subject: Record 8mm Film To A Dvr & Dvds [print this page] If you find old 8mm film in your drawers, you may need to do something to prevent it from fade and shrink. As there is advanced digital technology, you can record the 8mm film in digital form to keep it forever. But there is a problem that the old 8mm movie has very short shelf-life. After several years, your home movies will eventually fade. Thus, youd better find a more effective way to preserve the 8mm film. Record 8mm film to a DVR and DVDs is a useful way to achieve your goal. If you dont know how to make it, you can find detailed steps below. And Ill introduce you a simple way without editing of film footage.
First of all, you need to prepare several things, including movie-projection screen, digital video camera, 8mm variable speed projector. Sure, you can rent sony HD monitor or buy used video equipment to finish the work. Take out your 8mm short film and organize the movie footage in chronological order. Count how much this kind of short films youve got. Splice them together and place on 400-foot reels. Why you should do this? Because this step can reduce breaks when transferring the short 8mm film to a DVR. When you splice together 8mm movies, you need to prepare kits, which can be got from online camera shops or local stores.
Secondly, you should take use of rewritable DVDs to record 8mm film to a DVR. Here youll need a film-transfer converter box, so the movie projector and project the short film image onto a mirror. And then the image on the mirror will be deflected into your video-camera lens. Get yourself a tripod, and put the camera on it and connect it to a DVD recorder. Take your rewritable DVDs and turn off lights, then you can record images onto the DVDs. If theres something wrong during the process, you can go back and record the footage of the film. In order to guarantee the record quality, you can adjust the variable speed-control knob on the projector. Usually, the 8mm-film has the speed of 18 frames per second while the video-camera capture speed is 30 frames per second. At this time, the video camera will record the image off the mirror and transfers it to the DVD recorder. In fact, you only need to buy several things to record precious old 8mm film to a DVR. And you can preserve cherish old memories with a low budget.
