Converting Super 8 to DVD

[Nick]

Anyone have any good places they have used for conversion of Super8 to DVD?

I am going through some bins in the house and I have about 65 3" rolls of Super8 tape from my dad I'd like to convert. I have converted MiniDV and VHS tapes before using Photobin and / or Scancafe, but they don't do Super8.

I was thinking maybe Costco?

 

[ski stef]

I have no idea about that but I want copies of those asap!

 

[Nick]

I have no idea about that but I want copies of those asap!

I just watched a DVD video of you and a friend when you were around 12 years old singing Seal - Kissed by a Rose :lol:

 

[ski stef]

I want originals and no copies made please. That's embarrassing

 

[bvibert]

I just watched a DVD video of you and a friend when you were around 12 years old singing Seal - Kissed by a Rose :lol:

Post it up here!

 

[ski stef]

Post it up here!

Argh, paybacks a bitch lol

 

[drjeff]

I just watched a DVD video of you and a friend when you were around 12 years old singing Seal - Kissed by a Rose :lol:

Post it up here!

Ooh, this sounds like it could have the makings of a 200+ page thread! :lol:

 

[wa-loaf]

What's the point of owning an internet forum if you can't embarrass your sister publicly?

 

[bvibert]

What's the point of owning an internet forum if you can't embarrass your sister publicly?

This!

 

[Nick]

I have to convert it first. But let's whet everyone's appetite... here's Ski Stef in an awesome pink one piece when she was around seven or eight, lol

PS: no idea who that guy is on the right.

 

[o3jeff]

I have to convert it first. But let's whet everyone's appetite... here's Ski Stef in an awesome pink one piece when she was around seven or eight, lol

PS: no idea who that guy is on the right.

The guy matches the 3 people to the left behind him, must of been a popular one piece!

 

[ski stef]

Must have been in a lesson.

I wish I still had that outfit. Prob would be a little snug these days

 

[Geoff]

Anyone have any good places they have used for conversion of Super8 to DVD?

I am going through some bins in the house and I have about 65 3" rolls of Super8 tape from my dad I'd like to convert. I have converted MiniDV and VHS tapes before using Photobin and / or Scancafe, but they don't do Super8.

I was thinking maybe Costco?

When I looked at converting a similar number of 8mm rolls, it was pretty expensive. In researching it, the people that do it just use a home brew system where they have an 8mm projector, a screen, and a camcorder on a tripod. Once it's captured on the camcorder, they burn it to whatever format you want. If you own a working projector, you can do the same thing yourself.

 

[Nick]

When I looked at converting a similar number of 8mm rolls, it was pretty expensive. In researching it, the people that do it just use a home brew system where they have an 8mm projector, a screen, and a camcorder on a tripod. Once it's captured on the camcorder, they burn it to whatever format you want. If you own a working projector, you can do the same thing yourself.

Yeah, I may end up doing that. Got a couple quotes today, anywhere from $600 - $2000, $2000 being HD with an additional film cleaning. That's for 65 rolls, which is about 3.5 hrs of footage.

That's right. Like $600 an hour.

 

[vdk03]

Yeah, I may end up doing that. Got a couple quotes today, anywhere from $600 - $2000, $2000 being HD with an additional film cleaning. That's for 65 rolls, which is about 3.5 hrs of footage.

That's right. Like $600 an hour.

how can you put a price on these memories? $2000?:???:

 

[ctenidae]

how can you put a price on these memories? $2000?:???:

It's not so much the memories as the film that gets a price.

 

[o3jeff]

Just bring them to the Loaf for viewing!

 

[Nick]

Good idea, I'll grab a projector :lol:

 

[Nick]

The guy matches the 3 people to the left behind him, must of been a popular one piece!

Must be instructor outfits :uzi:

Those are pretty sweet