8mm video...this one is tuff.....

[alucard2050]

i have some old 8mm video tapes...i'm talking 8mm film reels...i want to make them into dvd's...here's my problem...only way i can do it is to project it onto the wall and capture it with my camcorder...needless to say when the video is run into the camcorder it has that very fast flicker...kind of like a strobe effect...i guess that has to do with the frame rate...i tried recording it onto the tape itself and directly capture to my pc and both were the same...isn't it the same as those who take there cam into a movie and record the movie in the theater??how do they do it and with what???it can't be the same camcorder as mine....any ideas?????

[Tommyknocker]

I do know the exact steps, but involves adjusting your camcorders shutter speeds. Read your owner's manual and see how to perform this function.

[mp3superfreak]

Here is some info on a previous post:

http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=116092&highlight=8mm

btw, i'm still looking for a projo. Willing to trade a CD/mp3 portable. mp3superfreak (at) yahoo.com

[vhelp]

evening alucard2050,

good delima. I've done some playing around w/ my Canon ZR-10 DV cam
and in a sort of same scenario, well, sort of. Anyways, in my scenario, I
played my DVD player on my 13" TV, and w/ my DV Cam, I recorded it.
But only as an experiment. I had the problem of the screen refreshing
and showing half of it here or there, etc. Then, I re-read my DV cam's
manual (I D/L'ed it in *.PDF) and in it, it talked about changing the shutter
rate, as Tommyknocker mentioned above. However, chances are,
YOUR camcorder doesn't have that control. But, you could look at the
setting for Night or Low Light and see if you change it, your end result may
be a non-flicker recording.

I know that on my DV cam, I can change the rate from 1/60 to 1/8000 and
the 1/60 is the one I use to record my TV's or PC's monitor's output w/out
any flicker or image anamilies.

Good luck.
-vhelp

[Mavrick]

There are also 8mm film to VHS/DVD conversions available from many local camera shops.

This might be a better option, as their professional equipment will have far less loss in quality.

Just a thought,


Mavrick

[pacoreguenga]

First, I reccomend you go to your local video equipment store and get a film/slides to video transfer box from Ambico.
It's a black box with a conversion lens and a white screen on adjacent faces. It's got a mirror inside, and actually is very simple to use.
And it's very cheap, too.
It can be mounted on a table or on a tripod.
You just put your projector against one side and your camcorder to the other. There is a focus feature, too.
The trick is to swap your shutter speeds until you get a flicker free image. You can use a very fast or a very slow shutter speed. It depends on your projector's lightbeam intensity.
And you have to adjust manually every setting on your camcorder.
And don't forget to white balance before the transfer!
If your camcorder lacks manual adjustment, well... borrow a better camera from a friend!

[alucard2050]

thanks all for the info....the shutter trick worked...i can't actually adjust the shutter speed on my camcorder but it does have settings for different situations...i managed to use a snow setting on the cam and it reduced the flicker in my opinion about 85%...thanks again...i couldn't have done it without good help.......

[vhelp]

alucard,

I'm glad to hear you made some good headway (w/out spending $$)
That's what it's all about. Anways, I knew it was just a matter of fiddling
w/ all the those settings (on my older VHS cam, there is this wheel that
you turn, and it has about 7 different settings, ...one was for night and
other for head-lite view or something like that, and it does effect the
shutter speed)

later.
-vhelp