Films to Files or Disc
Regular 8mm/Super 8mm/16mm
Home movies were captured on Regular 8mm film starting in the 1930s through the early 1970s. These cameras usually had a fixed lens with no sound. In 1965, Super 8 was introduced that was the same as Regular 8mm but with smaller sprocket holes with a large center reel hole. The main improvement was to give more image area on the film than Regular 8mm. By the mid 1970s, it was common for cameras to now have sound. You know a sound reel film by the amber stripe along the edge of the film. The small reels are 50ft with larger reels having 100-400ft capacity.
The 16mm format was mostly used by professionals but some home movies as well. This film is much larger than the 8mm with an option of optical or magnetic sound.
Regular 8mm
Super 8
16mm
How long do these films last?
In over 35 years of transferring films, the oldest 8mm films were from 1938. They were in very good condition and tranferred with no problems. Our opinion is that the films age very well except for those that were stored in extreme temperatures such as a hot attic or outside in a shed.
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A sign of films detetoriating is a vinegar smell. You may check a few feet on a reel to find the film is brittle or curled. Film reels that are decomposing show gaps or separation in the film packing on the reel.
Most films transfer with no problems. We can clean and restore some films but unfortunately many that show these signs cannot be recovered.
PRICING
SILENT 8mm/Super 8mm........ .12 per foot
Sound Super 8.................................... .18 per foot
16mm Silent ............... .18 per foot
16mm Optical Sound...................... .24 per foot​
Includes transfer, basic editing to adjust colors, brightniess, contrast and export as high quality MP4 (DVD upon request)