Advice Needed: Converting 8mm and Super 8mm Video to Digital
Mar 2, 2019 20:28:25 #
Kodak has been pushing a digitizing service on Facebook. I have not used it, but my understanding is they will digitize as much as will fit on up to a 10-inch reel for $65. I did have their customer service verify this. Also, if a splice might break while digitizing, they will fix it- no extra charge, but not if it's just break after break after break. Sorry, I don't have a link, but you should be able to find easily.
Mar 2, 2019 21:45:36 #
On Kodak's web site https://kodakdigitizing.com/ they will digitize 20 reels of film for $297 with their 10% off code. Their facebook page refers people to their website. There's nothing about 10" reels for $65. I don't even think they make 10" reels for 8mm film.
duck72 wrote:
Kodak has been pushing a digitizing service on Facebook. I have not used it, but my understanding is they will digitize as much as will fit on up to a 10-inch reel for $65. I did have their customer service verify this. Also, if a splice might break while digitizing, they will fix it- no extra charge, but not if it's just break after break after break. Sorry, I don't have a link, but you should be able to find easily.
Mar 2, 2019 22:22:08 #
Check out: www.iMemories.com
I had several 8mm and Super 8 movies of our wedding from 1969 and other events which they digitized beautifully. You have to buy a large empty box from them for around $14 which allows you to pack all products you want to have digitized. Return shipping to them is covered. I got them back in about 2-3 weeks. Each movie will be a separate file which you can rearrange later so there is no need to worry about putting them in any sequence. Just label the reels for file identification. I found this to be the cheapest way to convert old movies. You can also keep these files in their website which costs $50/year with unlimited storage space which is a great deal. Alternatively, you can download from their website.
Hope this helps!
I had several 8mm and Super 8 movies of our wedding from 1969 and other events which they digitized beautifully. You have to buy a large empty box from them for around $14 which allows you to pack all products you want to have digitized. Return shipping to them is covered. I got them back in about 2-3 weeks. Each movie will be a separate file which you can rearrange later so there is no need to worry about putting them in any sequence. Just label the reels for file identification. I found this to be the cheapest way to convert old movies. You can also keep these files in their website which costs $50/year with unlimited storage space which is a great deal. Alternatively, you can download from their website.
Hope this helps!
Mar 2, 2019 22:33:08 #
Bobspez wrote:
On Kodak's web site https://kodakdigitizing.com/ they will digitize 20 reels of film for $297 with their 10% off code. Their facebook page refers people to their website. There's nothing about 10" reels for $65. I don't even think they make 10" reels for 8mm film.
Mar 3, 2019 14:34:36 #
Duck72. That's helpful info. The OP's 20 5" reels hold 200 ft. each. 7" reels hold 400 ft. so the OP could buy ten 7" reels and splice two 5" reels on each 7" reels. 10" reeels hold 800 ft., so the OP could splice four 5" reels on each 10" reel and wind up with just 5 reels.
The only problem is you have to factor in the cost of buying the reels, and I have not seen 10" super 8mm film reels for sale anywhere on ebay or the internet.
Here's the breakdown of costs for the various options.
$297 for 20 pc. box for 20 5" reels.
or
$171 for 10 pc. box for 10 7" reels, plus purhasing 10 used 7" reels on ebay $88 = $259 total (plus the work of splicing 20 5" reels into 10 7" reels). Saves $38.
or
$126 for two 3 pc. boxes for 5 10" reels, plus cost of reels. But I don't see any 10" reels for super 8mm or 8mm film available anywhere. If you could find them I imagine they would cost about $25 each, or $125 for 5 10" reels, making this option $251 (about the same cost as using the 7" reels). Plus the work of splicing 20 5" reels into 5 10" reels.
If the OP doesn't have a splicing kit, factor that in at about $40, which makes all three options come in at around $290.
The only problem is you have to factor in the cost of buying the reels, and I have not seen 10" super 8mm film reels for sale anywhere on ebay or the internet.
Here's the breakdown of costs for the various options.
$297 for 20 pc. box for 20 5" reels.
or
$171 for 10 pc. box for 10 7" reels, plus purhasing 10 used 7" reels on ebay $88 = $259 total (plus the work of splicing 20 5" reels into 10 7" reels). Saves $38.
or
$126 for two 3 pc. boxes for 5 10" reels, plus cost of reels. But I don't see any 10" reels for super 8mm or 8mm film available anywhere. If you could find them I imagine they would cost about $25 each, or $125 for 5 10" reels, making this option $251 (about the same cost as using the 7" reels). Plus the work of splicing 20 5" reels into 5 10" reels.
If the OP doesn't have a splicing kit, factor that in at about $40, which makes all three options come in at around $290.
Mar 3, 2019 15:14:10 #
Mar 19, 2019 12:29:50 #
Bobspez wrote:
Duck72. That's helpful info. The OP's 20 5" r... (show quote)
Good you know, I have not bought any reels in so many years, I would have no idea what they are costing now these days. I just know even way back then, they were not cheap by any means, but I used larger, metal ones. The ones I used were 2200' a reel, that's what I used for projection!
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