Years ago a knowledgeable associate of ours (Thomas Video Studio) in Eau Claire, Wisconsin) carefully inspected the projectors offered by an impressive company in Texas. They completely rebuilt projectors, widening or removing the framer windows, reinventing the transmission to allow for the “snap ... Read More »
What’s All This “Sprocketless Projector” Stuff, Anyhow?
There are 8mm home movie film conversion and transfer service providers that use sprocketless movie projectors and claim superior performance. Reports we have seen are that they are inconsistant and problematic. They can sometimes cause the movie film to “vibrate” or “jitter” or “blur.” While the ... Read More »
Movie Film Reel Capacities
If you have legacy 8mm or 16mm home movie film handed down to you from perhaps mom & pops, more than likely you will draw a blank when asked how many feet of film is on a given reel. You can determine the maximum capacity of a movie film reel by measuring its diameter. The common three inch reel ... Read More »
Judging the Condition of Your Films
Often times our clients tells that their films have been sitting in a closet somewhere for decades without having been touched. The home movie films, 8mm or 16mm, may have been from a family collection put together by a now long since deceased mom or pops. It is only natural to wonder about the ... Read More »
What About Cleaning Films?
Before beginning a conversion and transfer process of home movie film to DVD we consider cleaning our client’s 8mm movie films using a process developed especially for movie film. We only do so when it looks like the movie films would benefit from it and we are certain and confirm that the given ... Read More »
Splicing Dozens of 3″ Film Reels to 7″
There are some home movie transfer to video service providers that will accept your shoebox full of 3” movie reels and splice them onto much larger reels. We don’t think that this is a kool idea for a variety of reasons. From the business standpoint we must maintain our profit margin if we are to ... Read More »
