I am looking to buy another machine to add to my digital workshop.
I have had my family's 8mm and Super8 film for decades - and since I am the 'I.T' guy in the family, they just figured I could transfer it - well, I can't.
They would be satisfied with me just filming off the projector screen - yuck. Flicker and bright hotspot from the lamp...umm no.
Well, hello 2014.
I have the ability to buy a machine to professionally transfer this stuff and it looks gorgeous in HD.
Most online places charge $50 plus shipping for a 7" reel (and have a minimum transfer requirement) - some of those people have the machine, some still use the ancient mirror-box trick.
I could probably do it for $35 per 7" reel..or even less if demand was high enough. I just want to pay off the machine in a year.
Thoughts? Takers? Interest?
I have had my family's 8mm and Super8 film for decades - and since I am the 'I.T' guy in the family, they just figured I could transfer it - well, I can't.
They would be satisfied with me just filming off the projector screen - yuck. Flicker and bright hotspot from the lamp...umm no.
Well, hello 2014.
I have the ability to buy a machine to professionally transfer this stuff and it looks gorgeous in HD.
Most online places charge $50 plus shipping for a 7" reel (and have a minimum transfer requirement) - some of those people have the machine, some still use the ancient mirror-box trick.
I could probably do it for $35 per 7" reel..or even less if demand was high enough. I just want to pay off the machine in a year.
Thoughts? Takers? Interest?
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