Transfer Super 8 Film
Transferring your old Super 8 films to video is an excellent way to back them up on a format that is durable and will be around a long time. You can send your Super 8 films to a company that will transfer them professionally , but that will take a lot of time and can become expensive very quickly. Instead, there is a simple way to make digital copies of your Super 8 films at home for free.
Instructions
1. Set up your Super 8 films on a Super 8 projector. Get them queued up and ready to project on a screen or other flat, white surface, but don't actually project them yet.
2. Set up your digital video camera. Aim it at the surface onto which you'll be projecting the Super 8 films. White-balance the camera using the camera's internal settings, and frame everything correctly so you are recording all of the Super 8 film frame.
3. Project the Super 8 films while simultaneously recording using the digital camera. This will create a high-quality "backup" copy of the Super 8 film on your camera.
4. Transfer the footage you've recorded to your computer. Depending on the type of camera, this could be as easy as taking the recordable DVD out of the camera and putting it in your computer's disc drive, or connecting your camera to a computer using a firewire cable and transferring it. Regardless, once you get the files on your computer, you will have created a digital backup of your Super 8 films.
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