I have a bunch of 8mm. movies on small reels. How can I get them onto a DVD in order to save them?

Answer 1

Take them to a photo shop. They can transfer them for you. It should cost about $30.00 for about 2 hours worth of film.

I had my super 8 home movies transferred to Beta about 20 years ago, then transferred to VHS. And most recently onto DVD.

You may wish to consider adding a little accompanying music, as long as you are having it done.

Answer 2

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Cine-Film-To-DVD-TRANSFER-SERVICE-Super-8-Standard-8_W0QQitemZ9144870775QQcategoryZ1476QQcmdZViewItem

You can go here. It's 4.99 UK for a 50 ft reel. It's the cheapest I have found. I have about 50 8mm reels that I want to transfer and every place I have found is about $20 a reel. I am going to try this for one reel and see how it comes out. Worth a try for the price.

Answer 3

Hunt through your yellow pages, or the equivalent where you live, there will be someone in there I'm sure who can do this for a fee. Getting a pro to do it will be best in the long run, ask for their rates to do all yoru films in one blast.

Do it yourself is possible but you'll either need to get the special digitizing equipment or you'll have to botch something together with a digital DVD camcorder pointing at the projection screen.

Answer 4

can that old porn really be worth saving

i don't think most places can handle 8mm but any LOCAL photo processing shop can ( LOCAL being the places with a lab - these days most just ship them elsewhere )

Answer 5

there are places that do that kind of work...where are you located? you can google "video to dvd transfer" and you'll find a lot of them...maybe some in your area

a couple of examples:

http://www.homemoviedepot.com

http://www.filmandvideo2dvd.com/

or if you have the equipment, you can do it yourself

Answer 6

check in the yellow pages under media services. there are places that will transfer them

Answer 7

There are many options

Answer 8

go to walgreens and they will help