16 Apr
2013
16 Apr
'13
9:21 a.m.
At 11:16 AM 4/16/2013, Bob Vines wrote:
Which "film to digital" service did you use?
I have a box of 8mm
family videos taken in the '60s-'70s that I would really like to save.
It sounds like you are very happy with the results.
<http://filmtransfer.com/>http://filmtransfer.com/ , now
<http://pixcel.com/>http://pixcel.com/ . Look around
for a coupon / Groupon, they do have discounts and frequent promotions.
I think this digital scanning of old film is entirely apropos
for computer preservationists. Many early computer animations
were recorded this way. It seems like many film-to-digital
conversions happened by way of steps that involved NTSC video.
That's a shame, and reminds us of the lesson of the value of
keeping the original material.
- John