Transferring your 8mm and 16mm films to DVD or digital video is a great way to preserve these memories in digital form.

Our 8mm and 16mm Film Transfer To DVD Process

Our high quality film conversion process will bring your 8mm (sound or silent) or 16mm (sound or silent) to life in fantastic ways.

We can convert a variety of film types, including:

• 8mm (silent and magnetic sound)
• Super8 (silent or magnetic sound)
• 16mm (silent or optical sound)

If you don't know what type of film you have, there are pictures below to help you identify it, or contact us with any questions.

We start by inspecting your film for damage, repairing any breaks and adding leader, if necessary. We then clean and lubricate the film using a fast drying film cleaner. The result is film in better viewing condition than it has been in years.

Each frame of film is captured individually (frame-by-frame) using professional digital cameras. The light source used during this capture process is an low temperature light that can in no way damage your film. The film is evenly illuminated, assuring that there won't be any "hot spots" visible in the captured images. After capture, software is used to stitch the images together to produce a digital video file. This frame-by-frame process has fantastic results: vibrant, flicker free images with excellent detail, contrast and color. As part of the processing, we will remove some color casts and adjust for under- or over-exposed film.

We provide your digital video in a number of different forms.

• Standard video DVD. These DVDs are playable on any standard DVD player. We include a standard basic menu on each DVD. Chapter breaks between film reels can be added for a small fee. A single DVD can store about 2 hours of video. This is about 1500 feet of 8mm film or 3000 feet of 16mm film. If you have more film than this, we will create multiple video DVDs to hold all the resulting video. We can provide custom editing services; please ask. If you plan to edit your video, you should consider receiving it in uncompressed form either as a miniDV archive tape or on external hard drive. Please see below.
• miniDV Tape Archive. These tapes hold the uncompressed raw video generated from your films. This video is used to create the standard video DVDs. The video on these tapes can be extracted onto a PC or Mac using a standard miniDV video camera attached to the computer (generally) through a 1394 (Firewire) cable.
• Hard Drive. If you plan to edit your digital video, getting the data back on a hard drive can save considerable time and effort. We can use USB or Firewire drives formatted for Mac or PC. We can purchase these drives on your behalf or you are welcome to send a drive to us.

We return your film and digital video using a reliable, trackable carrier. Your film is treated with utmost care while in our hands.

8mm and 16mm Film Conversion Prices

	Price
8mm film / foot	$0.17 / foot
16mm film / foot	$0.17 / foot
Sound - additional cost per foot	Free!
Minimum order	400 feet
DVD costs: DVDs play in standard DVD players. A basic menu is included.
First Copy of DVD movie	Free!
Additional Copies of DVD movie	$5.99 per DVD
Chapter Breaks in DVD movie (at reel boundaries)	$4.00 each
Uncompressed video in .avi format on miniDV tape or external hard drive
First Copy of miniDV Tape Archive	Free!
Additional Copy of miniDV Tape Archive	$14.99 per tape
Digital video on external hard drive (per hour, plus drive cost)	$14.99

Return Shipping (via UPS with insurance and signature required)
Ground	$11 + $1/lb over 3 lbs
3 Day	$18 + $2/lb over 3 lbs
Overnight	$44 + $3.50/lb over 1 lb

You can pay for your orders using your Visa, MasterCard or American Express by
calling us toll-free at 877-547-9534 or securely online using PayPal.

Get started transferring your 8mm and 16mm film today!