I would like to transfer my family's old home movies to DVD, but I am concerned about mailing them out to a company I have never heard of.
The films are in pretty good condition considering their age, but there would have to be some color correction and slice repair done on some.
I have a couple 16mm from the 1930's, and some 8mm from 50's, 60's and 70's.
Any and All Advice is Welcome!
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Originally Posted by CaveCanem
Stuff from the 30's !?!? Wow... A real family treasure trove. I doubt many people are lucky enough to have that kinda stuff in their posession. Good luck...There is some corner of a foreign field that is forever England: Telstra Stadium, Sydney, 22/11/2003.
Carpe diem.
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Check out this discussion from a few weeks back
https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=222267&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlig...20film&start=0Recommends: Kiva.org - Loans that change lives.
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That might help a little, I'm from Indianapolis, IN USA
I do want to edit these once they are transferred, so I completely overlooked the fact that MPEG-2 is not the way to go for this purpose. But I am not a big fan of storing tapes which have a shelf life of 15 to 20 years.
Is there a lossless format that can be stored on a Data DVD for editing to a Video DVD later via premiere or vegas?
Should I wait for Blu-Ray with its greater capacity for Data Storage?
Will the transfer company prepare the film for long-term storage?
Rank Cintel flying spot scanner is the best way to go? (edDV)
Thanks!
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Originally Posted by Barnabas
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Originally Posted by CaveCanem
I'd go with DV tape.
Originally Posted by CaveCanem
Originally Posted by CaveCanem
Originally Posted by CaveCanem
CinePost, Atlanta, GA offers top end service.
http://www.posthouse.com/TELECINE_PAGE.html
Debenham Media Group, Pittsburgh, PA offers $0.27 per Foot transfers with minimum service.
http://3516.com/8mm.html
I haven't used either yet but the user reports for CinePost have been very positive. I haven't heard any reports on Debenham yet.
PS, I now see Debenham has added a hard disk option @ $125 extra.Recommends: Kiva.org - Loans that change lives.
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I recently used Debenham Media Group's MyMovieTransfer.com for a transfer of old 8mm, super 8mm and 16mm films that my grandfather shot. I wanted the transfer to be very high quality because I did not want to do it again in the future. I was impressed by the courteous telephone contacts that I had with the company, the fact that they notified me when the film arrived and also when they shipped it. They took a lot of time with me on the phone and gave me very good information. I decided to try their free sample and I sent the same film to 2 other companies. There was no comparison. I didn't know there could be such a difference in color and sharpness. MyMovieTransfer did not crop my movies when they transferred them. I would not have known about this corpping if I did not see the other 2 tests. My finished product was beyond my expectations and I recommend them highly.
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http://www.digitaltransfersystems.net/
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On ebay, if you search for 'cine projector' there is a cine to digital service for sale. Has anyone tried this, or know if they are any good. The price seems too good to be true.
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