Converting old film reels to digital?

[Slache]

MIL wants DH to convert about 30 8mm and super 8mm film reels to digital format with a $100 machine. I don't know anything about this. Is he going to ruin the reels? Is it going to take 9,000 hours? Is it super easy and no big deal?

[Momto6inIN]

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Worth every penny!

[Slache]

20 minutes ago, Momto6inIN said:

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Worth every penny!

That would be around $700 though. She has so much to do.

[Slache]

Well, not with the 40% off.

[Spy Car]

I know of an absolutely incredible way to transfer old 8mm, Super 8, and 16mm films scanned to digital formats for free.

And not just for free, but one can potentially make some money in the process. And not just for free, and potentially money-making, but first-class results.

There is a company called Footage Crowd that has a state of the art film scanner. In exchange for their being able to use the footage for stock footage, they do free film transfers for people. And, if they sell the footage, they cut people in on the sales. And people can actually make a good chunk of change if they can provide model releases and the footage gets a commercial sale.

Not sure how they can afford to do this, as first class film scanning is typically very expensive, but not our problems. 

Information here:

https://footagecrowd.com/

I've used used them to transfer all my family's film archives. Top notch deal.

Bill

 

 

Edited May 31, 2020 by Spy Car

[Momto6inIN]

10 hours ago, Slache said:

That would be around $700 though. She has so much to do.

Yeah, I looked into doing it myself too before going ahead and biting the bullet and spending the money. But it would have taken hours and hours and hours, and that was after I'd taught myself how to do it on throwaway files that I didn't care if they got messed up while I was figuring it out.

[Spy Car]

5 hours ago, Momto6inIN said:

Yeah, I looked into doing it myself too before going ahead and biting the bullet and spending the money. But it would have taken hours and hours and hours, and that was after I'd taught myself how to do it on throwaway files that I didn't care if they got messed up while I was figuring it out.

Not to mention that high quality films scanners are quite expensive. Many tens of thousands of dollars.

I can't imagine the quality one would get from a $100 device. I'd be skeptical, to say nothing of the labor involved.

That's why I mention Footage Crowd. They do all the work. It is free (and potentially rewards one for a sale of footage as stock) and they use a state of the art scanner. What they get from the deal is that footage can be sold for use in documentaries, TV, shows, or commercials. A pretty sweet deal IMO.

Bill

[Slache]

4 minutes ago, Spy Car said:

Not to mention that high quality films scanners are quite expensive. Many tens of thousands of dollars.

I can't imagine the quality one would get from a $100 device. I'd be skeptical, to say nothing of the labor involved.

That's why I mention Footage Crowd. They do all the work. It is free (and potentially rewards one for a sale of footage as stock) and they use a state of the art scanner. What they get from the deal is that footage can be sold for use in documentaries, TV, shows, or commercials. A pretty sweet deal IMO.

Bill

We're going with footage crowd. I'm so grateful to you for mentioning it. MIL wanted DH to do it and of course he said yes because he thought it would be no biggie. Thank you so much for your help.

[Spy Car]

25 minutes ago, Slache said:

We're going with footage crowd. I'm so grateful to you for mentioning it. MIL wanted DH to do it and of course he said yes because he thought it would be no biggie. Thank you so much for your help.

I don't think you be disappointed. So long as one doesn't mind old home movies potentially being used as stock footage in a film, TV show, documentary, commercial, etc. this is an incredible opportunity to have a first-class film transfer for free.

I made my career in television and film and am very picky about quality. I was stunned by the cost of first-class transfers at labs here in Hollywood, so my footage languished for years in film cans and cardboard boxes.

It is a huge positive, in my estimation, both to have personal films in forms that are viewable, but also to help preserve a public record of what America (and the world) looked like in an earlier era through the preservation of home movies that might otherwise never be seen again by anyone.

Bill