to post pictures, I could tell you the difference, but in a nut shell, the film with a smaller perforation (sprocket hole) is the Super 8mm and the film with the larger perforation is the Regular 8mm.
Super 8mm was introduced in 1965, but Regular 8mm continued to be available as well, so you can't definitively date the age of a Regular 8 film, but a Super 8mm film has to be no earlier than 1965.
In fact, you can still buy BOTH types of film for movie cameras to this day.
Hope this helps.
Welcome to Photrio!
It would probably be better to start a new thread than piggyback in on a very old one (and the forum moderators may move this posting just to keep things more up to date), but here's a website that gives some information on the differences between Super 8mm and Regular 8mm film.
Ultimate Guide to Film Types: 8mm, Super 8, and 16mm Film
At the start of the 20th century, the advent of more economical motion picture film formats, namely 16mm, 8mm, and Super 8mm film, allowed millions of people to capture home videos and amateur movies. With digital video long ago replacing these aging film formats, families have been left looking...
There were projectors that could play BOTH formats with the flip of a switch near the lens, but they are less common than ones that only play one format.
If you want to post pictures, I could tell you the difference, but in a nut shell, the film with a smaller perforation (sprocket hole) is the Super 8mm and the film with the larger perforation is the Regular 8mm.
Super 8mm was introduced in 1965, but Regular 8mm continued to be available as well, so you can't definitively date the age of a Regular 8 film, but a Super 8mm film has to be no earlier than 1965.
In fact, you can still buy BOTH types of film for movie cameras to this day.
Hope this helps.
I took these photos of the film and canisters and I am using a M67 Kodak Instamatic movie projector. It claims to run both super 8MM and regular 8MM films. It is a puzzle. You can see the film has differing sprockets. I would love to know what projector I can use to watch the film. I would love to get a movie projector 8MM converter, which I have seen online but they are too pricey for me. So I hoped to find a projector that I could buy, on eBay etc. to just watch the movies and maybe film with my phone on a wall.. smile. Thank you for any help yo can give. God bless you, Cyndi
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