Help: 8mm Movies Converted To DVD
I've been saying I was going to do this for years. I'd like to finally get a boxful of silent 8mm home movies converted onto DVD. These movies from the 1973-1981 time period and are starting to become brittle.
Does anyone have experience with a local company (Morris, Warren, Sussex county) that specializes in this?
Thanks for any info,
Vic
Vic
Try HTV in the building next to the Shell Station on Route 46 across from Stuber. They do video conversions but I'm not positive if includes 8mm. Ask for Ron. Great guy.
http://www.htvproductions.tv/
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you do not need a company buy the tape that the 8mm go into the vcr in then buy the machine from wal mart ($150) you put the tape in one side the dvd in the other and poof your movie is on a dvd
shoebie shobie these 8mm are films, not magnetic tapes.
your age is showing ! :) :)
in the old days (before camcorders) we used these things called cameras, they used this stuff of legend called 'film'.
film cameras came in 8mm and 16mm. nobody could afford the 16mm. so family movies from the sixties and seventies were all shot on 8mm color film mostly, but the black and white film was cheaper to buy and cheaper to get developed.
i got a box of these as well, and have no idea how a conversion process for them would work. putting them on dvd would be a great thing to do.
one way would be to show them on a screen and then use a new type camcorder to record them staight to dvd.
Vic: Thanks for posting this. Just the other day my DD asked me to give her my 8mm movies of her first six years when her father was still alive. I'm anxiously waiting for someone to answer you.
cbel im so lost lol im going to google this now so is it like the film in a disposable camera?
o0o0 i see now
this link might help not sure if you would want to send it out though
http://www.just8mm.com/
there used to be a camera shop on main street that did a really good job. I don't know where he moved to tho
Mr. Brown from Shutterbug Ed's still does movie conversion. I have his number. If anyone wants it, email me.
jodee Rite Aid does it just go to the photo dept there and tell them you want to transfer your 8mm onto a dvd or vhs tape. I think the charge is $30.00 and it takes about a week to get it back.
So strange that this is posted right now....I have a VHS to DVD converter and have been copying home videos of my siblings and myself (I'm around 6 and older in them) but I wasnt sure where I could send the 8mm from when I was a baby to be put on DVD...
I had my parent's movies converted at the photo place near Shoprite/CVS. Be sure to mark the dates, so you get the dvd done in date order. Did a nice job cutting out all of the "burned" film.
maja I spoke to Len Brown, formerly of Shutterbug Ed's. He gave the OK to list his contact info.
Len Brown
browntransfers@gmail.com
908-619-6660
He does all kinds of conversions - 16 or 8 mm, VHS, slides, etc.
Thanks everyone for the info! Speaking of Len....I see he has an ad in this week's Riverbend Advertiser. Maybe I'll give him a call. I have a box of these things I need transfered!
Every time I hear about "8mm" movies, I think of that creepy Nicholas Cage movie and "The Machine"...
ianimal 8mm was indeed a freaky movie. I can't believe that there is such a thing as snuff films.
emaxxman Vic: I just picked up a DVD that Len made for me from 40-year-old film. He did a fine job from what I saw of the first 2 minutes. I promised my daughter I would wait till she got home to watch together. Her dad died when she was six, 35 years ago, and now she's going to see that very special man on her own DVD. There's going to be some crying going on in my place tonight. Can't wait.
BTW, I don't think you'll find a more accommodating man than Len.
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