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  transfering 8mm to dvd

  Posted by Zeynep on August 20, 2005 at 2:27 pm

  hi everyone,

  I like to transfer an 8 mm footage on to dvd and I like to do this cheaply..
  Does anyone give me advice?
  Thanks in advance.

  Doug Graham replied 20 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Doug Graham

  August 21, 2005 at 7:43 pm

  First of all, let’s clarify whether you are talking about 8mm videotape, or Super8 movie film.

  Regards,
  Doug Graham
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  Ralph Hajik

  August 22, 2005 at 6:20 am

  Hi All,

  That’s a good question. How do you take super 8 silent movie tape and convert or apply it to DVD. I’m using Vegas 6 and DVD3 if that helps. What tape decks or equipment do you need for that?

  Thanks,
  Ralph
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  Doug Graham

  August 22, 2005 at 12:45 pm

  You gotta have a projector. If you can find one with variable speed, all the better. It’s nice if your camcorder has a “clear scan” shutter tweak setting, too.

  Both these items are used to reduce the strobing effect that you can get when 24 fps film is recorded by a 29.97 fps camera. (You might try 24 fps if your camcorder supports it; I haven’t heard from anyone who’s tried this, though).

  The simplest setup is to have the camcorder and projector side by side. Project the film image on a clean white sheet of paper (letter size is fine; you don’t need to blow the picture up big).

  A much better way involves the use of a telecine. Hollywood’s are VERY expensive, but there’s a fellow in Texas who makes a series of affordable ones: try https://www.moviestuff.tv/8mm_telecine.html

  Once the film’s been transferred to DV tape (or dumped straight to disk using your camera’s pass-through feature), you can edit, enhance, add music and narration, and author to DVD just like any other video.

  Regards,
  Doug Graham

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